Siberian Motherwort
An old medicinal plant which is protected in the wild. Arnica with its attractive, gold yellow flower heads demands a place in every sunny flower border. It needs loose poor and acidic-tending soils with a good humus content. It flowers from the second year. It also fits well in the wild and cottage gardens.
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Characteristics
Botanical name: Leonurus sibiricusFlower colour: pinkVegetation period: annualUse of flowers and herbs: Good for insects and bees, Isolated standHeight in cm: 50-100
Cultivation
Seed required for 1000 plants (g): 2Planting distance (cm): 40 x 40Sowing depth: ca. 0.5 cm
increasingly from

De Beersche Hoeve
The Demeter farm De Beersche Hoeve is a propagation and breeding farm located at Gut Baest in the south of the Netherlands. It is a former monastery farm that has been in operation for 800 years.


Matthias Funk
Matthias Funk propagates Demeter-certified seeds on his farm in Oberndorf, near Donauwörth at the confluence of the Danube and Lech rivers in the Lechauen.
