Planting: Well drained moist soil in sun, self sowing half hardy annual, 9”-10’, depending on species!
Propagation Zone 6/7: Seed/self sowing
Harvest: All parts are picked in summer used fresh for infusions and tinctures.
Culinary: Leaves, flowers, flower buds, nectar spurs are eaten in salads. Chopped fresh leaves give a peppery flavour, flowers are used to make vinegar.
Medicinal: A bitter, antiseptic tonic herb that has diuretic and expectorant effects, and controls fungal and bacterial infections. Used internally for genito-urinary and respiratory infections, scurvy, and poor skin or hair conditions.
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Seeded: Spring 2009 in F8
Links: Wiki
Sources:
The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (RHS)
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