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Species Datapage No 28   

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Species Common Name: Selfheal
Species Botanical Name: Prunella vulgaris
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Management:  A great low growing grassland perennial. will grow where there are gaps and self seeds readily.  Keep from being smothered and the grass must be cut
Tolerance of cutting: High
Cutting time: Spring, Summer, Autumn.
Edible / Medicinal: Medicinal, 
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Life Cycle (Form): Perennial

Flower Height: 5 to 10 cm

Foliage Height: 1 - 5 cm

Flower Colour: Violet, Purple

Flowering period: June, July, August, 

Time to Flower: 12,  months

Soil Type: Will grow in most soils, esp.' compact soils

pH Type: Acid, Neutral, Alkaline.

Moisture: Dry, Moist, Wet

Aspect:  Full sun, Partial shade.

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

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Species Common Name: Sheep's Bit Scabious
Species Botanical Name: Jasione montana
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Management:  A plant of acid dry shaley soils. Often found after a forest is clear felled, or when a bracken field is burned.
Tolerance of cutting: Low, 
Cutting time: None,
Found Growing with Foxgloves, Wood Sage, Bracken and Bent grass.
Edible / Medicinal:  

Life Cycle (Form): Biennial. Has fleeting habit will persist if soil is free of competition.

Flower Height: 10 cm

Foliage Height: 1 - 3 cm

Flower Colour: Blue, 

Flowering period: June, July, 

Time to Flower: 6 -12 months

Soil Type: Will grow in dry, shaley soil. 

pH Type: Acid, Neutral,.

Moisture: Dry, Moist.

Aspect:  Full sun.

Wildlife Value: Low, 

 

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Species Common Name: Shepherd's Purse
Species Botanical Name: Capsella bursa-pastoris
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Management: As per annuals, a bit of a weed but excellent at attracting butterflies, especially as many Butterflies are about earlier and later in the winter, when this plant is flowering.
Tolerance of cutting: Medium, 
Cutting time: None, 
Edible / Medicinal: Edible, 
 

Life Cycle (Form): Annual, 

Flower Height:10 to 30 cm

Foliage Height: 5  cm

Flower Colour: White, 

Flowering period: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, Nov, Dec depending on when the seeds were sown or the plant gets a chance to flower.

Time to Flower: 3 months

Soil Type: Will grow in most soils.

pH Type: Acid, Neutral, Alkaline.

Moisture: Dry, Moist, Wet

Aspect:  Full sun, 

Wildlife Value: High, Attracts Butterflies, important nectar source

 

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