Cordia verbenacea (Erva Baleeira) packet of 5 seeds, organic
$4.95
Family: Borage (Boraginacea)
Hardy to Zones 8 to 12
(Bouillon Bush, Erva Baleeira, “Black Sage” Varronia curassavica, Cordia curassavica) Perennial woody bush to small tree to 12 feet tall, native to Brazil, flowering white, aromatic, giving way to fleshy red fruits on drooping terminal racemes. Sturdy multistemmed bushes with rough, dark-green, trichome-laden leaves. Traditional use (S. American herbalism): Infections, cough. Source of antibiotic essential oils humulene and caryophyllene: analgesic, antiinflammatory and muscle relaxant. Plant prefers sun to part shade and moist soils. May be grown in potted culture and kept trimmed back to size, brought indoors or into the cold greenhouse for the winter. May also act like an herbaceous perennial and die back to the root only to resprout in spring. Sow seeds in warm soil. Germination in 40 days. High rates of germination and ease of germination–no replacement or refunds on cordia seed. you can do this. Space plants 12 feet apart.
Packet of 5 seeds, organic
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Mariliza –
Cordia verbenacea is NOT black sage which is also known as Mugworth….Could you enlight us on this? Thanks.
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Richo Cech –
hi there, we have so much fun with disambiguating common names. really works best to use the scientific name, but they are less entertaining than the common names. Mugworth is another name for mugwort= Artemisia vulgaris. Black sage is usually considered to be Salvia mellifera. The name “black sage” (notice that we put it in quotes) is also shared by Cordia, which is also called Erva Baleeira. its all good. r
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thenaekedgardener (verified owner) –
Hello,
Can you send seeds and/or plants to Mexico and Belize? How’s the odds of customs confiscating plant and seed material to these two countries?
Thank you, -naeked
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Richo Cech –
hi, we can’t send plants outside the USA, not even to Canada. I actually haven’t sent seeds to Belize so I don’t know. When I visited there the customs were super slack. Mexico used to be easy and is now impossible–everything is stolen at customs and resold. r
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thenaekedgardener (verified owner) –
Hi Richo, will you have any more cordia seeds in the next week or so? I just missed out on this. Thank you, naeked
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Richo Cech –
hi there, these will be made available on an ongoing basis as they ripen. we’re probably 2 weeks out on relisting at this point. there will eventually be enough for all. r
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Kooky –
I am patiently waiting as well.
Any must have suggestions for the hot and humid sun tropical Florida garden? I’m looking for things to put right in the ground, which is literally sand, rather than my prepared beds filled with “nicer” raised soil. My 6 foot cactus recently flowered which was amazing.
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Richo Cech –
hey kooky, the cordia is taking its time. bushes currently full of blooms, there will be enough to go around to everyone who managed to order and then we’ll enable sales again. true unicorn, wild yam, brahmi, spilanthes, ashwagandha all can be grown in sand in florida with varying degrees of difficulty and attention. r
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Celina Gibau –
When is this particular seed available (Erva Baleeira)
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Richo Cech –
hi, plants in flower, hit waitlist, this will ship relatively soon. r
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thenaekedgardener (verified owner) –
What is the minimum temperature for hardiness of roots???
Would you say that dieback of top growth is somewhere around 20F?
What has your personal experience taught you on the absolute hardiness in the field?
Have you initiated any tests on dieback and absolute survivability for minimum aerial and root hardiness???
Hardy to zones 8-12; I’m in z0ne 8b…. I will see how well they persist to survive and adapt through winter……
I’m going to germinate 1 packet immediately, grow them out and up until mid fall when they should start to harden off (no nitrogen amendments of any sort through
this entire time).
Grow in very well draining soil ( 1 part local fine beach sand, 1 part local well aged insect infested stump materials; fine, 4 parts local native forest topsoil; after casting aside all mulch debris (save mulch), some perlite, greensand and homemade or local found biochar; fine……..
Top dress with well draining mulch (saved mulch from forest; leaves and twigs from many seasons mixed together with a little white mycorrhizae about), and a few pinches of fine beach sand and perlite………
Now my question; once hardened off by mid- late fall ( like 15 weeks of growth after germination) should I bring these babies in to overwinter indoors there first winter or do you think that seeding just 1 packet is worth the experiment altogether??? Do you think they’ll survive at only 15 weeks of growth before initiating the process of winterization; if left outside for mother’s cold grasp?
I’m doing this for most of my zone 7,8 and even 9 minimum plants, living life on the edge, testing limits!…!…….
Gotu Kola, Moringa, Bacopa, Geranium, Lemon Verbena, Ashwagandha, Debregeasia edulis, Manuka, etc. in z0ne 8b Vancouver, WA!
Now I’m excited for this mini trial!!! What are your thoughts, my friends?
Tread lightly, spread your roots deeply; my friends……. Naeked
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Richo Cech –
in short, bring indoors to overwinter. we’ve kept all of our stock plants in heated greenhouses and don’t recommend putting them out in frost. we have not tested the limits but feel free to do so. we recommend planting the berries immediately on receipt. they do fine that way. r
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Paula Morini –
Hi, I received the email and followed the link but it says its out of stock. Can you please let me know how I can purchase these.
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Richo Cech –
Hello Paula, I’m sorry, these sold out rqpidly. However the mother plants are making more–hit waitlist and you’ll get an e-mail when we enable more packets. Richo
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Paula Morini –
Hi! I got the notification again and it still says out of stock on the website. Any chance I can call you and give you my card number and info? Don’t want to miss this. Thanks
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Richo Cech –
Hi Paula, I’ll try to e-mail you when the next set of Cordia is nearly ripe. Meanwhile pleas do hit waitlist again. Richo
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