Common Plantain

Common Plantain, Plantago major, grows up 12 inches tall when in full bloom but is a nice low growing green rosette and are easily grown from seeds. The young, tender leaves of the Common Plantain plant are edible, and can be used as a salad green or cooked and eaten like spinach. Plantain herb plants have historical medicinal use as a wound healer and today Plantain has been found to have scientific merit. It is also enjoyed by butterfly larvae and if allowed to seed, birds eat the dried seeds.

Good to start from seed in these months:

North Florida: November-March

Central Florida: December-February

South Florida: December-January