Leonurus cardiaca

This is a tall plant that has stout upright stems with prettily, palmate lobed leaves with sharp looking toothy edges. It is best in the early months, before it reaches gangling maturity. The flowers are a soft pink with some purple spotting and they appear from July through to September. They sit in the axil between leaf and upright stem. The plant's height varies and it can make as much as 2m (7ft) with a 50cm (20in) spread. This is a native plant, now comparatively rare in the wild but more common in Western Europe. It is found growing naturally at the edges of woods, round hedges and in waste places, and it is attractive to bees. In medieval times it was a medicinal herb, and was used to ease pain in childbirth.