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Asteraceae
Crepis-dandelion
Crepis vesicaria
Also known as Crepis, Hawk's-beard, Hawkweed, Crepis taraxacifolia subsp. vesicaria
Native Plants · Wildflower · Dandelion · Asteraceae · Yellow Flower · Pollinator · Meadow · Perennial · Hardy · Low Maintenance · Outdoor
Crepis-dandelion is a tough, adaptable perennial that thrives in sunny to partially shaded spots with average garden soil and moderate watering. Its cheerful yellow dandelion-like flowers attract bees and butterflies and appear over a long season with little care required. Deadhead spent blooms to prevent self-seeding if you want to limit its spread.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings once established · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 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, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Connecticut, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hawaii, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kriti
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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