Family: Mint (Lamiaceae)

Hardy to Zones 3 to 7, often grown as annuals, 60 days to harvest

Annual, biennial or perennial.  The plants make interesting foliage and showy flowers.  These are the 3 main types.  Traditional usage (TWM, TCM): menstrual woes, regulates the blood, strengthening to the heart.  Likes partial or full sun, regular garden soil and lots of water.  Harvest early for 2 cuttings.  Motherwort is easy to grow from seed.  Sow in the fall or early spring.  Prepare a fine seedbed or plant in a pot or flat.  Sprinkle seed on surface, work in with fingers and tamp down securely.  Germination in about a week.  Thin or transplant to 2 feet apart.

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3 full sized seed packets of motherworts: Chinese (Leonurus artemisia), official (Leonurus cardiaca) & Siberian (Leonurus sibericus), all Certified Organically Grown