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Sheeps Sorrel in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Rumex acetosella

 

Sheeps Sorrel

Sorrel is cultivated as a garden herb or salad vegetable. It is a perennial herb which grows to about 60cm high, with edible stems and arrow-shaped leaves. Sheep’s sorrel is a native perennial, which looks a little like Common sorrel but is smaller (to 20cm) and more slender and the lobes of its arrow shaped leaves spread sideways and not backwards. It is an important food plant for the caterpillars of the small copper butterfly.

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plant Features
  • Sheeps Sorrel likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Sheeps Sorrel likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Sheeps Sorrel is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Sheeps Sorrel likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

 
plant information

Common name

Sheeps Sorrel

Latin name

Rumex acetosella

type

Perennial Herb

family

Polygonaceae

ph

6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Sheeps Sorrel likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Sheeps Sorrel is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Sheeps Sorrel likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

  • Water

    Sheeps Sorrel likes very little water

    Very little water

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Sheeps Sorrel is 0.30meters x 0.60meters 0.30 M 0.60 M

Rumex acetosella

Sorrel is cultivated as a garden herb or salad vegetable. It is a perennial herb which grows to about 60cm high, with edible stems and arrow-shaped leaves. Sheep’s sorrel is a native perennial, which looks a little like Common sorrel but is smaller (to 20cm) and more slender and the lobes of its arrow shaped leaves spread sideways and not backwards. It is an important food plant for the caterpillars of the small copper butterfly.


Planting

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Plant out in any garden soil, in sun or partial shade, water in well and keep moist until established. It can be planted in large containers for ease of harvesting the leaves later. Use multi-purpose compost and keep well watered.

 
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