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Gumweed (Grindelia) (Grindelia integrifolia), potted plant, organic
$8.50 – $57.00
Family: Aster (Asteraceae)
Hardy to Zones 6 to 10
Bushy herbaceous perennial to 3 feet tall. Native to the mountains and deserts of western North America. This plant thrives roadside, in sandy areas seasonally flooded, in grasslands on dry slopes, in waste places, rock garden, or regular garden soil outside the reach of sprinkler. Sand mulch for best results. In colder zones, may be grown as an annual, or may become perennial, senescing to the root. If your zone is too cold to support overwintering, be reassured that this is a reasonably dependable self-seeder. In warmer zones, the plant will produce a thick, rubbery, perennial stem that may be crowned by a rosette of green leaves, and gives rise, in season, to more stems, followed by the soft green cauldrons of resin, giving way to the bright golden yellow flowers, flattened, about the size of quarters, which then in turn give way to the seedheads. Traditional usage (TWM): asthma, poison oak and ivy. Plant prefers full sun and dryish, well-drained soils. Space plants 2 to 3 feet apart.
Potted plant, certified organically grown
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Elizabeth Rosenow (verified owner) –
I received a healthy, good looking plant, well-packaged.
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Georgette (verified owner) –
Hello. I just received my live plants. Well package and moist…it even had a couple of worms, yay! Thank you so much. I have immediately planted them in pots with a mixture of garden soil and compost until I can decide where best to put them in my garden. My question is – 1. How best to keep the soil – moist, slightly dry, etc. 2. full sun or shade? Is the plant drought tolerant once roots are established 3. can the plant tolerate light frost? I live in zone 9a. I really hope this plant survives as Grindelia Tincture has help my daughter when she has chronic coughs.
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Richo Cech –
Hello Georgette, Thanks for writing. Sounds like you did the right thing upon receiving your plants. Potted plants in midsummer generally are best left in part shade as the sun is intense and even full-sun plants can burn out in pots. If planted to the landscape or garden then yes, full sun is very well tolerated by grindelia. Also very drought tolerant once the taproot gets down. Any plant is going to need occasional watering to establish and grindelia is no exception. Water daily in pots and water weekly in garden or landscape. In the second year, they will thrive with little or no supplemental watering. Yes, they will act like evergreen or herbaceous perennials in a zone 9. Please read the “grindelia” section in “Growing Plant Medicine Vol 1” Richo
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Elizabeth Rosenow (verified owner) –
I am confused. I have read that this is a wetland plant. Should I grow it in wet or dry soil?!
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Richo Cech –
Hello Elizabeth, there are many species of gumweed, and it is possible that one of them is a wetland plant. However, this one and most of them are dryland species that will withstand seasonal flooding. I still remember my first pick–in the extremely dry hills above North San Juan. Think about it–loaded with oleo-gum-resin–it is a plant naturally protected from dehydration by its constituents. Richo
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Haydn (verified owner) –
I bought this plant from you last year and it is big and beautiful this year. My question is there another way to preserve the flowers than tincturing? Is it possible to dry them or even freeze dry them?
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Richo Cech –
Hello Haydn, Yes, I hear ya, for a “weed” they can be an incredibly striking landscape plant. The flowers can certainly be dried, and even the dried flowers are best frozen before making into the tincture–otherwise you really gum up the works. With something like this, that is so very resinous, I actually do recommend the tincture instead of other preparations. Some people apply the oleo-gum-resin directly as a sunscreen.
Some people use the fresh or dried flowers in tea. see page 189 of “Making Plant Medicine.” Richo
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