Cinnamomum verum

Cinnamon growing tree of the genus Cinnamomum also known as True cinnamon tree or Ceylon cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum verum is perennial evergreen plant also used as ornamental plant for the fragrant, can grow in mediterranean, subtropics or tropics climate and growing in hardiness zone 9+.

Cinnamomum verum bark

Bark color brown mostly the useful part, the bark fall from the mature trunk sometimes needed help.

Leaves edible, can be used for flavor of the leaves, fragrant but week smell, and weaker when it’s dry and almost gone.

Flowers small color yellow, flowers grow on stalk in inflorescence.

Cinnamomum verum for sale – Seeds or Plants to Buy

Requirements for Cinnamon plant growing and care:

Warm climate

What is the best way to start growing?
Plant / Seed / Vegetative Reproduction

Is it necessary to graft or use vegetative reproduction?
No

Difficulties or problems when growing:
Some cultivars contain toxic

Planting season:
Spring, summer, autumn

Pests and diseases:
Aphids, brown spots

Pruning season:
All year

How to prune:
Week, dead branch

Size of the plant:
4-15 m, 12-45 feet

Growth speed in optimal condition:
Medium growing / Slow growing

Water requirement:
Average amount of water / Big amount of water

Light conditions in optimal condition for growing:
Full Sun / Half Shade

Is it possible to grow as houseplant?
No

Growing is also possible in a planter, flowerpot or containers:
Yes

Blooming information

Bloom season?
Autumn / Winter

General information about the flower:
Small flower in yellow color

Pollination is done by:
Bees

Thinning the bloom:
There is no need in the blossom as long as the tree young it’s better to thinning

Grow from seeds

Sowing requirement:
Seeds are yellow with a brown bark, in the wild the seeds pass through the digestive of an animal, to simulate this situation rub the seeds and remove some of the bark, also recommend to sow in slightly acidic soil

Saving seeds until sowing:
Dry dark place

Sowing season:
Tropical spring, subtropical early summer

Plant spacing:
Different pot

How deep to sow the seed?
1-2 cm from the top

Seeding conditions:
Rich soil, moist, half shade

Watering the seeds:
Average amount of water

Germination time:
20-30 day but can be more

Condition of the sprout:
Moist

Do the seeds require burying?
No

Vegetative Reproduction

How to make Vegetative Reproduction?
Cutting

The time for vegetative reproduction:
Spring / Summer

How much time does it take to grow roots in vegetative reproduction?
3-6 weeks

What is the treatment for vegetative reproduction?
Moist, wet soil, half shade, high humidity

Edible leaves

Leaves harvesting season:
All year

How to harvest the leaves?
After tree establish root it doesn’t matter as long as you leave enough leaves on the tree

Information about leaves:
Light to dark green depend on the sun exposure , shiny oval leaves

Uses of Cinnamon leaves:
Beverage, fragrance, cooked

Edible bark

When to harvest bark?
All year

How to harvest bark?
After tree establish every year it’s possible to cut vertical line in the bark and wait until it disconnect from the tree, another option it’s to wait until the tree will take off the bark

Information about the bark:
Brown bark

Uses of the bark:
Beverage, fragrance, cooked

Scientific name:

Cinnamomum verum