Dittany (Cunila origanoides)

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Q: Do you know whether dittany needs any cold/moist stratification period? In other words, should the seeds be direct sown outdoors (in Tennessee) to go through the freeze-thaw cycles of winter? Or can the seeds germinate without any pretreatment and should they be sown in spring?

Asked by: Aaron - 1/21/2018

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Q: Is Dittany annual, biennial or perennial?

Asked by: Jane - 5/1/2018

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Q: I assume you have no Dittany in pots this year. Are the Dittany seeds ready to plant this spring?

Asked by: Jim - 4/1/2018

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Q: What zone is Dittany Cunila origanoides considered a perennial? I live in zone 5b NE Kansas. I would love to get ahold of this plant if it would be hardy here. Thank you. -Nancy Crawford

Asked by: Nancy Crawford - 4/11/2020

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Surprisingly, we don't know if the cold/moist stratification is required. Our records indicate that we've always stratified the seed for at least 2 months. We need to test it this spring to see if it will germinate without a stratification period. To be safe, you should go ahead and start stratifying now for germination to occur in March or April.

Other species that have tiny seeds generally don't require stratification.

Our records do indicate that dittany seed loses significant viability after 4 or 5 years of dry, room temperature storage (not pertinent to your question but still valuable info).

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It is a perennial. Unless stated otherwise in our plant descriptions, you can safely assume that the potted plants we are selling are perennial. I'll try to add that information to our website in the future.

FYI, plant life cycles are listed in our catalog and on the "Current Inventory" spreadsheet that can be downloaded from our homepage--or copy and paste the following:

http://mowildflowers.net/assets/images/Misc%20plant%20information/WEB%20SPREAD.xlsx

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Hi Jim. The pots should now be available online. As far as sowing seed now, we've always given it a cold moist stratification of at least 50 days. It may not require that long of a cold, moist period, but we can't say that with certainty. At this point in our experience, we would recommend sowing the seed after late November.

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A: It should grow there. It is listed as zone 5 to 8 or 9.

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Dittany (Cunila origanoides)

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