Jun 29, 2021
Plant of the Day
Tuesday 29 June 2021
In a woodland garden with moist but well-drained soil the Veratrum album (white false hellebore, langwort) was starting to flower. This herbaceous, rhizomatous perennial has impressive stems with alternate, pleated leaves and tall, branched panicles of small, star-shaped white flowers. It takes 5 to 7 years to produce a substantial plant from seed and they need to be protected from slugs. The plant is toxic if eaten.
Jill Raggett