Southern Harvest
Quality seeds for kitchen, flower and native gardeners
Botanical Name
Galium verum
A hardy herbaceous perennial that produces many golden starlike flower panicles in summer. Handles poor soils and seaside gardens. Grows to 30-60 cm. Obtained it name from the dried aromatic stems were used for stuffing pillows and mattresses to keep out bed bugs and fleas! The root makes a red dye and the flowering tops a yellow dye. Was also used to coagulate milk in cheese making. 150 seeds.
Organic
Frost Resilience
Frost Hardy
Lifespan
Perennial
Sow Method
Transplant
Sowing Instructions
Sow into a tray/pot to transplant once frosts have passed. Keep moist and warm (20˚C+). Germinates in 3-6 weeks.
Height
0.5 m
Spacing/Spread
0.3 m
Sowing Periods
Cool Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Jan 31st
Temperate Climate Periods
Sep 1st to Feb 28th