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Rubiaceae
Bluntleaf bedstraw
Galium obtusum
Also known as Bedstraw, Blunt-leaved bedstraw, Galium obtusum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native Perennial · Bedstraw · Galium · Shade Garden · Woodland Plant · Ground Cover · Moist Soil · Eastern Native · Wildflower · Rubiaceae
Bluntleaf bedstraw is a delicate, low-growing native perennial that flourishes in moist, partially shaded woodland or wetland garden settings. It requires consistently moist soil and will struggle in dry or compacted conditions, making it ideal for rain gardens or stream-edge plantings. This low-maintenance plant naturalizes well and provides fine-textured ground cover in native shade gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.6–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Masachusettes, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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