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Thank you for your quick response to my order. I have received 5 Mexican Cigar plants, all flowering, healthy and robust and packed with care. Very pleased!
Patricia R., West Sussex
Supplied as a pot grown plant grown in a 7cm pot.
Available from APPROXIMATELY late April / early MayLovely fern like green leaves with clusters of little white flowers, the plants almost look feathery and you want to run your hand through the foliage! Sweet cicely has the scent of aniseed when crushed.
Native to the mountains in Europe and will grow well in colders areas of the UK (although does withstand hot Summers here too!)
The leaves, flowers and seeds are all edible and can be a good 'zero-calorie' replacement for sugar, alternatively the leaves can be cooked like spinach or used in salad. It has been used to treat stomach aches and coughs.
The pollinating insects in your garden with love these plants.
Also known as Myrrth, Shepherd's needle and sweet chervil.
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