Yellow Mustard

Yellow mustard, also called white mustard, is an annual plant. The profile describes it as widespread throughout lowland Britain and as a food source for birds, caterpillars, bees and other insects. It has deeply lobed leaves and clusters of four-petalled flowers from late spring into summer. One part of the profile calls the flowers white and another calls them bright yellow. Mature plants reach about 20 to 39 inches (50 to 100 cm) tall.

Yellow mustard is grown from seed. The pages I could use don’t give a sowing time, sowing depth or spacing for this species, so those details are left out here. The profile says it is grown for fodder, green manure or mustard seed, and that it also grows wild on arable or waste ground. It is suggested for wildlife gardens.

Give it a sunny spot with fertile, well-drained soil. The profile lists chalk, clay, loam and sand as soil types it grows in.

The profile lists the soil moisture as moist but well-drained or well-drained, and says no pruning is required.

It may be susceptible to flea beetles and caterpillars. It may also be susceptible to clubroot disease.