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Species Datapage No 12
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Design
By Nature - wildflowers.ie - Irish Wildflowers |
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Species Datapage No 12 |
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You may click on most photographs to enlarge. *Denotes a Naturalised species |
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Scroll down to find a species |
| Species Common Name: Garlic Hedge Mustard |
| Species Botanical Name: Alliaria petiolata |
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| Management: Sow seeds or allow seed to set every year as it takes two seasons to reoccur for seed. |
| Tolerance of cutting: None |
| Cutting time: None, for kitchen cut young leaves in spring |
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Edible / Medicinal: Yes, replaces garlic in Spring |
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Life Cycle (Form): Biennial Flower Height: 20 to 80 cm Foliage Height: 5 - 10 cm Flower Colour: White, Flowering period: April, May, June, Time to Flower: 12 months Soil Type: Will grow in most soils, best in loam pH Type: Acid, Neutral, Alkaline. Moisture: Dry, Moist, Aspect: Shade to full sun Wildlife Value: Medium, Attracts Butterflies, Hoverflies & Bees. |
| Species Common Name: Greater Knapweed |
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Species Botanical Name: Centaurea scabiosa |
A great herbaceous plant , a must in every garden While easy from seed it is difficult to grow continuously as it requires an open soil and little competition. This species is fast disappearing. |
| Management: Long Lived on Eskers and Alkaline soils. Keep fertility poor, likes open grassland, Does not require cutting. RARE species |
| Tolerance of cutting: Poor, except end of season management |
| Cutting time: None, end of season |
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Edible / Medicinal: Do not consume unless advised. Probably contain poisons |
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Life Cycle (Form): Perennial Flower Height: 50 to 90 cm Foliage Height: 25 - 50 cm Flower Colour: Pink / Purple, rarely White Flowering period: June, July, August, Time to Flower: 22 months Soil Type: Will grow in most Alkaline soil, best in deep, dry, sandy, light soil. pH Type: Neutral, Alkaline. Moisture: Dry, Aspect: Full sun Wildlife Value: High, Attracts Birds, Butterflies, Hoverflies, Bees and Bumble Bees |
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| Species Common Name: Ground Elder |
| WEED SPECIES For Woodland & Hedgerow only |
| Species Botanical Name: Aegopodium podagraria |
| An excellent ground cover, edible and beautiful. |
| Management: Persistence |
| Tolerance of cutting: Yes, |
| Cutting time: Any time |
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Edible / Medicinal: Very Edible. |
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Life Cycle (Form): Perennial Flower Height: 30 to 60 cm Foliage Height: 5 - 10 cm Flower Colour: White, Flowering period: May, June, Time to Flower: 22 months, grow from root stocks Soil Type: Will grow in most soils, best in deep, rich soil. pH Type: Acid, Neutral, Alkaline. Moisture: Dry, Moist, Wet Aspect: Shade to full sun Wildlife Value: High, Attracts insects |
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| Species Common Name: Greater Trefoil |
| Species Botanical Name: Lotus uliginosus |
A wonderful species, unknown by many and confused with Birdsfoot Trefoil. Greater Trefoil will form large colourful blocks in a damp meadow, brilliant on roadsides, sadly it does not produce much seed and we sell it as Planteens or plants. A great ground cover species |
| Tolerance of cutting: High, will re-flower, can grow uncut for many years |
| Cutting time: any time, as ground cover, cut in June. |
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Life Cycle (Form): Perennial Flower Height: 30 to 100 cm Foliage Height: 5 - 30 cm Flower Colour: Yellow, Flowering period: July, August, Time to Flower: 24 months Soil Type: Will grow in most soils, best in deep, rich soil or peat. pH Type: Acid, Neutral, Alkaline. Moisture: Moist, Wet Aspect: Full sun Wildlife Value: Medium, Attracts Bees and Bumble Bees |