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. 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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