species
Ballota nigra
Black Horehound
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Hairy, toothed leaves with a pungent, rotten smell when foliage is crushed which keeps herbivores away. Native to Europe and the UK. Needs a bright position. Good for wild gardens or meadows.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1 m tall × 50 cm across
- Hardiness
- H4 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Sand, Chalk
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Archaeophyte (pre-1500)
When it flowers
- Jan
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- Nov
- Dec
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