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Asteraceae
Alpen-brandlattich
Homogyne alpina
Also known as Homogyne montana, Tussilago alpina, Alpine coltsfoot, Mountain coltsfoot
Native Plants · Alpine Plant · Coltsfoot · Homogyne · Rock Garden · Groundcover · European Alpine · Shade Tolerant · Mountain Plant · Perennial · Wildflower
Alpine coltsfoot (Homogyne alpina) is a charming, low-growing alpine perennial native to mountain meadows and woodland edges of central Europe. It prefers cool, moist, humus-rich soils in partial shade, making it ideal for rock gardens, alpine troughs, or shaded borders in temperate gardens. Once established it requires little maintenance and will slowly spread to form attractive groundcover.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil moist but well-drained, especially in summer · Every 7-10 days or when the top inch of soil begins to dry
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 6 in – 12 in
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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