Lady's Bedstraw
Gallium verum
- Average Seeds per Packet
- 120
- Packet Price
- £2.49
- Information
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Hardy Native Herbaceous Perennial, usually of dry grassland and road verges; with many dense clusters of small, yellow flowers on tall, brittle stems above deep green foliage in June to September.
Height x Spread:
24 in (60 cm) x 18 in (45 cm)
Wildlife Value:
Very attractive to Beetles and Flies.
Other Interest:
Used as a strewing herb, as the drying foliage has a pleasant aroma; used in herbal medicine for kidney and bladder complaints; also the foliage produces a yellow dye used to colour cheese (especially Double Gloucester) and butter.
