Valerian

Valerian is an important medicinal herb that has accompanied humanity with its effects for centuries. In nature, you will most often find it in damper meadows and light forests of Europe. Therefore, it will grow best for you in a sunny location with humus-rich and loamy soil. It handles our winters and frosts down to minus twenty-three degrees with ease. From us, you will receive a grown seedling in a pot, which you just need to transplant directly into the flowerbed, ideally with a spacing of sixty centimeters. Thanks to its unpretentiousness, valerian is ideal for beginners, though it occasionally attracts aphids. During the summer, it forms sturdy stems with green leaves reaching a height of up to one hundred and fifty centimeters. Tiny white and pink inflorescences bloom on them. The plant is highly aromatic and emits a specific scent favored by cats. The flowers are edible and reliably attract bees. Valerian is excellently suited for damper herb beds, where it willingly self-seeds. For bouquets, we collect the stems when the first little flowers open; they will last five days in a vase.