Arabica Coffee
Coffea arabica
Origin: Zimbabwe
Seeds per packet: ~10
BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED
Life cycle: Perennial
Arabica coffee is one of the most popular and widely consumed plants in the world. Native to the mountains of Yemen and highlands of Ethiopia, it's been cultivated for over a thousand years — earlier than the other coffee species (such as robusta coffee, or Coffea canephora).
Arabica coffee is only cold-hardy to Zone 10, so it can't be grown outdoors in most of the continental US, but it actually does very well as a houseplant, even quite far north. Plants can thrive indoors — even produce fruit! — for a decade or longer in places like Michigan, Wisconsin, and even Quebec.
A helpful hint: Little coffee plants make great gifts for the coffee lovers and plant nerds in your life!
GROWING TIPS: Seeds are very easy to germinate. For best results, soak in warm water and let stand for 48 hours. Requires some light for germination, so sow seed very shallowly (just 1/16" deep).
Provided by Experimental Farm Network
Coffea arabica
Origin: Zimbabwe
Seeds per packet: ~10
BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED
Life cycle: Perennial
Arabica coffee is one of the most popular and widely consumed plants in the world. Native to the mountains of Yemen and highlands of Ethiopia, it's been cultivated for over a thousand years — earlier than the other coffee species (such as robusta coffee, or Coffea canephora).
Arabica coffee is only cold-hardy to Zone 10, so it can't be grown outdoors in most of the continental US, but it actually does very well as a houseplant, even quite far north. Plants can thrive indoors — even produce fruit! — for a decade or longer in places like Michigan, Wisconsin, and even Quebec.
A helpful hint: Little coffee plants make great gifts for the coffee lovers and plant nerds in your life!
GROWING TIPS: Seeds are very easy to germinate. For best results, soak in warm water and let stand for 48 hours. Requires some light for germination, so sow seed very shallowly (just 1/16" deep).
Provided by Experimental Farm Network
Coffea arabica
Origin: Zimbabwe
Seeds per packet: ~10
BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED
Life cycle: Perennial
Arabica coffee is one of the most popular and widely consumed plants in the world. Native to the mountains of Yemen and highlands of Ethiopia, it's been cultivated for over a thousand years — earlier than the other coffee species (such as robusta coffee, or Coffea canephora).
Arabica coffee is only cold-hardy to Zone 10, so it can't be grown outdoors in most of the continental US, but it actually does very well as a houseplant, even quite far north. Plants can thrive indoors — even produce fruit! — for a decade or longer in places like Michigan, Wisconsin, and even Quebec.
A helpful hint: Little coffee plants make great gifts for the coffee lovers and plant nerds in your life!
GROWING TIPS: Seeds are very easy to germinate. For best results, soak in warm water and let stand for 48 hours. Requires some light for germination, so sow seed very shallowly (just 1/16" deep).
Provided by Experimental Farm Network
Coffea arabica
Origin: Zimbabwe
Seeds per packet: ~10
BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED
Life cycle: Perennial
Arabica coffee is one of the most popular and widely consumed plants in the world. Native to the mountains of Yemen and highlands of Ethiopia, it's been cultivated for over a thousand years — earlier than the other coffee species (such as robusta coffee, or Coffea canephora).
Arabica coffee is only cold-hardy to Zone 10, so it can't be grown outdoors in most of the continental US, but it actually does very well as a houseplant, even quite far north. Plants can thrive indoors — even produce fruit! — for a decade or longer in places like Michigan, Wisconsin, and even Quebec.
A helpful hint: Little coffee plants make great gifts for the coffee lovers and plant nerds in your life!
GROWING TIPS: Seeds are very easy to germinate. For best results, soak in warm water and let stand for 48 hours. Requires some light for germination, so sow seed very shallowly (just 1/16" deep).
Provided by Experimental Farm Network