BETONY Betonica officinalis
Pickup available at Celtic Wildflowers Nursery
Usually ready in 2-4 days
Cribau San Ffraid
Betony is a native perennial flower with delightful reddish-purple blooms. It has a distinctive square stem with dark green foliage and the flowers have a lipped appearance. It can be found in grasslands, hedgerows, open woods and does very well in garden lawns, borders or pots. Due to it's prized appearance, it is often used in planting schemes.
Betony flowers are super-attractive to a wide range of pollinator species, especially bumblebees. The flowers are particularly favoured by the Solitary Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum).
This species has seen a marked decline since the 1960s due to the loss of grasslands.
BSBI 2025 Categorisation: Vulnerable
Height: 35cm.
Flowers: June to September
Colour: Reddish-purple