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Stevia rebaudiana (sugar plant)

£4.75
Aspect:
Full Sun
Aspect:
Light/Partial Shade
Soil Type:
Most Types
Colour:
White

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Plant Overview

Now widely used in the food and drink industry as a sugar substitute, it has been grown for centurties in South America for it's naturally-sweet leaves. Said to have up to 300 times the sweetness of sugar.

A bushy plant with small white flowers.

Requires protection from frost. Will happily over winter on a cool window sill or frost-free conservatory.

This attractive, white-flowered cultivar is known for its branching habit, which creates a naturally bushy plant.

Height: 45cm 

Common name(s): Sugarleaf; Sweetleaf, Candyleaf, Sugar plant, Sweet Herb of Paraguay

Picture: Ethel Aardvark [CC BY 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

All our plants are supplied in 9cm pots unless otherwise specified. Plants in this size pot establish quickly in the garden and often outpace plants in bigger pots planted at the same time. Our potted plants can be planted immediately, unless otherwise noted, or you can leave them in their pots until you are ready to plant.
The majority of our plants are grown outdoors. This means that they follow their natural growth patterns and are ready to plant at any time of the year. If you order the plants in winter, they are likely to be dormant and died back to ground level, ready to shoot again in spring - just like the herbaceous perennials in your own garden. Very occasionally, in winter, we may indicate on the packing slip that a plant needs to be hardened off before planting out. This will be because it has just come out of a polytunnel. If you have any questions about our plants or growing methods, please feel free to drop us an email.
We grow most of what we sell ourselves, in our nursery in the Buckinghamshire countryside. Our prices include VAT at 20%.