Meadowsweet Seed

Filipendula ulmaria

£3.00 inc. VAT

Frothy cream flowers in July. Interesting foliage with red stems

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Description

Filipendula ulmaria

Meadowsweet is a perennial of damp places. Sweetly scented cream flowers produced in summer are full of nectar for bees and hoverflies. They are held on long stems above the foliage.  The foliage is pinnate and quite rough. A good contestant for prettiest wildflower, often known as Queen of the Meadow, and favoured by Queen Elizabeth the First. Medicinally it has the same uses as aspirin. Used to flavour Mead, beers and wines and as a ‘strewing herb’ on floors to scent rooms.

Best sown in autumn, or given  a moist cold period before sowing in the spring

 

Seed from Shropshire

Additional information

Weight 2.00 g
Size

Seed pack (approx 2500 seed)

Genus

Filipendula

Family

Rosaceae

Flowering Month

June, July

Colour

cream

Hardiness

Hardy

Life Cycle

perennial

Interest

flowers, scented

Wildlife

yes

Requires

moist

Native

yes

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