Japanese Meadowsweet Edible | Slide Mouse
Spiraea alba is a deciduous shrub growing to 1 5 m 5ft.
Japanese meadowsweet edible. It can grow in semi shade light woodland or no shade. The white woodland variety looks a lot like anthony water also but has white flower clusters instead. Moisten the pellets right away. April 2015 photos and chat by zuzu.
Jun 26 2015 9 54 am. The plant is winter hardy. Would you like a hedge full of butterflies. The flowers bloom in the summer.
Crimson red flowers in branched astilbe like terminal panicles corymbs bloom in summer atop purple tinged stems typically rising to 3 4 tall. Jun 1 2015 10 56 am. Japanese meadowsweet is a very hardy shrub that requires little care. Apr 26 2020 10 14 pm.
And we understand why. Spiraea japonica is a deciduous shrub growing to 1 5 m 5ft. Meadowsweet spiraea alba is a wild edible that is often used as a constituent in herbal remedies the flower contains salicylic acid similar to aspirin. It is in flower from july to august.
Although edible meadowsweet is more recognized as an herbal medicine used to help with many maladies. Easily recognizable by its brown cigar shaped head you can find the cattail in open wet areas as well as swamps and ditches. Nov 23 2015 9. Actually anthony waterer is a cultivar of the bumald spirea spiraea x bumalda that is a hybrid of the japanese x woodland spireas.
The flowers produce nectar and pollen attracting various bees wasps adult long horned beetles cerambycidae and the moth ctenucha virginica virginia ctenucha. The pink flower groves are a festive picture. Light sandy medium loamy and heavy clay soils. During the spring and summer sprinkle cow manure pellets around the shrubs.
Most of the cattail is edible. Each year after winter trim it down to 10 15 cm off the ground. Filipendula purpurea commonly called meadowsweet or japanese meadowsweet is an upright clump forming perennial that is native to japan. Light sandy medium loamy and heavy clay soils.
The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by insects. It is hardy to zone uk 5. In particular the flower head contains salicylic acid. The leaves are better off boiled.
You can eat the young stems raw along with the rootstock of the plant after the mud is washed off. What s blooming in may 2015 by ctcarol. Acid neutral and basic alkaline soils. It attracts bees and butterflies.
The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by insects. Sue s garden by calif sue. We can enjoy the colourful spiraea again next year. It is in flower from august to september.
Acid neutral and basic alkaline soils. It is hardy to zone uk 6. Japanese meadowsweet spiraea japonica by jenleigh5482. Then we recommend the japanese meadowsweet anthony waterer spiraea japonica.
May 4 2015 4 05 pm.