Milk Thistle – 2 g Seeds
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Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum)
Description:
Milk thistle, also known as Mary's thistle or holy thistle, is a spiny plant with purple flowers and striking white-veined leaves. It is a plant with a rich history, and it is easy to grow from seed.
A plant with a history!
Its history goes back many centuries: milk thistle has been grown and used since antiquity, and it is mentioned in texts from ancient Greece, Rome and China.
Dioscorides, the Greek botanist of the 1st century AD, described the plant in his famous work “De Materia Medica”.
Its reputation as a valued herb continued throughout medieval Europe and later spread to the New World.
Uses:
The leaves and seeds of milk thistle can be used to make a herbal tea.
It is also an eye-catching ornamental with marbled leaves and bold purple flower heads that bees love.
Milk thistle germination and growing instructions are included with every order.
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