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Myrica gale

Bog Myrtle; Sweet Gale

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Suffolk Herbs
25 seeds
Price: £1.36 GBP
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Tapestry Seeds
FOIL SACHET
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Description

A deciduous native shrub with reddish branches and long narrow grey-green aromatic leaves. Flowers yellow-green catkins from late spring. Once used medicinally. A powerful insecticide. Leaves once used to flavour Gale beer and dried leaves used to flavour soups and stews. Roots and stem produce yellow dye. Germination difficult. Habitat: damp acidic soils in shade. Ht over 1 mtr