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Asteraceae
Glaucous fox-and-cubs
Pilosella lactucella
Also known as Devil's paintbrush, Orange hawkweed, Tawny hawkweed
Native Plants · Wildflower · Groundcover · Meadow · Rockery · Perennial · European Native · Low-Maintenance · Pollinator · Hawkweed
Glaucous fox-and-cubs is a low-growing European wildflower that does best in open, sunny to partly shaded spots with poor to moderately fertile, well-drained soil. It requires minimal watering once established and little to no fertilization. This plant is best suited for wildflower meadows, rock gardens, or naturalized areas where it can spread gently without much intervention.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly until soil is just moist; avoid waterlogging as the plant prefers well-drained conditions · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- 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
- Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, New York, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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