Valeriana — 23 species
Botanical species in the genus Valeriana recorded in the PlantPeers database.
Valeriana capitata
Valeriana capitata
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Valeriana capitata is a very cold tolerant plant, growing wild in the arctic zone and the alpine mountain belt. Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. Judging by the plants native habitat, it should also succeed in wet soils.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana celtica
Valeriana celtica
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. A calcifuge plant, it requires an acid soil. The roots are sweetly scented, the aroma resembling chamomile and patchouli.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana cornucopiae
Valeriana cornucopiae
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Valeriana cornucopiae is a plant of the warm temperate to subtropical zone in the western Mediterranean Succeeds in any good, well-drained garden soil preferring a warm light soil and a sunny position. This species is sometimes cultivated as a salad crop.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana dioica
Valeriana dioica
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. A calcifuge plant, it requires a lime-free soil. Dioecious, male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana edulis
Valeriana edulis
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. Dioecious, male and female plants must be grown if seed is required. Valeriana edulis is treated as comprising 3 forms.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana fauriei
Valeriana fauriei
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. Dioecious, male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana hardwickii
Valeriana hardwickii
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it should succeed outdoors in many parts of the country. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Succeeds in ordinary garden soil.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana jatamansi
Valeriana jatamansi
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. Dioecious, male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana occidentalis
Valeriana occidentalis
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. Dioecious, male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana officinalis
Valeriana officinalis
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
A very easily grown plant, it succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a rich heavy loam in a moist site. Thrives in full sun or in partial shade, doing well in light woodland. A polymorphic species, the more extreme variations are given specific status by some botanists.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana phu
Valeriana phu
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. Prefers a good soil, succeeding in sun or partial shade. Plants grown in a dry garden in Essex succeed in dry shade on a north facing wall.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana sambucifolia
Valeriana sambucifolia
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil, preferring a moist site. Succeeds in full sun or in partial shade. This species is considered to be no more than a sub-species of V. officinalis by many botanists, it has the same uses as that species.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana sitchensis
Valeriana sitchensis
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil. Dioecious, male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana toluccana
Valeriana toluccana
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it should succeed outdoors in many parts of the country. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Succeeds in ordinary garden soil.
Full cultivation guide →Valeriana uliginosa
Valeriana uliginosa
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Cultivation
We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it should succeed outdoors in many parts of the country. The following notes are based on the general needs of the genus. Succeeds in ordinary garden soil.
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