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Sassafras 5 Seeds
•Sassafras albidum Fragrant Blooms Leaves Mosquitoes & Insect Repellent
•Sowing Sassafras albidum Seeds: Scarification, cold stratification and moisture enhance germination. Scarify: Soak in water for 24 hours. Remove fruit from seed after 1-2 hours. Stratify: Cold 120 days, 40 Degrees F Germination: Sow 3/8" Deep
•Sassafras, Sassafras albidum, Seeds An essential oil, called sassafras oil, is distilled from the root bark or the fruit. It was used as a fragrance in perfumes and soaps, food (sassafras tea and candy flavoring) and for aromatherapy. The smell of sassafras oil is said to make an excellent repellent for mosquitoes and other insects, which makes it a nice garden plant. Acids can be extracted from bark for manufacturing perfumes. The essential oil was used as a pain killer as well as an antiseptic in dentistry. The pith is used in the U.S. to soothe eye inflammation and ease catarrh. Sassafras oil is the preferred source of safrole, which is the main component (75-80%) of the essential oil. Hardy, Adaptable, Easy to Grow, Showy Fragrant Flowers, Fragrant Leaves, Fall Color, Attracts Birds and Butterflies, Shade Tree, Cold and Drought Tolerant This lovely, deciduous, native North American tree is pyramidal when young but later develops into a 30 to 60 foot tall by 25 to 40 foot wide, rounded canopy composed of many short, horizontal branches which give the tree a layered effect. For years, Sassafras was grown for the supposedly medicinal properties of the fragrant roots and bark but it is the outstanding fall display of foliage which should bring it into the garden today. The large, multi-formed, five-inch leaves, fragrant when crushed, are bright green throughout the summer but are transformed into magical shades of orange/pink, yellow/red, and even scarlet/purple in the cooler months of autumn, brightening the landscape wherever they are found.