trefle.io · Taken Jun 4, 2022 by Страхил Иванов (cc-by-sa)
Rubiaceae
Cruciata glabra
Cruciata glabra
Also known as Valantia glabra, Galium bauhini, Valantia bauhini, Galium vernum var. bauhini
Native Plants · Smooth Bedstraw · Rubiaceae · Ground Cover · Woodland Plant · European Native · Shade Tolerant · Perennial · Wildflower · Low Maintenance
Cruciata glabra, commonly known as smooth bedstraw, is a low-growing European perennial that thrives in partially shaded spots with moist, well-drained soil. It is undemanding and spreads gently to form attractive ground cover along woodland edges or shaded borders. Little intervention is needed beyond occasional trimming to keep growth tidy.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil evenly moist; tolerates brief dry periods once established · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 10 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, Altay, Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Morocco, North Caucasus, Northwest European R
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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