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| Mallow,
Common Perennial Av 140 seeds
£1.25 Malva sylvestris - Common Mallow Hgt 20 - 100cm Flowers June to October Pinkish-purple flowers having dark veins appear in the leaf axils. A medicinal and culinary herb. Habitat waysides, wasteground, grassland and hedgerows which it briightens up with its colourful flowers. Prefers a sunny site. Add to basket
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| Mallow,
Musk
Perennial Av 240 seeds £1.25 Malva moschata - Musk Mallow Hgt 30- 80cm Flowers July to August Attractive large rose-pink flowers with, musk scented. A plant that is at home in old fashioned cattage gardens. A medicinal and culinary herb. Habitat grassy places wwith fertile soil. Add to basket
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Musk White
Perennial Av 500 seeds/g Malva moschata alba Hgt 30- 80cm Flowers July to August Attractive large white flowers with, musk scented. A plant that is at home in old fashioned cottage gardens. A medicinal and culinary herb. Habitat grassy places with fertile soil. Av 1,000 seeds/pkt £1.25 Add to basket 20
gram bulk pkt £7.95
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| Marigold
Yellow Hardy annual Calendula officinalis Hgt 30cm Rare semi-wild form with masses of single small yellow flowers. Sow where it is to grow in spring to early summer and September. 1 gram pkt £1.25 Add to basket Not to be confused with Pot Marigold (Orange) available in herb catalogue
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Marigold, Corn Hardy
Annual Av 700 seeds/gram Chrysanthemum segetum - Corn Marigold Hgt 15 - 60cm Flowers May to September Solitary golden yellow flower heads. An attractive plant that is a worthwhile addition to the annual flower garden. Habitat cultivated and waste ground. 1 gram
£1.25
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Marjoram, Wild Perennial Av
750 seeds £1.25 Origanum vulgare - Wild Marjoram Hgt 30 - 80cm Flowers July to September Pinkish purple flowers in branched clusters. A popular garden plant, a culinary and medicinal herb. Attracts butterflies. Found on grassland, woodland margins and on chalk and limestone. Add to basket
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| Marsh
Cinquefoil Perennial Av 250 seeds £1.25 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 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.
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Marsh-Mallow Perennial
Av 400 seeds £1.25 Althaea officinalis Hgt 60 - 100cm Flowers July to September Pale pink flowers with soft velvety leaves. Medicinal and culinary herb. Habitat marshy places. Add to basket
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| Marsh
Marigold or King-Cup Harmful if
Eaten Perennial Av 150 seeds £1.25 Caltha palustris Hgt 10- 45cm Flowers March to June Shiny golden yellow cup shaped flowers. Habitat marshes and wet meadows. Add to basket
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| Marsh
Thistle Biennial Av 200 seeds £1.25 Cirsium palustre Hgt up to 1.5m Flowers July to August Excellent for attracting wildlife, a bee and butterfly plant. In European countries the young shoots were once used like Burdock. Native habitat marshes, meadows, woodlands and damp soils. Grow in full sun to partial shade in moist soils sow in autumn or spring germination slow. Add to basket
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Woundwort Biennial Av 100 seeds £1.25 Stachys palustris Hgt up to 100cm Flowers July to September Pinkish purple scented flowers in whorls up the flower stem, good for attracting bees into the garden. Habitat damp ground, bog gardens and cultivated ground. This plant has herbal properties. Add to basket
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Meadow Clary Perennial
Av 1,000 seeds £1.25 Salvia pratenseis - Meadow clary, Salvia Agrestis Flowers from July to August. Was once used as flavouring in wines and beers. Medicinal usage the same as sage. Sow indoors/greenhouse early spring grow on and plant out in early summer. Grow in well drained fertile soil in full sun. Add to basket
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Meadowsweet Perennial
1g pkt Av 1,500 seeds £1.25 Fillipendula ulmaria Hgt 60- 120cm Flowers June to September Frothy heads of Scented creamy-white flowers. Known as Queen of the meadows. Used as an air-freshener Add to basket
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Mignonette Biennial/perennial Av
1,300 seeds 1 gram £1.25 Reseda lutea - Wild Mignonette, Yellow Mignonette Flowers from June to August. The herb is no longer used today but was once thought to bring the body into balance and had a calming effect. The flower attracts bees and is used by beekeepers. Sow seed in situ in spring and lightly cover, grow in neutral to alkaline soil in full sun to semi shade.
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Milk Thistle Biennial
30 seeds £1.25 Silybum marianum - Blessed Milk Thistle, Kanger, Thistle Lady's Ornamental herb / Wild Flower. Once used as a vegetable, roots, leaves, stems and flower buds used for salads, artichoke and spinach substitute, stema used young raw or cooked used like rhubarb or asparagus. Seed roasted for a coffee substitute. Medicinal has many uses, used for liver and gall bladder complaints. Sow early spring (for annual) in situ or summer to autumn and it will flower following year (biennial). Position in full sun. Add to basket
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| Mint
Water Perennial £1.25 Mentha aquatica - Water Mint Hgt 15- 90cm Flowers July to October Pinkish lilac flowered, strong scented, of the mint family. Herb used for medicinal and culinary uses. Habitat Watersides, marshes, wet woods and rivers. Add to basket
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Monkshood CAUTION Toxic if
Eaten Perennial Av 40 seeds £1.25
Acontium napellus - Aconite, Wolfsbane, Wolfbane, Wolfs Bane, Wolfs Hat, Leopards bane Hgt 1.5m Flowers June to August Hardiness zone 6. Monkshood habitat shady stream banks, woodland and dappled shade. Extremely poisonous. A medicinal herb and should only be used under the guidance of the medical trade. Magical powers of invisibility and protection. Monkshood grows in almost any soil in semi shade, takes up to 3 years to flower. Sow early spring in cold frame unheated glasshouse, stratification (cold treatment) of seed for 3-4 weeks aids germination Add to basket
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| Mullein
Great or Aaron's-Rod Biennial
1 gram av 10,000 seeds £1.25 Verbascum thapsus Hgt 80 - 200cm Flowers June to September Origin Norfolk. Yellow flowers appear in the second year in early summer. A tea can be made from the dried leaves, also a medicinal herb. Prefers a sunny site dislike shade and wet soil. Habitat grassy banks, dry open and waste ground. 1 gram pkt Add to basket
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| Mustard Black see
Black Mustard
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| Nettle
Common Perennial
Av 7,000 seeds/gram Urtica dioica - Common Nettle, Stinging Nettle, Native British Seed Hgt 50-150cm Flowers June to September A very under rated and useful plant for culinary, medicinal, dyestuff, fibre, oil and liquid plant food. The leaves have small hairs that sting causing irritation to the skin. The stinging is neutralised by either drying or cooking, they are then safe to use as an edible plant. This plant is an excellent attractor to wildlife and provides nutritious food. The sting can be relieved by rubbing the effected area with dock leaves. The plant was used in manufacturing cloth from as early as the Bronze age. Culinary the leaves are used young, being picked before June, cooked and can be used as a vegetable like spinach, and added to soups and stews. Young shoots are used to make nettle beer and dried leaves as a herbal tea. A medicinal herb used for treating anemia, stemming internal bleeding, skin and hair problems. It is grown commercially for chlorophyll obtained from the leaves and stems. Sow seed in a cold frame in spring. Position plants in nitrogen rich fertile soil in full sun to partial shade. 1 gram pkt £1.25 Add to basket 10
gram pkt £7.90
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| Nettle
Small Annual
Av 2,500 seeds/gram Urtica urens Hgt 60+cm Flowers May to October Wild flower/Herb Native British Burning Nettle A very under rated and useful plant for culinary, medicinal, dyestuff, fibre, oil and liquid plant food. The leaves have small hairs that sting causing irritation to the skin. The stinging is neutralised by either drying or cooking, they are then safe to use as an edible plant. This plant is an excellent attractor to wildlife. The sting can be relieved by rubbing the effected area with dock leaves. The plant was used in manufacturing cloth from as early as the Bronze age. Culinary the leaves are used young, being picked before June, cooked and can be used as a vegetable like spinach, and added to soups and stews. Young shoots are used to make nettle beer. A medicinal herb used for treating anaemia, bites, stings, burns and stemming internal bleeding, also used for scalp and hair problems. A green dye is obtained from the leaves and stems. Sow seed in a cold frame in spring just covering the seed. Position plants in nitrogen rich fertile soil in full sun. 1 gram pkt £1.25 Add to basket 10
gram pkt £7.90
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| Night Flowering
Catchfly annual 1g pkt £1.25 Silene noctiflora Av 1,000 seeds/gram Flowers July to August. Hgt up to 50cm White to rosy-pink flowers that open at around dusk, they release a clover like fragrance that fills the air around the plant attracting the wildlife. A wildflower of arable land.
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Nipplewort Hardy annual Av 350 seeds
£1.25 Lapsana communis Hgt up to 150cm Flowers June to August Native of wood edges, hedges, waste ground, walls and cultivated ground. The flower heads are made up of lemon-yellow ray florets. The young leaves can be used in salads or cooked like spinach and used in soups, when used in the young leaf stage is best as a cut and come again crop. Grows in full sun to semi shade. Sow during spring where they are to grow lightly cover seed. Add to basket
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| Old Mans Beard
see Travellers Joy
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Orchid
Common Spotted-Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii Hgt 20-60cm Flowers Seed Origin Somerset. Short lived perennial, dark spotted leaves shaped like spears, with pinkish purple flowers streaked and dotted with crimson on flowering stems. Habitat grassland, open woods, hedge banks, occasionally in untended lawns. Each pkt contains 2,000 + seeds in a plastic vial. Caution seed is like dust. Sowing info - The easiest way to sow the seed is to scatter it into a meadow or suitable habitat and let nature do the work, if the conditions are suitable for orchids they should start flowering in approx 3 years.
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| Oxeye Daisy
see Daisy Oxeye
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| Oxlip
Perennial Av 600 seeds £1.25 Primula elatior Hgt 20- 30cm Flowers March to May Whitish yellow petals, prefers light to medium shade. Found in woods and meadows mainly in the Cambridge area. Add to basket
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Cultural information for Individual wild flower species
Sowing time all year round with best results sowing either March to early May, or from August to September, for autumn establishment of most species).
Most wild flowers can
easily be sown in one of two ways:
1/ Broadcast directly onto a carefully prepared, weed free seed bed. Germinate
fine seeds on the surface: lightly rake in larger seeds. After sowing the area
should be firmed to ensure the seed comes into contact with the moisture in
the soil. Water with a fine spray to avoid disturbing the surface of the soil.
Keep the area well watered and free from grass and weeds. As the seedlings
grow some thinning out will be necessary, especially with the more vigorous
species. Use the area as a source of plant material by transplanting to other
beds.
2/ Sow into pots or trays of seed compost, place outdoors or in a sunny room.
cold frame or cool greenhouse. Prick out and pot up into potting compost when
large enough to handle. Pot grown plants develop excellent root systems which
enable them to establish rapidly when planted out in their final position at
the end of the growing season.
Special treatment for wild flower seeds
Scarification :- The germination of some seeds is
greatly improved by rubbing the seeds lightly between two sheets of sandpaper.
this enables the moisture in the soil to penetrate the seed coat.
Species that benefit from this treatment are:- Burnet, Salad; Clovers;
Crane's-bills; Liquorice Wild; Medic Black; Melilots; rock Rose; Restharrows;
Trefoils; Vetches and other members of the pea family.
Stratification :- A number of seeds have to be
subjected to a period of cold during winter before germination takes place in
the spring. We can provide the period of cold by adding the seed to damp sand
and putting it in a plastic bag in the fridge for 6-8 weeks. Or sow them in a
cold frame in the autumn.
Species that benefit from this technique are :- Bellflower clustered, Bluebell,
Burnet-Saxifrage, Carrot Wild, Cowslip, Honeysuckle, Lords & Ladies, Mignonette, Ramsons, oxlip,
Primrose, Violets, Weld and all Sedges.
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