Echter Seidelbast

Der Seidelbast, dieser hochgiftige Strauch, der an Waldsäumen zu finden ist, berührt uns durch seine frühe, purpurfarbene Blüte und seinen tiefen Duft. Viele Menschen lieben den blühenden Seidelbast und fühlen sich zu ihm hingezogen. Warum nicht innehalten und sich auf eine individuelle Pflanzenmeditation einlassen? Sie werden beschenkt werden. -

 

Der Volksmund nennt den Seidelbast „Karfreitagsblume“. Diesen Trivialnamen erhielt er durch Signaturen, die an den Karfreitag erinnern: Die noch geschlossenen Blätter stehen wie eine Lanze über dem auffälligen Blütenkörper der zur Osterzeit blühenden Pflanze. Die Farbe ihrer Blüten weist auf die Kreuzverhüllung am Karfreitag hin.

 

Bitte den Seidelbast nicht pflücken, die Pflanze ist gebietsweise gefährdet und unterliegt dem gesetzlichen Naturschutz! Sie kann aber im Pflanzenhandel erworben werden.

 

 

Landscape Uses:Border, Foundation, Specimen. A good sandy loam suits most members of this genus. Prefers a good heavy soil and some shade. Prefers a calcareous soil and cool moist conditions. There is no evidence to suggest it requires a calcareous soil, but all members of this genus do well on acid soils. A very ornamental plant, it is hardy to about -30°c. Plants tend to be short-lived in cultivation, probably due to excessive seed bearing. Plants are resentful of root disturbance and should be planted into their permanent positions as soon as possible. They also resent being cut and so should not be pruned unless it is essential. A good bee plant, providing a source of nectar very early in the year. The flowers have a delicious sweet perfume. Special Features:Attractive foliage, Not North American native, Naturalizing, All or parts of this plant are poisonous, Fragrant flowers, Attractive flowers or blooms.

Edible Parts: Oil Edible Uses: Oil None known

Dye Oil A yellow to greenish-brown dye is obtained from the leaves, fruit and bark. The seed contains up to 31% of a fatty oil. No further details are given.

Heimisch: Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bindal, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Czechia-Slovakia, DK, East European Russia, Elverum, England [I] (England [I], Wales [I], Isle of Man [I], Scotland [I]); Ireland [I] (Northern Ireland [I]); Denmark [I]; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin [I], Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hessen [I], Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein [I], Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Spain (NE-Spain); Andorra; France; Italy; ?Sicily; Slovenia; Croatia; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (mountains of N-Greece, rare Evvoia); Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Siberia (Altay, Buryatia [I], Irkutsk [I], Krasnoyarsk [I], W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia); Iran (N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan); Alaska [I]; Canada (New Brunswick [I], Nova Scotia [I], Ontario [I], Prince Edward Isl. [I], Quebec [I]); USA [I] (Connecticut [I], Massachusetts [I], Maine [I], Montana [I], New Hampshire [I], New York [I], Ohio [I], Rhode Island [I], Vermont [I]), Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China), FI, Finland, Flanders, Flemish Region, France, Germany, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Grane, Great Britain, Greece, Harran, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lårdal, NW. Balkan Pen., Netherlands, Newfoundland, Nidaros (Trondheim), Nord-Rana, Nordnorge, North America, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sicilia, Snåsa, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Telemark, Tjøme, Transcaucasus, Trøndelag, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uvdal, Vefsand, Vest-Sildre, Walloon Region, West Siberia Eingeführt: Alaska, British Columbia, Buryatiya, CA, Connecticut, Denmark, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Québec, Rhode I., Vermont