Sowing months
Mar–Apr, Oct
Sunlight
Part shade, cool
Water
Constantly moist
Mature size
30–60 cm
First harvest
Roots from year two
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Where it grows
ground
Good for
biodiversity, healing
Sow in
winter
Care
Wants hill damp and shade; hopeless in the plains.
A hill herb of stream banks with aromatic roots and heads of small white flowers.
Growing it
Wants hill damp and shade; hopeless in the plains.
What it is for
Traditional calming preparations; good stream-bank planting.