Moldavian Dragonhead

seeds

1/16t, approx 100 seeds: $4.00; Item: 4590-A

Dracocephalum moldavica
(80 days) Open pollinated.

Annual. The students at Troy Howard fell in love right away with this tea and medicine plant from Eurasia. 18" plants send up purple-blue flower spikes that bumblebees love. Dry the tops (leaves and flowers) for a bright lemony tea. It keeps its aroma well when dried. Cutting encourages re-blooms: students get two or three harvests each summer.

Remember to let a few plants go to seed in August so you can collect seeds to share! Surface sow in pots and set out after danger of frost; or direct sow 2 weeks before last frost. Needs light to germinate.

This seed was grown by the students at Troy Howard Middle School in Belfast, ME. We split the proceeds for this seed with them. Students measure ¹⁄₁₆ teaspoon per packet: approximately 100 seeds.

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Quick Details

Hybrid Status: open pollinated
Days to Maturity: 80 days
Bloom Color: purple
Lifecycle: annual

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See Herb Chart for uses and cultural information.

About medicinal herbs: Archeological evidence dates the medicinal use of herbs back 60,000 years to the Neanderthals. 85% of the world’s population employ herbs as medicines, and 40% of pharmaceuticals in the U.S. contain plant-derived materials. Fewer than 10% of higher plant species have been investigated for their medicinal components. Interest in traditional herbal remedies continues to grow.

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Takinagawa Burdock and Resina Calendula, as well as oats, mammoth red clover and alfalfa in the Farm Seed section, also have medicinal uses. Medicinal herbs such as black cohosh, licorice, and many more are available as plants, and shipped in the spring with orders from our perennial plants warehouse.

Culture: Some herbs are customarily grown from divisions because they cannot come true from seed, such as scented thymes and flavored mints. Some require fall sowing of fresh seed, such as sweet cicely and angelica.

Using herbs: Drying herbs at home is not difficult. Whole leaves retain their flavor at least a year. To substitute fresh herbs for dried in cooking, use triple the dried quantity called for in a recipe.

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