DamavandPro Premium Stinging Nettle: Urtica dioica Seeds

From DamavandPro, these Premium Stinging Nettle seeds offer a practical way to grow Urtica dioica, a hardy perennial valued for both culinary use and wildlife-friendly planting. Known for its vibrant green, deeply serrated leaves, stinging nettle can be harvested multiple times and returns year after year, making it well suited to foraging patches, permaculture planting and sustainable growing spaces.

Once cooked, the tiny stinging hairs disappear and the leaves develop a spinach-like flavour, lending themselves to herbal teas, nourishing soups and green smoothies. This variety also supports garden biodiversity, acting as a food source for caterpillars, while the foliage can be fermented into liquid fertiliser for other plants. Suitable for gardeners looking to grow edible perennials as well as those creating wildlife gardens, it combines useful harvests with long-term garden value.

Key features

• 1,300 seeds
• Hardy perennial
• Leaves with deeply serrated margins
• Covered in tiny stinging hairs
• Can be harvested multiple times
• Returns naturally every year
• Suitable for teas, soups and green smoothies
• Supports local insect biodiversity

Specifications

• Plant height: up to 2 meters tall
• Botanical name: Urtica dioica

Care

• Sow indoors in early spring
• Prefers moist, rich, nitrogen-heavy soil
• Thrives in full sun to partial shade
• Requires two weeks of cold moisture for stratification before sprouting
• Growing in pots can help limit aggressive root spreading

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