50 Vanilla Grass seeds, Anthoxanthum odoratum
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Vanilla Grass, Sweet vernal grass, Anthoxanthum odoratum
Uses: Medicinal/Aromatic
Duration: Perennial (hardy in Zones 3-10)
When to Sow: Spring/Late Summer/Early Fall
Ease of Germination: Easy
An ornamental grass similar to sweetgrass and often confused with it. It can be found growing in meadows, hay fields, wetlands and disturbed soils. Like woodruff and sweetgrass, it has a sweet vanilla aroma that is released when dried or wilted.
A tincture of its flowers is said to give relief from hay fever.
Loves full sun. Blooms in July and August. It produces flowering shoots and bladed grass up to 3 ft. tall.
Do NOT grow where cattle may eat it. Native to Asia and Africa.
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