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Caprifoliaceae
Common teasel
Dipsacus fullonum
Also known as Card teasel, Fuller's teasel, Wild teasel, Dipsacus morisonii
Native Plants · Teasel · Dipsacus · Wildlife · Birds · Architectural · Biennial · Wildflower · Seed Heads · Pollinator · Naturalistic Garden
Common teasel is a striking architectural biennial-to-perennial that produces bold, thistle-like seed heads beloved by goldfinches and other seed-eating birds in autumn and winter. It is extremely easy to grow in most average soils in partial sun and requires virtually no care once established. Note that it self-seeds prolifically, so deadhead spent flower heads if you wish to limit its spread in the garden.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; soil can dry slightly between waterings once established · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Colombia, Colorado
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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