trefle.io · Taken Apr 27, 2022 by Petr Harant (cc-by-sa)
Viburnaceae
Moschatel
Adoxa moschatellina
Also known as Muskwort, Five-faced bishop, Townhall clock, Moschatella cordi
Native Plants · Woodland Plant · Ground Cover · Shade Tolerant · Wildflower · Spring Ephemeral · Rhizomatous · Cottage Garden · Native Plant · Low Growing · Musk Flower
Moschatel is a delicate woodland ground-cover plant that thrives in cool, shaded conditions with consistently moist, humus-rich soil, making it ideal for naturalising under trees or in a shaded border. It spreads gently via rhizomes and requires little intervention once established in the right conditions. Avoid hot, dry, or sunny spots as it is intolerant of drought and excess heat.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to maintain even moisture; do not allow soil to dry out completely · Every 5-7 days; keep soil consistently moist
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 80°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 4 in – 8 in
- Spread
- 6 in
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle
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