Buy Cleavers edible weed seeds NZ –

Want to know how to identify Cleavers for foraging?
Grow your own Cleavers edible weeds from seed, and get to know this edible weed!

Cleavers is a delicate, rambling, herbaceous, herbal weed that thrives in Spring when the weather begins to warm, The whole of the plant is covered in tiny ‘hooks’ which it uses to climb other plants or structures, and which cause it to ‘stick’ to clothing.

Often written off as a weed, Cleavers leaves can be made into medicinal infusions, eaten, and can even be used for a red dye.

Other common names for Cleavers include Biddibid, Goosegrass, Catchweed, Bedstraw, Sticky-willy, and the Maori name: Māwe.

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Cleavers edible weed seeds NZ:
This pack of Cleaver seeds contains 25 seeds in a composable zip-lock bag, along with instructions to sow.
Also includes a plant specific info sheet; with planting tips, growing care, flowering / harvest seasons.

• SOWING TIME:
  Late Autumn
  
• HARVEST TIME:
  Harvest in the spring, snip of the top 20cm and the plants will regrow. Most palatable for culinary use in early spring before the plants mature. Medicinally, they are most potent in early bloom.
• CLIMATE:
  This herbal weed thrives in Spring when the weather begins to warm.
• BOTANICAL NAME:
  Galium Aparine
• TYPE:
  Open pollinated
• LIFECYCLE
  Annual

Buy Cleavers edible weed seeds NZ, and download our free Garden Journal: Plants & Seeds Record and create a booklet to paste/keep your seed info in one place.