Common Fleabane -pulicaria dysenterica– is a wetland plant that grows best in wet marshy ground. It is ideal for a garden pond edge or bog garden where the plants will attract a wide range of insect life such as bees, dragonflies and damselflies. Common Fleabane grows to medium height and produces cheery yellow flowers that appear from July to September. Common Fleabane looks best growing amongst other wetland plants with similar flowering times for example Purple loosestrife, Hemp agrimony, Gypsywort and Water Mint.
COMMON FLEABANE Seeds
How to grow Common Fleabane Seeds
Common Fleabane seeds should be sown thinly in spring or autumn, either outside, where they are to flower, or in seed trays and covered lightly with compost. Common Fleabane seeds are usually easy to germinate and the seedlings, which are quick to develop, can be pricked out and grown on, for planting out later in the year.type - perennial,
colour - Yellow,
height - 25 to 50cms,
flowers July, August, September, habitat - Very Wet Grassland (eg pond edges, Water Meadow),
Attracts bees and insects