Ladys Bedstraw

9cm Pot, Seed Packet, Seeds (per gram), Wildflower Plugs

Galium verum.  Used in Victorian times to scent bedding. Delicately whorled leaves and bright golden Beautiful sweet scent in high summer.

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Latin Name: Galium verum

Common Name(s): Ladys Bedstraw

Plant Type: Perennial

Habitat: Sun, Well Drained

Colour:

Yellow

Height:

15-30cm

Flowering Time:

July - August

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Galium verum lady’s bedstraw or yellow bedstraw in the past, the dried plants were used to stuff mattresses, as the coumarin scent of the plants acts as a flea repellant. The flowers were also used to coagulate milk in cheese manufacture and, in Gloucestershire, to colour the cheese double Gloucester. The plant is also used to make red (roots) madder-like and yellow (flowers) dyes.

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