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Rosaceae
Alpine lady's-mantle
Alchemilla alpina
Also known as Mountain lady's-mantle, Alpine Alchemilla, Alchemilla alpina, Alchemilla alpina var. glomerata
Native Plants · Alpine Plant · Ground Cover · Cottage Garden · Rock Garden · Lady'S Mantle · Silver Foliage · Low Growing · Perennial · Rosaceae · Cool Climate
Alpine lady's-mantle is a charming, low-growing perennial prized for its silvery, dew-catching foliage and frothy lime-green flowers that are stunning in borders and cottage gardens. It thrives in cool climates with full sun and well-drained but moisture-retentive soil, making it ideal for rock gardens or alpine plantings. Once established it is largely self-sufficient, requiring only occasional watering and light trimming after flowering to encourage fresh foliage.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil moist but well-drained; avoid prolonged waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil pH
- 4–4.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Corse, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Newfoundland, North European Russi, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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