Buying patchouli seeds

March 1, 2005 4:24 PM

Where can I buy patchouli seeds right now? I'd like to plant them within the next couple of weeks, and the only online retailer I have found so far that offers them (a nursery in Indiana) had to toss out their batch and won't receive any more for at least a month.
posted by lnicole to home & garden (7 comments total)

Here?
posted by Specklet at 5:12 PM on March 1, 2005

I think that would be the nursery in Indiana that had to toss out their batch...
posted by kindall at 5:20 PM on March 1, 2005

Kindall's right, Specklet. I was reluctant to mention them by name since I didn't want to call them out for being out of stock. But still, there can't be only one nursery in the whole world that has patchouli seeds, so I asked MeFi.

I've Googled for weeks and that was the only nursery I have found that fit the bill. I was hoping that someone could mention their friendly neighborhood patchouli seed salesman, or something like that.
posted by lnicole at 5:50 PM on March 1, 2005

Seeds of Change doesn't list patchouli on their site. However, it may be worth a shot to contact them and see if they can recommend a company to you.
posted by onhazier at 5:50 PM on March 1, 2005

2 vendors here
and some hints for growing as well


Try searching under it's Scientific Name - Pogostemon cablin. It yields many more results.
posted by horsemuth at 7:34 AM on March 2, 2005

I'm pretty sure lnicole already knew that -- she's not kidding about having been Googling for weeks. (She has bugged me about it but I couldn't help.) What she's looking for is someone who actually knows where to buy patchouli seeds, as in, has recently bought some somewhere. Where have all the hippies gone?
posted by kindall at 10:49 AM on March 2, 2005

horsemuth: yeah, I had done some searching under the scientific name too, and at least with that I found a few more resources that sold plants, but not seeds. I was familiar with the Dave's Garden info, and that's where I first found the link to Rich Farm Garden; it's interesting that there are two different listings there now. But I tried calling both of those today and no one answered either one, and one only listed plants -- and not seeds -- on their website. Thanks for the help, though. Meanwhile, I'm still searching. :(
posted by lnicole at 1:55 PM on March 2, 2005