Calystegia soldanella
| Calystegia soldanella | |
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| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 6 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 2' |
| Blooms: | Early Summer-Late Summer |
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| Edible Rating: |  |
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| Tea: | Yes |
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Calystegia soldanella (common name: sea bindweed)
Propagation: Seed - sow spring in a cold frame in a free draining compost and only just cover. The seed usually germinates in 1 - 3 months at 15°c[1]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold frame for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Division in early spring whilst dormant[2].
Cultivation: Easily grown in ordinary well-drained garden soil in a sunny position[3][2].
This species is very difficult to establish successfully in the garden[3].
Range: Coastal areas of Europe, including Britain, N. Africa, Asia, N. and S. America and Australasia.
Habitat: Sandy and shingly sea shores and dunes[3][4].
Edibility: Young shoots - cooked as a vegetable or pickled and used as a samphire substitute[5][6]. Caution is advised since the plant might have a purgative effect[7].
Medicinal: Antiscorbutic, diuretic, febrifuge, irritant, purgative and vermifuge[8].
Usage: The stems are very flexible and are used as a string for tying[9]. Fairly strong but not long-lasting[K].
Pollinators: Bees, lepidoptera
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
Known Hazards: This species is said to be purgative[7], some caution is advised.
Also Known As: Convolvulus soldanella.
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References
- ↑ Bird, R. Growing from Seed Volume 3. Thompson and Morgan, 1989.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ Clapham, Arthur and Tom Tootin, Edmund Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press, 1962.
- ↑ Hedrick, Ulysses. Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. Dover Publications, 1972.
- ↑ Tanaka, Tyōzaburō. Tanaka's Cyclopaedia of Edible Plants of the World. Keigaku Publishing, 1976.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Crowe, Andrew. Native Edible Plants of New Zealand. Hodder and Stoughton, 1990.
- ↑ Duke, James and Edward Ayensu. Medicinal Plants of China. Reference Publications, 1985.
- ↑ Freethy, Ron. From Agar to Zenery. The Crowood Press, 1985.