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Tofieldiaceae
German-asphodel
Tofieldia calyculata
Also known as Bog asphodel, Narthecium asphodel, Lancashire bog asphodel, Anthericum pseudoasphodelus
Native Plants · Alpine Plant · Bog Plant · Tofieldia · Rock Garden · Wetland Plant · Specialist Plant · White Flowers · European Wildflower · Calcareous Soil · Perennial
German-asphodel is a delicate alpine and bog perennial producing slender spikes of creamy white flowers, best suited to cool temperate gardens with consistently moist, calcareous soils. It requires a specialist setting such as a rock garden, alpine bed, or bog margin and does not tolerate dry or warm conditions well. This is a plant for the enthusiast gardener who can replicate its natural habitat of wet mountain meadows and fens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; this plant thrives in boggy or damp conditions — do not allow to dry out · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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