Molène

A plant with downy leaves that grows in a rosette. Known for its beneficial effects on the respiratory system. The flowers appear as a long spike of small yellow blossoms that can reach 2 meters in height, emerging in the second year. It prefers well-drained, poor soils, which is why it is often found growing by the roadside!

Biennial. Flowers in the second year. Forms a flower stalk 1.5m to 2m tall.

Indoor sowing: Start sowing 8 weeks before the last frost.

The seeds need cold stratification (4 ° C) for at least one week in moist potting soil to germinate better. The seeds can also be sown directly in the ground in autumn.

Germination: 14 days. Temperature above 20 ° C.

Outdoor transplant: When the soil has warmed up and the risk of frost has passed.

Exposure: Full sun

Maturity: 80 days.

Origin of the seed: Mullein grows naturally on some poorer and gravelly parts of our land.

Open-pollinated seeds grown locally and naturally!