Cây Lá Gai (Gai Plant for Gai Leaf Little Cake)

This morning as we took advantage of the beautiful day and started working on the backyard.  I noticed our Gai plants are growing tall enough to dig them up and send them to my blog fans who's been patiently waiting for this special leaf.  So now is the time to make Bánh Ít Lá Gai. 

I have received quite a few emails asking for Gai Plants since my last post on Bánh Ít Lá Gai (Gai Leaf  Cake).  Click here for the recipe.    As promised I will send them out once the Gai Plants grow back after a prolonged winter. So now I can fulfill that promise.

Gai plant is easy to grow. You can grow it in full-sun or part sun. In the winter time, gai leaves will change to a black color then fall off the plant. But when spring comes, it will grow back fast. When the gai plants grow tall and produce abundant of leaves, you can pick the leaves to sun-dry. You can then store them to build a supply for your next take at the recipe. 

The gai plants are limited, so I will send them as by order of request.  For those who don't receive it this time, I will definitely send it to you when the gai plants grow tall again in about a month or two.  Once you receive it, you can plant it as is or split them up individually.  These plants spread grow fast and spread everywhere.   We originally got a few small plants bunched as one but we split them up individually and now you can see a bed full of them.  

I will wrap the plant base on the "how to ship plants in the mail" guideline and will send it to you via priority mail (2 days shipping)  with your choice of delivery confirmation or without.  I don't think the shipping cost is that much, (less than $10 I hope) but let me check with the post office and will let you know the exact cost.  In the meantime, please email me your shipping address.  You can pay me back for the shippng fee when you receive your plant.  Since I don't sell the plants, so I set up a Paypal Donate Button instead of Pay Button on my blog, so that  you just need to click the button and send the cost of the shipping to my paypal account. 

Thanks for being patient.