Perennial
Potentilla palustris
Hgt 50-60cm Flowers May to July
Origin Shropshire Redish purple flowers. Requires a moist situation, ideal for use in the margins of a wildlife pond, bog garden. Natural habitat Marshes, ditches, wetland areas, wet heaths, moors and bogland. Herbal properties a tea substitute can be made from the dried leaves, a dye is processed from the flowers and tannin from the rots. Sow seed Autumn and early spring in a cold frame, grow on in pots under glass for first winter. Plant out late spring early summer into moist soil, bog garden, pond margins.

Sowing time for wildflowers is all year round with best results sowing either March to early May, or from August to September.