Bachelor’s Buttons
Tanacetum vulgare
- Average Seeds per Packet
- 250
- Packet Price
- £2.49
- Information
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Tall Hardy Native Herbaceous Perennial, usually of grassland, verges and roadsides; with dense heads of bright yellow button like flowers on tall, leafy stems above feathery foliage in July to September.
Height x Spread:
40 in (100 cm) x 12 in (30 cm)
Wildlife Value:
Very attractive to Bees, Beetles and Flies.
Other Interest:
Used herbally to expel intestinal parasites and aid digestion, the flowers were also used to repel ants, and sailors would use a sprig of tansy to repel mosquitos. It is also a dye plant, giving a pale golden yeloow dye
