selfheal
Scientific name: Prunella vulgaris
Family: Lamiaceae
Other common names;
Flowering time: June to October
Height: 20-30cm
Growing conditions: ground untreated with chemicals.
Nectar source for: many bees and wasps
Food source for:
Description
Selfheal has a long tradition of being used in herbal medicine for everything from stopping bleeding and healing wounds, to treating heart disease and sore throats.
How to identify: Selfheal is a low-growing, perennial herb with paired, oval leaves and bluish or violet flowers that appear in dense, oblong clusters on the top of its stems. Its purple-tinged seed head remains after flowering.
How to propagate:
Family: Lamiaceae
Other common names;
Flowering time: June to October
Height: 20-30cm
Growing conditions: ground untreated with chemicals.
Nectar source for: many bees and wasps
Food source for:
Description
Selfheal has a long tradition of being used in herbal medicine for everything from stopping bleeding and healing wounds, to treating heart disease and sore throats.
How to identify: Selfheal is a low-growing, perennial herb with paired, oval leaves and bluish or violet flowers that appear in dense, oblong clusters on the top of its stems. Its purple-tinged seed head remains after flowering.
How to propagate: