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Apiaceae
Garden myrrh
Myrrhis odorata
Also known as Sweet cicely, British myrrh, Anise fern, Lindera odorata
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Herb · Culinary · Anise · Medicinal · Cottage Garden · Pollinator · Edible · Perennial Herb · Aromatic · Umbel
Garden myrrh is a sweetly anise-scented herb with ferny foliage and white umbel flowers, valued both as a culinary plant and an ornamental. It thrives in partial shade to full sun with moist, well-drained soil and is very easy to grow once established in a suitable spot. All parts of the plant are edible and carry a pleasant liquorice flavour, making it a rewarding addition to herb gardens and cottage plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Michigan, Netherlands, New York
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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