If you love creating gorgeous confections and crave the sweet taste--but not the calories--of sugar, you'll adore Bonnie Plants® Foodie Fresh Sweet Stevia. An herbal alternative to processed sugar, this calorie-free addition to drinks and desserts belongs in your herb garden. Start with live plants instead of seeds, and soon you'll be harvesting the naturally sweet herb for all of your favorite recipes. Use the leaves fresh, dried, or frozen in water to add natural sweetness to beverages and desserts. For the best flavor, harvest Sweet Stevia leaves prior to flowering--they dry beautifully for use throughout the year. Try growing it in a container placed in a sunny spot just outside the kitchen for convenient harvests. Plant easy-to-grow Sweet Stevia in full sun, 12 inches apart. A perennial in zones 9 to 11, Sweet Stevia grows 18 to 30 inches tall. Be sure to water your plant when the top inch of soil feels dry to the touch. Bonnie Plants® Foodie Fresh live plant herbs add delicious flavors, textures, and colors to your garden-to-table meals.
Create deliciously sweet culinary treats without sugar by using Bonnie Plants® Foodie Fresh Sweet Stevia; add the live plant to your garden for a quick start to the growing season instead of planting from seed
Bonnie Plants® Foodie Fresh Sweet Stevia provides a natural, calorie-free, herbal alternative to processed sugar that's perfect for diabetics; use the herb fresh or dried to sweeten your favorite recipes
The pretty, serrated leaves of Foodie Fresh Sweet Stevia look lovely growing in patio containers, raised veggie beds, or in-ground gardens; plant it in full sun near the kitchen for easy, convenient harvests when cooking
Use Sweet Stevia fresh to sweeten tea or lemonade, as a garnish for salads or desserts, or to make a simple syrup; dry the herb leaves and blend them into a fine powder to use in place of sugar when baking
Sweet Stevia grows 18 to 30 inches tall; harvest leaves to use fresh throughout the growing season or dry for later use; cut back the plant often to discourage flowering, as the flavor is best prior to blooming; perennial in zones 9 to 11