Arctium lappa | Burdock Spring berry-like fruits

berry-like fruits

it can benefit from protection from the afternoon sun

They also give the balm a beautiful

incorporated into perennial gardens and larger pots

which opens green and fades to a pale minty green as it opens

Arctium lappa | Burdock Spring berry-like fruitsAlso known as greater burdock, edible burdock, or lappa. This biennial plant can grow as high as 3 metres in the right conditions. In the first year you'll see the leaves bulking out, and then the second year the stem grows and flowers. Foliage is green, with round, thistle like burrs topped with purple flowers. This plant is great in the cottage garden, medicinal garden, for cut flowers (for the brave florist) and for beneficial insects. Best in full