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Sheep’s Sorrel -rumex acetosella – grows on dry grassland, heaths and open ground. In the wild, Sheep’s Sorrel attracts the Small Copper as a breeding butterfly that will lay its eggs on the plant. It is similar to Common Sorrel but slightly smaller and produces reddish flowers from May to August. Sheep’s Sorrel looks best growing with wildflowers such as Oxeye daisies, Field Scabious, Betony, Sneezewort and Tufted vetch.

How to grow Sheep’s Sorrel Seeds
Sheep’s Sorrel seeds should be sown in spring or autumn, either outside, where they are to flower, or in seed trays and covered lightly with compost. The seedlings can be pricked out and grown on, for planting out later in the year.


To buy Sheep’s Sorrel seeds
To purchase Sheep’s Sorrel seeds, please select a quantity above and click add to cart. To ensure the best chance of success, we sell all of our wildflower seeds by weight, which ensures each wildflower seed packet contains a good quantity of seeds. The recommended sowing rate is 1 gram per square metre, and the number of Sheep’s Sorrel seeds per gram is approx. 2500. All of our Wildflower seed packets contain seeds of Native British provenance.


Summary
type - perennial,
colour - Red,
height - 0 to 25cms,
flowering months - May, June, July, August,
habitat - Very Acidic Soil (Peats, Heaths),
Caterpillar Food Plant,
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