Quick facts
- Medicinal herb
- Pollinator garden superstar
- Low impact crop alert! Produces good nectar and pollen for bees even in drought/dry conditions. Desert beekeepers you need this!
Leonorus cardiaca
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A great perennial herb with many medicinal properties, motherwort is also a super forage plant for bees and other pollinators. Young leaves are used in nutritious teas and tinctures to treat a variety of issues. Small pink to lavender colored flowers are very popular with pollinators of all shapes and sizes, from tiny native bees, to honey bees and bumble bees. Fairly tall and spikey- about 3 ft tall at maturity. Can become weedy from self-sowing, but pretty easy to control if you have that in mind. We love watching the different pollinators finding much needed sustenance from the fuzzy flowers over a very long blooming season. Motherwort can be especially good for beekeepers to have around, as the flowers still have a high nectar content even under dry/drought conditions. How to grow it:
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