Tree Medic

$4.90

FAMILY: FABACEAE
GENUS: Medicago SPECIES: Arborea

Description

Native to: Mediterranean
Number of Seeds: 20

Description: Tree Medic, is a small evergreen tree that grows 3-4m high. Indigenous to the Mediterranean basin. It is a great nitrogen fixing pioneer plant for forest gardens, producing large quantities of foliage biomass for mulch and fodder, its early season flowers release amazingly strong sweet fragrance around the area calling the bees and producing seeds for birds.

Planting Instructions: Early autumn or early spring. Scarify – Place seeds in a tin can/glass and pour boiling water, let soak for 24 hours. Scatter in seed trays. At the end of the first growth spurt, prick out into pots. Once 5cm tall, transplant into 1L bags. Plant into permanent position when 50cm high.