RARE*ROOTBEER PLANT/piper auritum! Great Scent! Herb Start Price USD 8.50 Current Price USD 8.50 Time Left - Bid Count 2 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 24, 2008 End Time Friday, August 29, 2008 Location La Porte, Texas See more about 'RARE*ROOTBEER PLANT/piper auritum! Great Scent! Herb' Description dancingwithnature Store RARE*ROOTBEER PLANT/piper auritum! Great Scent! Herb Description: THIS AUCTION IS FOR THE EXTREMELY RARE HERB GARDEN PLANT, ROOTBEER PLANT ALSO KNOWN AS 'MEXICAN PEPPERLEAF' OR 'PIPER AURITUM'.  GROWS WELL IN PARTIAL TO FULL SHADE WITH AMPLE WATER.  A VERY INTERESTING ADDITION TO YOUR HERB GARDEN WITH ITS VERY LARGE HEART SHAPED LEAVES AND BAMBOO LIKE STEMS.  IT EMITS A LICORICE SCENT FROM ITS LARGE LEAVES...HENCE ITS ROOTBEER NICKNAME.  GROWS TO 6 FEET...HARDY TO 32 DEGREES.  A READILY REPRODUCING PLANT...PLANTLETS EMERGE FROM ITS SURROUNDING SOIL.  NATIVE FROM MEXICO THROUGH COLUMBIA.  HAS BEEN USED TRADITIONALLY IN MEXICAN DISHES TO WRAP FISH LIKE TAMALES.  THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PLANTS THAT I WISH I HAD A SCENTED WEBPAGE FOR.  THE ROOTBEER SCENT IS AMAZING.  IF YOU JUST GROW IT TO ENJOY WATCHING YOUR GRANDKIDS FACE LIGHT UP AS THEY SNIFF IT, ITS WORTH THE PURCHASE. WE HAD FREEZING TEMPS HERE IN TEXAS A FEW WEEKS AGO.  I WAS JUST TRIMMING BACK MY MOTHER ROOTBEERS BUT THE ONLY EFFECT IT HAD ON THEM WAS BURNING THE LEAVES A BIT.  THIS PLANT IS VERY TOUGH.  I WANTED TO TAKE PICS TO SHOW YOU HOW LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL THEY GROW BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR NOW.  I HAVE ADDED PICS OF THE PLANTS FOR SALE AND OF THE NICE, BAMBOO LIKE STALKS. BID WITH CONFIDENCE...DANCING WITH NATURE HAS BEEN ON E-BAY SINCE 2004. THIS AUCTION IS FOR A GALLON SIZED PLANT.  VERY HARDY...THIS PLANT WILL GROW LARGE FOR YOU QUICKLY WHEN PLANTED IN THE GARDEN!  :-)  PLEASE EMAIL ANY QUESTIONS.  WE ARE IN THE HOUSTON AREA AND IT DOES WELL...THE LEAVES WILL BURN IF PLANTED IN FULL SUN SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.   Place a Bid!