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Polygonaceae
Fiddle dock
Rumex pulcher
Also known as Rumex pulcher, Golden dock, Fiddle-leaf dock, Lapathum pulchrum
Native Plants · Dock · Wildflower · Perennial · Weedy · Native · Meadow · Low Maintenance · Seed Spreader · Rumex · Ground Cover
Fiddle dock is a hardy, low-maintenance perennial that tolerates a wide range of soil types and conditions, making it easy to establish in garden borders or wildflower areas. It prefers full sun to partial shade and average moisture, rarely requiring supplemental watering once established. It spreads freely by seed, so deadhead spent flower spikes if you wish to contain its spread.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil to dry out slightly between waterings · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 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, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chile Central, Chile South
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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