Galium asprellum, commonly known as rough bedstraw, is a trailing annual or biennial plant within the Galium genus, which includes species with slender, sprawling stems and whorls of narrow leaves. This deciduous plant thrives in a variety of soil types, including chalk, clay, loam, and sand, and tolerates a range of pH levels from acid to alkaline. It prefers full sun to partial shade and can be grown in both exposed and sheltered locations. Suitable for wildlife gardens, it flowers in spring and summer and is hardy to UK zone H7. Propagation is by seed, which spreads readily.

Rough bedstraw (Galium asprellum) is a hardy annual/biennial with slender stems and narrow leaves, ideal for wildlife gardens in spring and summer.

Galium asprellum

Galium incanum is a cultivar of the Galium genus, which includes annual and biennial plants with slender, scrambling stems and whorls of narrow leaves. This cultivar thrives in full sun or partial shade, favouring sheltered, south- or west-facing aspects with well-drained loam or sandy soils that are acid to neutral in pH. It is hardy to UK zone H5 and is suitable for use as ground cover or at woodland edges and meadows. Galium incanum is notable in spring and summer, and it can be propagated by seed or division.

Galium incanum is a hardy annual/biennial ground cover with slender stems and narrow leaves, ideal for sunny or partially shaded woodland edges and meadows.

Galium incanum

Galium lucidum is a species of plants in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region, from Portugal and Morocco to Greece, the range extending northwards into Germany.

Galium lucidum is a hardy annual biennial ground cover native to the Mediterranean, thriving in full sun or partial shade with spring and summer interest.

Galium lucidum

Galium megalospermum, the Swiss bedstraw or big-seeded bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It is native to the Alps in Central Europe.

Galium megalospermum, Swiss bedstraw, is a hardy H5 ground cover for full sun or partial shade, blooming in spring and summer in UK gardens.

Galium megalospermum All.

Galium mollugo subsp. erectum, known as erect bedstraw, is a biennial or annual plant within the Galium genus, which is noted for slender, often sprawling stems with whorls of narrow leaves. This cultivar features scrambling stems and thrives in full sun or partial shade, favouring south- or west-facing, sheltered sites. It prefers well-drained loam or sandy soils with acid to neutral pH. Hardy to UK zone H5, it is suitable for use as ground cover, in woodland edges, or meadows, with interest in spring and summer. Propagation is by seed or division, and it grows best in fertile soil with roots in shade.

Erect bedstraw (Galium mollugo subsp. erectum) is a hardy biennial ground cover with slender stems, ideal for meadows and woodland edges in spring and summer.

Galium mollugo subsp. erectum

Galium palustre subsp. elongatum is a trailing annual or biennial cultivar within the Galium genus, which includes slender plants with whorls of narrow leaves and small white or yellow flowers. This deciduous plant thrives in a variety of soil types, including chalk, clay, loam, and sand, and tolerates a wide pH range from acid to alkaline. It prefers moist but well-drained or well-drained soils and can grow in full sun or partial shade with exposure to all aspects. Hardy to UK zone H7, it is suitable for wildlife gardens and is best propagated by seed, spreading readily in fertile soil with roots in shade.

Galium palustre subsp. elongatum is a hardy annual biennial ideal for wildlife gardens, flowering in spring and summer in full sun or partial shade.

Galium palustre subsp. elongatum

Galium pumilum, commonly known as slender bedstraw, is an annual or biennial plant in the Rubiaceae family. It features slender, scrambling stems with narrow, whorled leaves and produces terminal clusters of small flowers in spring and summer. This cultivar thrives in well-drained loam or sandy soils with an acid to neutral pH, favouring full sun or partial shade in sheltered, south- or west-facing aspects. Hardy to UK zone H5, it is suitable for ground cover, woodland edges, and meadows, preferring fertile soil and roots that can tolerate shade. Propagation is by seed or division.

Slender bedstraw (Galium pumilum) is a hardy H5 annual/biennial ideal for ground cover in meadows and woodland edges, flowering in spring and summer.

Galium pumilum

Galium uliginosum, commonly known as fen bedstraw or swamp bedstraw, is a trailing annual or biennial plant in the Galium genus, which includes species with slender, often sprawling stems and whorls of narrow leaves. This deciduous plant produces small terminal clusters of flowers in spring and summer. It thrives in a variety of soil types, including chalk, clay, loam, and sand, with moist but well-drained conditions, and tolerates full sun to partial shade in various aspects and exposures. Hardy to UK zone H7, it is suitable for wildlife gardens and can be easily propagated by seed.

Fen bedstraw (Galium uliginosum) is a hardy annual or biennial with slender stems, ideal for wildlife gardens in spring and summer.

Galium uliginosum

Galium verum (lady's bedstraw or yellow bedstraw) is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is widespread across most of Europe, North Africa, and temperate Asia from Israel, Lebanon and Turkey to Japan and Kamchatka. It is naturalized in Tasmania, New Zealand, Canada, and the northern half of the United States. Galium verum is an upright plant, with stiff stems growing to 15–120 centimetres (5.9–47.2 in) tall. It is native to North America, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria and other regions. Mature plants reach roughly 0.1-0.5 metres tall and 0.1-0.5 metres wide, carrying deciduous foliage. In the garden it prefers full sun and partial shade and most soil types. It tolerates alkaline and neutral soils, moist but well-drained, well-drained conditions and south-facing, north-facing, east-facing and west-facing aspects.