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Named for its serrated, saw-like leaves, these tall-growing and hardy plants are a relative of the daisy, which you’d hardly believe from their violet, thistle-like flowers. They make a sharp statement in a wild meadow! 

• Type: Perennial
• Height: 70–120cm. 
• Flowers: July-September
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, chalky
• Light Requirement: Full Sun or partial shade
• Natural Habitat: Meadows, Forest edges
• Also known as: Dyer's Plumeless Saw-Wort

A perennial plant that is a relation of the Daisy. This plant has the appearance of a thistle, but without the spines. The name Saw-Wort comes from the serrated edge of the leaves thus having a Saw-like appearance. The Saw-wort has purple flower heads and sit in branched clusters. 

• Type: Perennial 
• Height: 70-120cm 
• Flowers: July-September
• Best Sown: Autumn or Spring 
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained, chalky
• Light Requirement: Full sun and partial shade 
• Natural Habitat: Grasslands, open woods
• Also known as: Dyer's plumeless saw-wort
• Seeds per gram: 400

Much like the wild mignonette, this tall and robust spire of fresh-looking, yellow-green petals adds a vibrant energy to a wild meadow as its verdant, branching stems of narrow leaves shoot up to the sky! Perfect for pollinators, and its colours can help bring nature back to a struggling spot as it tolerates poor soil.

• Type: Biennial  
• Height: 100-150cm.
• Flowers: May-October 
• Soil Requirement: Well-drained
• Light Requirement: Full sun
• Natural Habitat: Waste ground, roadsides, quarries.
• Also known as: Dyer’s Rocket, Dutch Pink, Jerusalem Ash