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Biodiversity from the roots up… - Scotia Seeds

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Wild Marjoram £2.50<br />

Origanum vulgare<br />

A scented herb, similar to cultivated marjoram<br />

or oregano. Pink flowers that attract bees.<br />

60cm. 1000+ seeds per packet. Flowers July­<br />

September. Perennial.<br />

Wild Thyme £2.50<br />

Thymus polytrichus<br />

Aromatic, low­growing, mat forming shrub<br />

with small pink flowers of dry, open sites. Can<br />

be grown in walls or paving. 5cm tall. 200­400<br />

seeds per packet. Flowers July­September.<br />

Perennial.<br />

Wild Strawberry £2.50<br />

Fragaria vesca<br />

Low growing, spreading plant that produces<br />

intensely flavoured scarlet fruit after small<br />

white flowers. Happy in light shade ­ can be<br />

grown in paving. 15cm tall. 200­400 seeds per<br />

packet. Flowers May­August. Perennial.<br />

Yarrow £2.50<br />

Achillea millefolium<br />

Vigorous meadow flower with heads of white<br />

and sometimes rosy­pink flowers. 70cm. 500­<br />

1000 seeds per packet. Flowers July­September.<br />

Perennial.<br />

Yellow Flag £2.50<br />

Iris pseudacorus<br />

Striking and elegant wild yellow Iris. Likes<br />

ponds & ditches but can grow in any deep soil<br />

that does not dry out. Up to 120cm. 20­30 seeds<br />

per packet. Flowers July­September. Perennial.<br />

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