Description
Wild carrot is a beautiful white umbellifer with a lacy green collar. It originates from the same family as Cow parsley, so has a similar flower head. It loves sun and grows well in an open border, mixed with other tall flowers or within a garden meadow.
Wildlife attracted:
Wild carrot is great for pollinators, the white umbrella flowers attract bees and other insects.
Other features:
Wild carrot does smell ‘carrotty’ and is the ancestor of our veg carrot!