Description

Betony Stachys officinalis

Common names include, wood betony, purple betony, and bishop's wort.

Brighten your garden, woodland floor or wildflower meadow with this distinctive perennial native wildflower.  Betony's attractive purple-red flowers can be seen from mid-summer through to September so it is useful for colour, and for pollinators, late in the growing season.

Betony prefers heavy soils and damp sites, but not waterlogged and is at home in a woodland or by riverbanks.

Sow betony in the spring from March to May, or in autumn from August to October.

All our native wildflower seed is sourced from stock grown in the wild in Britain.  It is then multiplied up commercially and packed in the UK so you can be confident you are buying native British wildflower seed.