Sweet Cicely - Perennial Licorice Candy!
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
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Sweet Cicely is a wonderful, hardy, perennial herbaceous plant that has a lot going for it. Incredibly vigorous, it has the potential to remove lawn through fall sowing of seed, and it can really dominate any space from 0-3' as a very deep tap rooted, de-compacting, soil protecting, deer deflecting crop. It can get weedy if the seeds are allowed to fall where they want, so be thoughtful about planting positions and manage it appropriately.
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Received four (ordered three) beautiful roots from you guys this spring. I have a small shade medicinal garden with black currants, ostrich ferns, and now sweet cicely planted near one of my chicken runs. My mother-in-law is diabetic, and she loves Good n’ Plenty candy, which I have heard you say the seed pods taste exactly like. Can’t wait to share them with her!
I’m in zone 6b in Nova Scotia Canada and have sown the seeds in a potting soil mix in the spring ( seeds have gone through cold stratified in the fridge for at least three months and have had 98% germination rate which is super exciting given that it was my first time. Definitely filling our farm and yard with this amazing plant for its culinary, medicinal and beauty. The fern like leaves are like “cashmere” softest matured plant I have ever touched.
So excited that it worked well for you germination wise... It can be tough.
Got some from you last year, it flowered like crazy this year and I can attest to the licorice candy flavor of the pods! When young they're a really tasty treat in the landscape. Just started to harvest the blackened pods, dyou you store them dry until fall or immediately cold/moist stratify? ditto for Nanking cherry? store dry?
It smells gorgeous and it used to grow near where my horses were and it used to be lovely! I always used to wonder if you can use this like angelica is used? Also, although these have a distinctive smell, they also grow along riverbanks where you can also find hemlock. Hemlock has purplish marks on the stems but I wouldnt advise anyone who didnt know plants 100% to consume any umbelliferous plant that grows alongside rivers or water as theres too many dangerous ones.
VERY good point. Thank you
I have one of these plants, when I was younger I remember the pods of this plant eating them like candy. I went back to the spot it was still there I dug up one of the roots and now it lives in the compost heap. I could never figure the name out until know. Thanks
Pretty wonderful plant indeed!
Awesome
I love this plant and its uses, but I have been hesitant to put it in in my shade garden. We don't have a lot of space, and friends here in Oregon who have put it in have had issues with how aggressive it is and how it tends to take over an area. Have not added it yet, because I am worried it wil get away from me.
Reasonable worry. If you don't collect the seed it can get to be a beast. I plan to collect all seed by cutting the plant to ground level a bit early before the seed is ripe and has a chance to fall and hang upside down to ripen the seed in a garage. With room to play it's wonderful, in a tiny space where you only want one... Maybe not!
I have had good success with my lemon balm clumps by being super diligent about cutting it back before it goes to seed. I am still tempted to get some sweet cicely and to likewise, especially after watching your video!
woah this is similar to Chervil right... Anthriscus cerefolium vs. Myrrhis odorata ? are they both umbrell family but different genus/species name? the Chervil has a licorice flavor when young
Somewhat like chervil, but certainly much much larger and definitely a zone 5b hardy (I'm sure hardier) perennial. It has a tap root and expanding root system that is on par with rhubarb. Powerful soil builder/decompacting plant. Tricky to contain if you let it go to seed! Imagine chervil had a cousin that lifts weights and listens to speed metal... sweet cicely...
Gotcha chervil on metallica lol
Great information, thanks! I just planted some Sweet Cicely rooted cuttings around my pond today, but I will move them, so they don't swamp the other herbs and native flowers I planted!
You can, or just be sure to cut the flowers back and enjoy them as a sweet snack or flavoring and they won't spread...
A coupe of questions, if you have a moment...
Do you know how long the seed is viable?
Also, how is Sweet Cicely for deer browsing?
If they love it, I would like to try and use it as a "trap crop" out in the front yard. Here in suburban Syracuse (houses 16' apart), no one nearby does much vegetable gardening, so the deer get into my back yard and tend to decimate everything I have. Ive had to put up a 6' fence around my 30'x30' vegetable garden to keep them out, but that doesn't do it all the time. I've counted as many as 15 deer in my yard at times. They even frolic with the dog's tennis ball. The deer are beautiful, but they're also very destructive in my context.
To me those have some of the best scented flowers.
They are beautiful
Thank you for the video. It has lot of useful information.
How frequently are pesticides used on licorice plant and what type? Should I care about buying organic licorice?
I have no idea, but in general you want to ideally grow your own and if you can't do that definitely go organic.
Licorice yum.
Great vid, I agree about mentioning hemlock even just to say to go and research it. Your voice is like velvet chocolate, I just need to find some sweet cicely round here to go with it! :)
dude you really need to lead with a "btw this is pretty easy to confuse with hemlock"
I want!!!! Reaching for the seed catalogue right now....
I'll be showing this next year 😊 the wife loves licorice!
Hold on
I'm not a licorice fan - do the roots have that anise flavour to them, too?
Do you know if they would out compete himalayan blackberries and bindweed?
Love your videos, they are a wellspring of information and inspiration! I must say though, it is probably best to mention poisonous look-alikes when talking about any carrot family plants. No reason for panic or anything, there just might be folks out there who aren't quite as familiar with the plants and could probably stand to know such things. Thank you and keep up the good work!
I thought I definitely would have in that video, I should rewatch. Yes... you are absolutely right, especially with Sweet Cicely!
Is there any part of this you can't eat?
Not that I've found.
I'm gonna grow sweet cicely this year, but it will have to be happy in a large pot, the flowers or pod will have to be removed. I don't want it for it's coverage, I just want it for culinary purposes.
That could work... Although I think it really enjoys being in soil that lets it go real deep with it's roots. I hope it works wonderfully for you!
Where do you get all your seeds? I would like to add many plants but wondering the most cost effective way to get new plants
I dug up my first plants from another permaculture demo site 6 years ago and it's spread since then. I often barter my labor for new plants so I don't spend money... You may want to find someone near you to help out, learn from, and get plant material from...I offer bundles on the website, and will be providing seed of sweet cicely to fruition seeds for them to offer this fall, you can find the seeds online, or get some plants to really get going and then have enough seeds to fill out huge areas in a few years!
Hi, looked on your website...perhaps I missed it. Do you have seeds for Sweet Cicely for sale? We're starting our permaculture homestead, and it sounds like a good solution for us. Thanks.
I currently don't sell seeds, too much work for tiny amounts of money. I have healthy established plants available through the site that would give you a great strong start and provide you with unlimited seed over time! :)
Is there any way to propagate this other than seed?
Not that I know of. It is very easy from seed though.
I'll be using this to further my quest to conquer some English ivy.
Did it work? I'm wondering if it would choke out poison ivy.
Yum! High on my herbs list - I recently bought the seeds, will be sowing them this autumn!
enjoy, and keep an eye on their seeds as they ripen in the future! :)
Nice, I need something to compete against the garlic mustard in my yard
Should blast it apart.
I have just found you and subscribed. Would you please do some cooking videos Thank you.
Has anyone tried growing in pots?
I think this plant woudl hate being in a pot long term
Went to your site. you offer plants, but not seeds. Any particular reason ? You speak like you are selling it too. Very vague.
I sell sweet cicely plants. Currently we are sold out for this season. We don't sell seeds as it's just too many things to keep track of. If people make orders and ask for me to throw in some extra seed of this or that we often do! Sorry if it feels vague, we aren't a huge corporation, just a few regular people trying to get nice plants into the world!
Sorry if I offended you, but I have dealt with huge corporations that were much worse.My point was just that your talk about seeds was vague. Have a great day.
Hey, no offense at all. I understand why it would be confusing and even a little frustrating to try to track down seeds for this after watching the video. Perhaps we'll offer seeds at some point!
Thank you.
Added to my crops to try list.
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Good video...highly invasive, beautiful plant, will suck you in...no food for lepidopteran (moths/butterfly) larvae where it is not native and thus becomes a food desert for them if you let it "dominate". Many pollinators do come to this plant, but they are enticed away from their native ecology, resulting in native plants silently disappearing. We can grow for our own purposes, but if it gets away it becomes a multiplying form of destructive litter. Dig it out if you move away so you don't victimize your human and non-human neighbors! Apiaceae will one day rule the world! Exquisitely designed for maximum reproduction and near indestructibility! Think ahead about the work you create for yourself, and that you WILL get old and unable to care for what you plant. Be a responsible part of your ecology, because it is not all about humans.
Beautiful sentiment .thank you I think I will just plant my seeds in a large pot. Best wishes from Ireland 🇮🇪