Product Description: Coix lacryma-jobi Seeds — Nature’s Beads of Stories
Plant more than grain—plant a living art piece. Job’s Tears seeds grow into graceful grass-like stalks crowned with bead-like fruits that hover delicately, like rain-kissed pearls waiting to tell their tales.
Botanical Flourish & Bloom
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Bloom & Fruit: Though the actual flowers are subtle and wind-pollinated (often unseen), the real show arrives when rounded, glossy involucres emerge, ranging from soft white to pale tan or gray—each a miniature bead of botanical elegance.
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Growth & Hardiness: A fast-growing, tropical-to-temperate grass reaching 1–3 meters tall and typically behaves as an annual—but can survive perennially where frost is absent. Ideal for USDA Zones 8–11.
Wildlife & Garden Symphony
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Pollinators & Insects: While not a larval host, its airy stalks and seed clusters become irresistible to bees, ladybugs, and other small insects that flutter and rest—infusing movement and life into the garden.
Cultural Richness & Timeless Magic
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Sacred Beads & Traditions: Known across cultures for centuries—Coix seeds have been used as prayer beads in Buddhism, rosaries in Catholic traditions, and woven into jewelry by the Cherokee and indigenous communities. Often called “pearls of the soil.”
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Culinary & Beverage Heritage: In East Asia and Southeast Asia, the soft varieties are cooked like grain, milled into flour, brewed into comforting milk-like drinks, and even fermented into traditional beers and teas.
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Ancient Grain with Modern Purpose: Revered as “staff-of-life” to some and “necklace” to others, Job’s Tears remains a protein-rich cereal—higher in protein than most grains—and has historically doubled as a food and adornment.
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Ecological Role: A staple of wetlands, stream banks, and paddy fringes, it thrives in moist, fertile soils—connecting you to water-loving landscapes and carbon-farming promise.
Why These Seeds Capture Hearts
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Living jewelry: Harvest nature’s beads right from your garden—each one uniquely shaped, polished by sunlight, and threaded by chance.
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Dual-purpose delight: Enjoy both ornamental drama and nourishing grain—whether for soups, teas, flours, or adornment.
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Cultural resonance: Grow a plant that carries centuries of spiritual, culinary, and crafting traditions around the world.
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Garden vitality: Arching stalks and glossy grains invite a symphony of insects—bringing quiet motion and gentle hums.
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Adaptable & striking: Whether in a wetland border, container, or living tapestry, it adapts and flourishes with grace.
Sow Coix lacryma-jobi seeds, and grow not just a plant, but a living heirloom of culture, craft, consumption, and subtle beauty.