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Myrrhis odorata |
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| Common name |
sweet cicely |
| Family |
apiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z3-8) |
| Flowers |
white |
| Size |
to 6' |
| Light |
part shade |
| Seed ripens | early August |
I stopped counting the number of times I tried to start sweet cicely from seed - it is notoriously short-viable, and even moist-packed commercial seed gave no results. Until finally last year one seed in a pot set outdoors to undergo the natural temperature cycles germinated. It survived winter - now I just hope that the seeds it drops naturally will provide an ongoing source of volunteer seedlings! The first year, I just enjoyed its ferny foliage, but didn't see any flowers - somehow I missed the bloom, even though it set plenty of seed in autumn. This year, I watched a bit more carefully, and spotted the tiny white flowers in mid-May.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| elzo Stubbe | Feb 02, 2010 | A long period of winter cold is essential for these seeds to germinate. |
| elzo Stubbe | Feb 02, 2010 | Very sad that you have no pictures of this magica perennial. The taste of every part of this plant is pure
anisette. |
- Pot outside 11/18/06. 1 seedling (?) 4/22/08
- Seed from '09 garden. Baggy 35F (13w) - 70F (2w, no G)
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