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Garlic Mustard (Jack by the Hedge, Hedge Garlic) from Cabbage Family

Botanical Name

Alliaria petiolata

Soil

Hedgerows and wood margins, shady gardens, wall bases and beechwoods on chalk.

Sun Aspect

Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Dry

Plant Type

Biennial Herb with a tap-root smelling strongly of garlic and an erect, usually unbranched stem.

Height x Spread in feet

1-3 x 0.7

Foliage

Pale Green, smelling of garlic when crushed

Flower Colour in Month(s). Seeds

White in April-June

Comment

Visited by various small insects but automatically self-pollinated.

Available as seed from John Chambers' Wild Flower Seeds and plant from British Wild Flower Plants