Categories DavidBedstraws flowering – lady’s bedstraw Post author By David Post date 29 July 2022 Lady’s bedstraw. A patch of this gives of a strong sweet smell. Back in the days when straw matresses where the best that the many could hope to lie on, some of this might well be an attractive additiona ingredient. ← Hornet mimic hoverfly on a bramble flower → Scarlet tiger at rest, seen from below