FIGWORT, BEDSTRAW, BELLFLOWER
JUNE
Cone flower (Echinacea ‘Paradoxa’ & ‘Pallida’)
Hedge bedstraw (Galium mollugo)
Lindheimer's beeblossom (Gaura ‘Siskiyou Pink’ & ‘Rosyjane’)
Milky bellflower (Campanula lactiflora ‘Loddon Anna’, ‘Pritchard’s Variety’ & ‘Alba’)
Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
Water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata)
White-flowered burnet (Sanguisorba tenuifolia ‘Alba’)
Aesme Studio ceramic bowl, approx 30cm diameter
Kenzan
Chicken wire
The tall spire flower with the dark stem is a native weed that we enjoy in the cutting garden - it is water figwort (Scrophularia auriculata) and produces masses of tiny maroon flowers from July to September that provide nectar for butterflies, bees and wasps. Happy in the pond or bog garden it is also able to tolerate periods of drought. The name ‘Auriculata’ refers to the shape of the tiny flowers and translate as ‘shaped like an ear’.