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Fireweed has showy pink to purple flowers in long, dense clusters bloom late summer. High in vitamin A and C, the young spring shoots are a nutritious vegetable, a tea from the leaves tastes similar to black tea and is used to relieve stomach aches. Older stems are used for thread or fibre. Fireweed, an early colonizer of burned, disturbed areas, was one of the first plants to appear in bomb sites during the London Blitz of World War II, and at Mt. St. Helens after its' eruption. Direct sow fall or early spring.
Approx 50 seeds per pack.
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