How to grow Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Growing Dandelion from seed

Fine sand is excellent for any seeds.

Ensure a distance of 7.8 inches (20.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - look to sow at a depth of approximately 0.51 inches (1.3 cm). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 10°C / 50°F to ensure good germination.

Harvesting Dandelion

For leaves harvest young tender leaves for best taste. Harvest flower heads right after they open. Harvest roots in spring before flowers bloom.2

How long does Dandelion take to grow?

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Dandelion Etymology

The species name, officinale, means that It’s used medicinally.1

Dandelion Folklore & Trivia

A child schoolyard game involves rubbing the flower on someones hand or arm and if it turns yellow then you like butter, or the boy or girl you like will talk to you, or some other such thing.

Another game children play is to pick a flower, say “Mama had a baby and it’s head popped off.” Then proceed to flick the dandelion flower off it’s stem with their thumb.

Other names for Dandelion

Common dandelion, Dent-de-lion, Lions tooth, Dandilaw(yellow)

Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg. ssp. ceratophorum (Ledeb.) Schinz ex Thell.

Misspellings: dandilion, dandylion,

Footnotes

1 Common Dandelion

2 Mobi Motherhood

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