Myrica gale

Bog Myrtle, Sweet Gale

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Flowering Time

March, April

Light/shadow demands

no direct sunlight,

sun

pH-Value

acidic, slightly acidic

Soil

permeable, all substrates

Myrica gale

Characteristics:

Habit

Small shrub, 0.5-1.5 m tall and wide, stiff, dense, upright, like switches, forming colonies

Blossom

Dioecious, light brown spikes, like catkins; before leaves shoot in March to April

Leaves

Small, reverse ovoid leaf laminae, pale green; no autumn colours; very aromatic, whole plant poisonous

Fruits

Small syncarpy like cones

Roots

Cordate, collect nitrogen, resistant to flooding

Demands

Sunny to shady, cool and humid, frost hardy

Soil

Fresh to moist, very acidic to moderately acidic, avoids chalk; only on humic or sandy-humic soil

Hardiness Zone

Zone 2

Bee pasture/nectar

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