Mirabilis jalapa Pink | 20_Seeds USDA Hardiness Zone 8b

Mirabilis jalapa Pink | 20_Seeds USDA Hardiness Zone 8bThese seeds are from Mirabilis jalapa Pink. This perennial grows up to 4 feet tall and lives best in full sun. Only blooming in the middle of summer. The Leaves can be used as dye in cakes and jellies, while the seeds can be crushed up and used as a replacement for pepper. Mirabilis in general are larval host plants for the White lined Sphinx moth. This plant can be grown as an annual all over and can be grown as a tender perennial in zones 9 to 11

Lewis’ Blue Flax unfurls a tapestry of sky-blue saucer blooms atop slender green stems

Green Ebony

also known as Pineland Passionflower

This plant is one of the sacha inchi species that grows in the Peruvian Amazon

Young seed pods are very tasty and older pods can be eaten after the floss is removed

This is Pueraria tuberosa

and sometimes you will find some strange results

This is a tender perennial in zones 9 to 11 but is grown as an annual in all USDA Hardiness Zones

One of these seeds was recovered from a dry lake bed in China and carbon testing dated the seed as being at least 1000 years old

but reward is eventual monumental presence

It is not a fungus

The fruit on this one is beyond compare