Sweet Cicely Myrrhis Odorata Herb CherryGal Organic Heirloom Live Plant 2026

SWEET CICELY (Myrrhis odorata), also known as Garden Myrrh, is a rare and hard-to-find Northern European heirloom with a sweet anise flavor that can serve as a sugar substitute. The unripe seed is used in Scandinavia to flavor akavit and in Germany to flavor sausages and elsewhere to flavor pies and candies. A tall herbaceous perennial, the leaves are feathery and fern-like and retain the delightful fragrance when dried. It can reach 3'h x 3'w. It produces beautiful umbels of white flowers and slender seed pods. All parts are edible. You can cook the leaves like spinach, the stalks like celery, and the roots can be peeled, boiled and eaten as a vegetable. A true delight for your shade garden too. You will receive one healthy plant 6" - 12" high, shipped bareroot in moist medium. I cannot ship plants to PO Boxes.

Please note: If for any reason you believe your plant arrives in distressed or damaged condition, please take a picture and send to me within 24 hours of arrival. I can do nothing if you do not give me this courtesy.

CherryGal has been providing Organic, non-GMO, Heirloom seeds to the home gardener since 1999. Seeds are either certified organic, or organically grown in my organic garden using sustainable organic practices.