White Horehound Seed Pack, Marrubium Vulgare, 100 Seeds Per Pack

White Horehound Seed Pack, Marrubium Vulgare, , 100 Seeds Per PackWhite Horehound (Marrubium Vulgare)Buyer will get 100 seeds per packWill grow to 10-18 inches tallGermination in 7-21 daysPlant 12-16 inches apartHardiness: Hardy PerennialThe plant is bushy, producing numerous annual, quadrangular and branching stems, a foot or more in height, on which the whitish flowers are borne in crowded, axillary, woolly whorls. The leaves are much wrinkled, opposite, petiolate, about 1 inch long, covered with white, felted hairs, which give them a woolly appearance. They have a curious, musky smell, which is diminished by drying and lost on keeping. Horehound flowers from June to September.Origination: White Horehound is a perennial herbaceous plant, found all over Europe and indigenous to Britain.Recommended Uses: White horehound is used for digestion problems including loss of appetite, indigestion, bloating, gas, diarrhea, constipation, and liver and gallbladder complaints. It is also used for lung and breathing problems including cough, whooping cough, asthma, tuberculosis, bronchitis, and swollen breathing passages.Uses: Horehound is used to make hard lozenge candies that are considered by folk medicine to aid digestion, soothe sore throats, and relieve inflammation.It is also used in beverages, such as horehound beer, steeped as tea (similar to the Maghrebi mint tea), and in the rock and rye cocktail.Growing Instructions:Start indoor three weeks prior to final frost in sterile potting soil keeping moist until germination. Surface sow seeds with a light cover of dirt. Seeds Germinate in 7-21 days. Transplant after true leaves shows in well-draining poor dry soil. Plant in full sun/partial shade after the danger of frost has passed. Plant 12-16 inches apart. Let Horehound dry out between watering.