trefle.io · Taken May 30, 2018 by Dieter Wagner (cc-by-sa)
Apiaceae
Ashweed
Aegopodium podagraria
Also known as Tragoselinum angelica, Ground elder, Aegopodium simplex, Apium podagraria
Native Plants · Groundcover · Shade · Hardy · Spreading · Medicinal · Perennial · Low-Maintenance · Naturalized
Ashweed is an extremely hardy groundcover that thrives in partial shade with minimal care. It spreads readily and can become aggressive, so plant in contained areas or where naturalized growth is desired. Water only during extended dry periods as it tolerates drought well once established.
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
- 5.5–8
- 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 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District Of Columbia, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Georgia
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle
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