Galium verum | Cheese Rennet, Our Lady'S Bedstraw, Ladies' Bedstraw, Bun An Ruadh, Yellow Bedstraw. Originated in … Europe;Scotland | Groundcover
Galium verum belongs to the plant family RUBIACE and Genus Galium This Groundcover prefers Dry to moist soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to full shade
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Galium verum does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Galium verum so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Galium verum cheese rennet,Our Lady's bedstraw,ladies' bedstraw,Bun an Ruadh,yellow bedstraw is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
The roots of Galium verum as well as the aerial parts have been used in traditional fabric dyeing. A range of possible colors can be produced by Ladies' bedstraw (also known as cheese rennet, Our Lady's bedstraw or yellow bedstraw) including dull red, red, light orange-red, purple-red and bluish gr. Galium verum is known as Bun an Ruadh in Gaelic. It is used in dyeing wool. Common mordants used to fix the color to the fabric when dyeing with this plant include alum and chrome. This plant can survive very cold winters with annual averages as low as -30 Fahrenheit. It needs a bit of a cold spell with temperatures below 15 Fahrenheit to do its best. This species needs summer days with high heat. This plant does best in full sun to full shade. It needs soil that is dry to moist.
Galium verum will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
Galium verum is a perennial. Flowers: Ladies' bedstraw (locally known in some parts as cheese rennet, Our Lady's bedstraw or yellow bedstraw) has open flower clusters. Blossoms appear in June and continue through October. The flowers are most often a yellow color.
Galium verum | Cheese Rennet, Our Lady'S Bedstraw, Ladies' Bedstraw, Bun An Ruadh, Yellow Bedstraw is classed as a flowering plant specimen. The flower's principle colouring is yellow. If the flower has other colours these flower accent colors would be described as … . Secondary color or not the flower is described as: open flower clusters
Flowers of the plant Galium verum have a smell of honey scented flowers and in terms of a broad classification could be described as … |
In the Northern Hemisphere Galium verum starts to bloom around 06,01 blooming stops about 10,31
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 3' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
The Roots;Aerial parts of Galium verum can be used to produce a natural dye having the following color(s) … red,light orange-red,purple-red,bluish-green
Galium verum has too many possible beneficial herbal uses to fully enumerate. A few of its uses include: as a bitter, as a diuretic, as an emollient and as a stone inhibitor. See the medicinal properties section for the full list. Herbal remedies are only prepared from the aerial parts.
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"Colors from nature : growing, collecting & using natural dyes", Bobbi A. McRae, Storey Communications Inc, Pownal Vermont, 1993.
"Dye plants and dyeing -- a handbook", EthelJane McD. Schetky, editor, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn New York, 1964.