trefle.io · Taken Jun 9, 2018 by Creu Lopez (cc-by-sa)
Rosaceae
Agrimony
Agrimonia eupatoria
Also known as Common agrimony, Church steeples, Cocklebur, Agrimonia vulgaris
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Herb · Medicinal · Perennial · Pollinator · Drought-Tolerant · Shade-Tolerant · Wildflower · Yellow-Flowers · Self-Seeding
Agrimony is a hardy perennial herb that tolerates partial shade and various soil conditions with minimal care. This medicinal plant produces small yellow flower spikes that attract beneficial insects. Once established, it's quite drought tolerant and self-seeds readily.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil to dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 15 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
More Agrimonia
Related plants from the same genus
Buy this plant
No nurseries currently list it
No nursery lists Agrimony right now.