Galium saxatile
Heath Bedstraw
A low growing, flowering plant that often adopts a creeping habit, growing along the soil. The flower clusters are star like and small and waxy and the spear-shaped leaves are bright green. 'Heath Bedstraw' produces a mat of vegetative shoots with ascending flowering shoots. Flowers are white with four petals, 2.5 to 4 mm in short branched panicles
Contributed by @crestiesneuk
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Partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Heath Bedstraw
Latin name
Galium saxatile
type
Herb
family
Rubiaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
1.50 M
0.30 M
Galium saxatile
A low growing, flowering plant that often adopts a creeping habit, growing along the soil. The flower clusters are star like and small and waxy and the spear-shaped leaves are bright green. 'Heath Bedstraw' produces a mat of vegetative shoots with ascending flowering shoots. Flowers are white with four petals, 2.5 to 4 mm in short branched panicles
Planting Outdoors
From Early Spring TO Mid Autumn
Plant container grown plants out in flowering position in spring or in the autumn, they may become invasive so care needs to be taken.
Propagation by seed in autumn
From Early Autumn TO Late Summer
Sow seed under glass in the autumn for spring planting or directly into the growing sight at any time of year.
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