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Species Datapage No 26a   

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Species Common Name: Saxifrage  St. Patrick's Cabbage
Species Botanical Name: Saxifrage hirusta
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Management:   
Tolerance of cutting: Low, Medium, High
Cutting time: None, Spring, Summer, Autumn.
Edible / Medicinal: Edible, Medicinal, Do not consume unless advised. Probably contain poisons
 

Life Cycle (Form): Annual, Biennial, Perennial

Flower Height: 20 to 60 cm

Foliage Height: 5 - 30 cm

Flower Colour: Yellow, Blue, White, Violet, Blue, Pink

Flowering period: March, April, May, June, July, August, September.

Time to Flower: 12, 24 months

Soil Type: Will grow in most soils, best in dry, sandy, Loam, Best in peaty soil. Best in Sand, Best in Clay.

pH Type: Acid, Neutral, Alkaline.

Moisture: Dry, Moist, Wet

Aspect:  Full sun, Partial shade, Deep shade.

Wildlife Value: Low, Medium, High, Attracts Birds, Butterflies, Bees, Bumblebees, Hoverflies and Insects.
 

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Species Common Name: Salad Burnet
Species Botanical Name: Sanguisorba minor
Many found in the Burren, unlike Britain rare in Irish Grassland.
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Management:  Keep grassland cut each summer but do not let grasses smother with dead foliage
Tolerance of cutting: Low, But a grazing species and part of permanent pasture
Cutting time: Autumn.
Edible / Medicinal: Edible, 
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Life Cycle (Form): Perennial

Flower Height: 50 - 80 cm

Foliage Height: 15 - 30 cm

Flower Colour: Pink

Flowering period: July, 

Time to Flower: 12, months

Soil Type: Will grow in dry loam.

pH Type:  Neutral, Alkaline.

Moisture: Dry, Moist,

Aspect:  Full sun,

Wildlife Value: Medium, Attracts Birds, Bees, Bumblebees, Hoverflies and Insects.

 

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