Yarrow
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Yarrow - 1 Litre Pot
Achillea millefolium
Hardy perennial
Uses - Yarrow has some edible uses in small quantities.
It is good for attracting predatory insects like hoverflies, they help control greenfly and other pest species.
Named after the Greek warrior Achilles who used it to treat the wounds of bleeding soldiers on the battlefield.
Height - Approximately 60cm.
Growing conditions - Yarrow likes full sun and is a good plant for dry ground.
Flower colour - White to pale pink.
Sweet Woodruff
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Sweet Woodruff - 9cm Pot
Galium odoratum
Sweet woodruff is a spring flowering plant with white cross shaped flowers, it likes shade and can be found growing in woodland under trees. It is great for ground cover and will spread. It has a lovely sweet hay like scent once dried and in days gone by was used as a strewing herb in the home to mask smells and used to stuff mattresses and pillows.
Curly Spearmint
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Curly Spearmint - 9cm pot.
Mentha spicata crispa.
Use this curly leaved mint in all the usual ways, add to peas and tatties, slice into other cooked dishes or add fresh to grain based salads. For drinks use to make a refreshing herbal tea to aid digestion or try your hand at making a mint wine.
Curly spearmint is a hardy herbaceous perennial growing up to 60cm tall. The mauve flower spikes are attractive to pollinating insects. We recommend growing mints in large pots as they can quickly take over your garden, divide annually.
Bladder campion
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Bladder Campion - 9cm Pot
Silene vulgaris
Hardy herbaceous perennial with a balloon like bulge behind the white five petaled flower.
Uses - Widely eaten in the Mediterranean area, young leaves are edible raw and older leaves cooked, they have a slightly bitter pea like flavour.
Growing conditions - Does best in fertile, well drained soil that is on the alkaline side. Site in full sun or partial shade.
Height - 70cm. Spread - 60cm.
Good for pollinators - Yes, bees, butterflies, moths and lots of other insects all benefit from bladder campion.
Mugwort
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1 Litre pot
Artemisia vulgaris
Hardy herbaceous perennial
Uses - Use to make tinctures and teas. Can also be used when fermenting beer. Dried leaves can be made into a smudge stick or a few put into a mesh bag under your pillow it's said to induce vivid dreams.
Growing conditions - Plant in full sun or partial shade. Does not require very fertile soil and will grow happily in drier soils, but keep well watered until established.
Height approximately 1-2m. Spread - 1m +
Flower colour - Flowers are green/yellow/brown and insignificant. Remove flowering stalks before it goes to seed if you don't want it to spread itself around.
Good for pollinators - Yes