Stevia Live Plants – (Pack of 3) Live Stevia Starter Plant – Planta Stevia – Stevia Plants Live

You will receive 3 healthy live Stevia starter plants.Zones: 8-11Exposure: Full to Part SunSize: 36″H x 36″SBloom: White, ContinuouslyThe Stevia Plant is commonly known as sweetleaf, sweet leaf, sugarleaf, or simply Stevia and is widely grown for its sweet leaves.Used as a sweetener or sugar substitute, Stevia leaves are 30 times sweeter than sugar but contain virtually no calories.Because Stevia has a negligible effect on blood glucose, it is ideal as a natural sweetener to people on carbohydrate-controlled diets.An attractive garden plant with bright green almond shaped leaves that produces delicate white flowers over the growing season.It is a lovely plant to place in the garden and it looks equally nice placed in mixed planters or on its own.Stevia is a great culinary herb and its leaves can be used fresh to sweeten summer teas and other drinks, in fruit salads, custards, desserts and more. It can be used like a bay leaf to sweeten meat and vegetable dishes while they cook, or you can dry the leaves and use them all year round in a vast variety of ways.It is not recommended using Stevia leaves as a replacement for processed sugars when baking as Stevia does not caramelize like sugar or react with other ingredients as sugar does.Place plants 10-15 inches apart in a full sun to part sun location. Stevia prefers a sandy loam or loam soil that is well draining.