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Greek Mountain Tea, South (Sideritis syriaca) potted plant, organic
$7.50
Family: Mint (Lamiaceae)
Hardy to Zones 7 to 10
Woody perennial growing to 18 inches, native to Kriti, Lebanon-Syria and Turkey. The plant is white leaved, as soft and downy as wooly lamb’s ears, and quite low-lying. I always keep a lookout for new-to-me Mediterranean herbs, and frankly I believe this one to be one of the most significant ones since … rosemary. A comely plant, highly desired for those of us blessed with hot, dry summers and cool, moist winters. A great-tasting tea herb with salubrious medicinal applications. The tea of dried flowering tops is used for treating colds and restless insomnia. Plant prefers full sun and very fast draining soil, being drought tolerant once established. Space plants 18 inches apart.
Potted plant, Certified Organically grown
In stock
Question
Maria –
Do you know if this is the same plant as Albanian Mountain Tea?
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Richo Cech –
Hi Maria, Some people do call this Albanian mountain tea, but it actually grows in Greece. Richo
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Julie Preston (verified owner) –
Received plants in good health and well packaged. I kept them in the green house a couple of weeks before moving them out to their forever home. Revamped the moon garden. Hoping someday they will catch up with the other old growth in a couple of years.
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VJennings –
Love the moon garden! Beautiful!!
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Denise Marshall –
Good morning could I ask where you purchased the plants from please as I’m interested in purchasing some myself
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Admin Richo Cech –
Hi Denise,
We are certified organic growers of medicinal herb plants, we grow our own, you can get them here.
Richo
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heidyadams (verified owner) –
I’m so excited for my Greek Mountain Tea Plants! My friends brought back some dried tea from Greece where they drank it daily and I fell in love with the beautiful tea immediately. Its aroma is pleasant and its effect gentle, comfortaring, and relaxing, something like chamomile only better tasting in my opinion. My plants arrived in excellent condition; still moist, perky and with bodacious roots. Thank you!
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Admin Richo Cech –
Hello Heidi,
Bodacious roots, that’s a good one!
Richo
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Lew –
If you live in zone 6 can these be grown in large pots and brought in for the winter?
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Richo Cech –
Hello Lew, Yes, these are a very good container or windowbox plant. Speaking of windowbox, if they are kept under the eaves of the house they will probably overwinter fine in a Z 6. Richo
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Maria Westmoreland (verified owner) –
My zone is 8a southeastern NC, cold in the winter, hot in the summer, rainy, humid, I can protected from the rain in a sunny porch, what did you advise? I wanted to grow that tea plant so bad…
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Richo Cech –
Hi Maria,
It really isn’t that different from growing wooly lamb’s ears (Stachys byzantina), which you might already have experience with. The best cure for humidity is a full-sun position and really, truly, fast-draining soil. If you can get ahold of some cactus mix and dig a shallow hole and fill it with cactus mix and then plant the greek mountain tea in that, then your wishes will come true. richo
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nicolesthomas111 –
I just got my Tasty Tea collection, and I live in zone 10A – east coast florida. I have been watering my Marshmallow planting spot a few times a day for a few days, and it seems ready for planting. I will get some cactus mix for planting the Greek Mountain Tea. Any helpful comments for my zone and growing the Tasty Tea seed packets is much appreciated.
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Richo Cech –
Here’s what’s in tasty tea: Basil, Kivumbasi Lime; Greek Mountain Tea; Chamomile, German; Lemon Balm; Marshmallow; Nettles; Tulsi–Temperate, all organic. For instance, the kivumbasi lime comes from a zone 10 east africa. and the temperate tulsi should give you quick results. these are easy–just barely cover the seeds with soil and tamp and keep moist until they germinate, then thin them out. plant the whole packet and make sure you keep three of eash type. its easy that way. richo
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