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Wild Cinnamon is one of Florida’s finest native trees. It is a rare,
beautiful tree with verdant, evergreen foliage, rich red flowers and bright red
fruits. The leaves and bark are aromatic and have a refreshing, spicy scent
that is similar to cinnamon and cloves. It is native to southern Florida, the
West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America. In Florida, it
grows wild along Florida Bay in the everglades and in the Florida Keys. It
grows in coastal thickets and hammocks. Wild Cinnamon is a shrub or a small
tree with an upright, columnar form and a dense canopy. It has smooth, dark
gray bark and horizontal branches that have clusters of leaves at the twig
ends. The leaves are thick, slightly fleshy, obovate, rich deep green and waxy
or glossy. Small, 5-petalled flowers are produced in clusters at the twig ends.
The flowers are red and the flower buds are green and purple. Fruits are
globose, red berries with several glossy, black seeds. Wild Cinnamon is grown
as an ornamental and specimen tree and as a street tree. The inner bark has
been used as a substitute for cinnamon. The outer bark and other parts of the
plant are not edible. The bark is harvested from the wild as a spice and for
medicine. The heartwood is blackish, the sapwood olive brown. The wood is very
hard and very heavy. It has been used for ploughs, poles, and beams.
Seeds are Stored in a Refrigerator to Maintain Viability
Growing Instructions
1. The seeds like moist, well-drained soil. Prepare a mixture of half
potting soil and half sand, perlite or vermiculite. Put the soil in a pot.
Water the mixture so that it is moist but not wet.
2. Put the seeds on the soil.
3. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil.
4. Water the seeds.
5. Place the pots in an area with warm temperatures in full sun or part
shade.
6. When the seedlings are a few inches tall, they can be transplanted.
Jackson (verified owner) –
WOW!! Not one dud in the bunch!! Shortly after planting they started growing ! These are really great packet of seeds!!!
Matthew (verified owner) –
They arrived very fresh and not bruised. They were delicious.
Zohar (verified owner) –
Good quality.
Kevin (verified owner) –
Great germination.
Camden (verified owner) –
Very healthy seeds! Well worth it.