SAFLAX - Gift Set - Cuckooflower - 100 seeds - With gift box, card, label and potting substrate - Cardamine pratensis
Ancient shaman plant full of valuable mustard oils and vitamins
Mail a growing gift to a friend. Coming with the seeds you chose, a little box (17 x 12 x 2 cm) ready to mail, sticker to label the box, greeting card for your personal notes and germfree and permeable potting substrate based on coconut fiber (dried block) in a stand-up bag. This way your friend will be ready to start right away when your gift arrives.
The ladys smock or cuckoo flower is one of the native wild perennials. In spring it can transform entire meadows into a sea of ??flowers. The plant is perennial and reaches a growth height of between 30 to 50 cm during the flowering phase from April to June. Its white, light pink or pink-violett colored flowers are rich in pollen and nectar and very popular with bees, butterflies and other insects. After flowering, it develops narrow, upright pods and can hurl its seeds out of the pods by over two meters. The spring bloomer is ideal as a cut flower for spring bouquets, but should be cut at the bud stage because it will fade rather soon. Active agents: the young leaves of the ladys smock have a slightly pungent taste that resembles cress. The aroma of the lower leaves unfolds just before flowering and changes to a more bitter taste afterwards. With its beneficial elements such as mustard oils and vitamin C, the herb has an antispasmodic and cough-relieving effect. In natural medicine the plant is used internally for chronic skin disorders, asthma and severe excitability. Tea made of cuckoo flower is also considered to help with rheumatic complaints and to promote digestion. Tea: pour 250 ml of boiling water over one or two teaspoons of the herb or the flowers and let the brew steep for 10 minutes before straining. In the kitchen: in spring, the young leaves are a delicious ingredient for wild herb salads, soups or herbed butter. The flower buds are particularly suitable as an edible decoration for dips or curd.
Natural location: Ladys smock has a range from Europe to the arctic climate zone in North Asia and North America.
Cultivation: Since Ladys smock is quite fast reproducing, mostly it is enough to just sow the seeds in a cool place. April would be the best time to do that.
Place: The cuckoo flower prefers a semi-shaded location. However, it will also grow in full sun as long as the soil is moist enough.
Care: Ladys smock needs a fertile and moist soil and is sensitive to aridity, but also to waterlogging. In the right location it doesnt need any special care. You may cut back the plant after flowering. On a flower meadow, the cut is done automatically with the first mowing. Harvest: cut and bundle the plant when it is in full bloom and hang the bundle to dry in a partially shaded place. Spread a cloth or paper underneath to catch any fallen flowers. It can then be stored well in paper bags in a cool and dark place.
During winter: Ladys smock is winter-hardy up to -28° Celsius. Cut off the withered parts of the plant in late winter and use them as natural winter protection.
Bonsai ability: No
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