Stevia

Stevia rebaudiana

herb

Bees

Bumblebees Attracts butterflies

Butterflies

About

Natural sweetener — leaves are 30–300× sweeter than sugar. Harvest before flowering for sweetest leaves. Frost-tender; grow as annual or overwinter indoors.

Sun: Full Sun
Water: Medium
Spacing

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Soil notes

Well-draining, sandy, slightly acidic — avoid waterlogging

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