I have an absolute obsession at the moment with our native wildflower, Galium verum, commonly known as Lady’s Bedstraw. I’ve walked past it at the bottom of our garden and loved if for the last five years but this year I’m obsessed.
I suppose it started thinking about the moth caterpillars that feed on it, our 2 - 3 plants are supporting a lot of wildlife. I decided to propagate more plants from their seeds and rooted stolons to increase the population making it less fragile.
Then it dawned on me that it’s such a stylish plant. That floofy yellow is exactly the same yellow everyone is falling over themselves to grow in gardens at the moment from cultivated flowers such as giant fennel and verbascums. Yet here it is, a pale summer yellow right in front of us on one of the toughest grassland wildflowers.
Need to know information about Galium verum
Native to temperate Eurasia and northern Africa, Lady’s Bedstraw has one of the largest ranges …
