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Siberian Meadowsweet
Siberian Meadowsweet

Siberian Meadowsweet

Regular price $4.00 Sale

Filipendula palmata

Origin: Russia

Improvement status: Wild

Seeds per packet: ~100

BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED

Life cycle: Perennial

Siberian meadowseet is a lovely edible and medicinal herbaceous perennial native to far eastern Russia and China. Relatively short woody shrubs with palmate leaves (somewhat resembling buckeye leaves) are topped with astilbe- or spirea-like flowers that are pretty, cloud-like, and pinkish-white. Plants generally grow to 3 or 4 feet tall.

In the Russian far east, young meadowsweet leaves are eaten as a spring vegetable. In summer, the leaves and stems are collected to feed to pigs. The plant also has many traditional medicinal uses. Oroqen people in China use it for rheumatism, gout, epilepsy, frostbite, burns, and gynecologic hemostasis. Recent scientific studies have found potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities, indicating its likely value in the treatment of inflammatory diseases. It may also potential antitumor applications. As always, please consult your doctor before utilizing this or any other plant for medicinal purposes.

Our Russia-grown seed was imported by the good folks at Sheffield's Seeds in Locke, NY.

GROWING TIPS: Soak seeds for 24 hours then cold-moist stratify for 60 days. Hardy to Zone 3.