Plants will ship Mid-March 🙂
Meadowsweet (Spirea ulmaria) potted plant, organic
$8.50 – $21.95
Family: Rose (Rosaceae)
Hardy to Zones 3 to 9
(The Latin name Spiraea ulmaria is synonymous with the Latin name Filipendula ulmaria)
Herbaceous perennial to about 4 feet. Native to temperate Europe and Asia. Multiple stems arise from a spreading crown with delicate, ferny leaves. Masses of creamy flowers are fragrant, like honey and mead. We specialize in this plant, which gives copious quantities of flowers. Traditional usage TWM): anti-inflammatory and pain relieving. Source of salicylic acid. The word “aspirin” was invented as a conjuncton of the Latin “a spirea” meaning “of Spirea.” Plant prefers rich, moisture retentive loam, plenty of water, and a part shade to full sun exposure. Space plants 2 feet apart.
Potted plant, Certified Organically Grown
Question
Rachel –
Hi Richo,
I just read about meadowsweet and am excited you specialize in this plant. I want to add this to an infused oil & balm. I’m so excited to smell the honey & I just know the bees will go nuts. I am hoping to order some to plant this fall. Do you expect you may have a restock available soon?
I appreciate you so much
~ Rachel
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Richo Cech –
Hi Rachel, We do have more meadowsweet coming on although it is slow-growing. We will enable as soon as possible. Please hit waitlist. Richo
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BeDaLoveLiveLight –
Will this plant keep green leaves in the winter? Last year we had a few weeks where nights dropped to the 20s….We are in north Georgia 7b, with clay soil we have amended with Happy Frog Soil. Considering a place in the front yard for meadowsweet—to enjoy the fragrance, but want medicinal herbs/plants that will keep green leaves and beautiful shape in the winter.
We liked the idea of a few plants in the front for the fragrance…hoping for a plant that continues to stay green as the front yard gets plenty of sun in the winter.
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Richo Cech –
hello beda, thanks for contacting. i do understand your situation there and herbaceous perennials like meadowsweet won’t work in winter–they senesce back down to the crown. maybe back up a bit and get to our homepage and put the word “evergreen” in the search engine. that will give you a wide subset to choose from. richo
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Kristen –
If I order plants this year and they are shipped to me in October, is it OK to plant them in Illinois, or is it better to wait until spring?
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Richo Cech –
hi kristen, In California, it is better to plant them in the fall. In Illinois, it is better to wait until the spring.
Richo
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Terry A. Scheibelhut –
Beautiful healthy and huge with lots of flowers. Packed well, shipped with care. Simply the best company ever, and the prices are great ! Thank you and God bless you.
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Kelly Schoen (verified owner) –
Dallas/Ft Worth area, planted them 1/2 shade along a wall. They thrive. The tea from the leaves is delicious and raises the mood. Our family just loves it. Flowered the 2nd year. We actually had snow this year on the ground for a week or so, it was no issue for the meadowsweet.
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Leslie Cottle –
If you are allergic to aspirin would this be a plant to avoid? I’m looking for natural pain relief and anti-inflammatory herbs with a myriad of serious allergies, aspirin being one of the many.
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Richo Cech –
Hi Leslie,
Thanks for getting in touch and I can understand your concern. I don’t think you’d have to avoid growing or touching meadowsweet, but you might not want to take it internally. Most folks have no trouble with this, though, and find that it decreases inflammation, not causes it. Anyway, there are other plants that herbalists use as anti-inflammatories and to relieve pain that do not rely on salicylates, and there are plants that help root out the causes of allergies, too. Please read my book “making plant medicine.” Richo
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kathy hall –
Is there anyway you could make an exception for a florida resident on when you ship? our spring is starting now and i”m seeing a lot of growth. I”m north florida. thanks, kathy
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Richo Cech –
please request desired ship date by using customer comments field at checkout.
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katie –
My meadowsweet is the darling of my “side garden” on the western face of my house. Her lovely textured leaves tolerate the sun and dryness better than I had anticipated and she has grown back now for her 3rd year with no special treatment. While not as big and booming as she would be in a bit more shade and moisture this is a hardy plant that has not failed to make me smile since digging it in.
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Elizabeth –
I installed filipendula ulmaria at a client’s and we love it. I purchased some for my property from the same nursery, now closed. The leaves on those are enormous. Mine have been hit by deer so many times it’s afraid to undertake lift off again or so it seems. I’m wondering why your mature plants have leaves that are so much smaller.
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Admin Richo Cech –
Leaf size on any plant will be larger when grown in the shade vs the sun, due to the fact that leaves are smart–they increase photosynthetic surface area when there is less light. We carry the true medicinal meadowsweet–I believe there may be cultivars out there that have larger leaves.
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