Please note, orders for potted plants will be shipped starting Early October.
Ashwagandha, African Ecotype (Withania somnifera) potted plant, organic
$7.50 – $19.95
Family: Nightshade (Solanacea)
Hardy to Zones 8 to 12
Native to Africa, this is an ecotype with large leaves and very fast growth. Traditional usage (dried root): (Ayurveda and Dawa za Asili): energy and sexual tonic. Plant prefers full sun, fast-draining, alkaline (pH 7.5 to 8.0) soil and dryish conditions. Sweeten regular garden soil with ground limestone. Space 1 foot apart–grows 2 to 3 feet tall, producing eventually the lantern-like pods enclosing the pea-sized fruits, green at first and becoming bright red as the inflated calyx dries and becomes transparent.
Potted Plant, Certified Organically Grown
Question
Nicole –
Is this a good plant to stay potted?
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Richo Cech –
It is OK, but really wants to grow to full size and strike its roots deeply
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Chuck Culbertson –
What zones can this be grown in ?
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Richo Cech –
Hi Chuck, you can grow it as a garden annual in any zone. The plant will be an herbaceous or woody perennial in zone 8 and up. Richo
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Rebecca –
I have a high tunnel greenhouse to grow Few herbs for personal use. Do you ship barefoot plants. I’m in Missouri and it gets hot in GH fast
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Richo Cech –
Hi Rebecca, thanks for contacting. We sell only the things you find on our website, mainly seeds, potted plants and bare roots. You’re on the african ashwagandha page–we would send you an african ashwagandha in a pot–it would do very well in a hot hoophouse. richo
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Roger Hale –
Can i buy just the dormant root?
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Richo Cech –
you might be able to buy the seeds. we can’t ship live plants or roots to belize.
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ritatemplephotography –
Can you eat the pea sized fruits?
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Richo Cech –
hi rita, there’s not much ethnography to go on to answer this question. one source states that the berries are used for coagulating milk in cheesemaking–a rennet substitute. In that case I guess one would be eating some of it. richo
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