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Design By Nature - wildflowers.ie |
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Species Datapage No 2 |
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You may click on most photographs to enlarge. *Denotes a Naturalised species |
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Return to Species List Index Page Species Common Name: StonecropSpecies Botanical Name: Sedum angelicum, Sedum album (white SP) 
Stonecrop is really a rocker or scree plant and a great ground cover. It can get out of control in alpine gardens but rarely with larger rockery plants. 
Life Cycle (Form): Creeping prostrate Perennial Flower Height: 5 cm Foliage Height:2 cm Flower Colour: Pink or White depending on sub species Flowering period: July - September Time to Flower: From seed, two years Soil Type: Very light dry, on dry walls, sand, seaside and quarries Ph Type: Any Moisture: Dry, but retentive deep at root zone Aspect: Full sun Wildlife Value: Excellent. Management: as per rockery plants dead head after flowering. Tolerance of cutting: None. except pruning flowers. Cutting time: Late summerEdible / Medicinal: |
Another species is the tall Orphine, Ice-plant or Butterfly Plant, Sedum
telephium Available from our nursery collected from wild sources. |
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| Species Common Name: Black Medick |
| Species Botanical Name: Medicago lupulina |
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Medick is vital in many wildflower seed mixtures and best grown from seed. Also a great ground cover for old farm yards, with the added benefit of fixing nitrogen at it's roots. Black Medick attracts butterflies and bees. Black Medick is used in agriculture as a fodder crop |
| Management: Biennial or short lived herb, control seeding if unwanted. |
| Tolerance of cutting: medium, will re-grow and flower short if cut in spring / summer. will re-grow and flower in grass in first year. |
| Cutting time: high summer |
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Life Cycle (Form): Short lived perennial, sometimes an annual if suppressed by more vigorous flora. Flower Height: 30 -80 cm Foliage Height: 5 - 15 cm Flower Colour: Yellow Flowering period: June to August Time to Flower from seed: 12 weeks to 12 months Soil Type: Sandy, light, or compacted clay pH Type: All, mainly neutral to alkaline. Moisture: Dry but retentive Aspect: Sunny Wildlife Value: High |
| Medick grows similar to Birdsfoot Trefoil on this page |
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