Common Toadflax Seeds - Linaria vulgaris - Native Wildflower

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Common Toadflax Seeds - Linaria vulgaris - Native Wildflower
£2.00
Type: Hardy Perennial
Approximate height: Up to 75 cm
Flowering Time: June to October
Site and soil type: Prefers well drained soil in sun
pH: Acid, alkaline or neutral
When to sow: Spring to early autumn
Where to sow: Outside, direct into soil. Under cover, into modules or biodegradable pots.
Packet contents: Approximately 500 seeds / 0.07 g

Toadflax has dense spikes of yellow flowers similar to small snapdragons. These are on upright, branched stems that grow from long creeping roots. The pale green pointed leaves are arranged in a spiral around the lower stem.

Pollination is usually by Bees who are heavy and strong enough to open the flower. Long-tongued Bumblebees can reach the nectar at the base but Bees with shorter tongues may engage in "nectar robbing".

  Common Toadflax provides food for the following creatures: 

  • Buff-tailed and White-tailed bumblebees
  • Common carder bees
  • Honeybees
  • Marbled Clover moth 🐛 
  • Various fly species
  • An "RHS Plants for Pollinators" plant **

Key to Symbols

🐛 A food plant for the caterpillar

🦋 Provides nectar for the adult moth or butterfly

🦇 Listed in: Bat Conservation Trust Encouraging bats, A guide for bat-friendly gardening and living

🦇 (RHS)  Listed in the RHS Plants for Bats list

** RHS Plants for Pollinators. The RHS Plants for Pollinators mark is only given to plants that support pollinating insects. Find out more at rhs.org.uk/plantsforpollinators

** The Royal Horticultural Society, and its logo, are trade marks of The Royal Horticultural Society (Registered Charity No 222879/SC038262) and used under licence.

All our seed packets include sowing instructions.

Jemima’s Garden seeds are plastic free and reyclable. They’re contained in an inner glassine envelope, (made from pine wood cellulose), and an outer Kraft paper seed packet. Any shipping packaging is also plastic free and recyclable.