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Asteraceae
New england hawkweed
Hieracium sabaudum
Also known as Hieracioides flexuosa, Hairy hawkweed, Hieracium
Native Plants · Wildflower · Perennial · Meadow Plant · Cottage Garden · Part Shade · Yellow Flowers · Hawkweed · European Native · Pollinator · Low Maintenance
New England Hawkweed is a hardy perennial wildflower that naturalizes easily in cottage gardens, meadows, and woodland edges with minimal intervention. It prefers partial shade to dappled sunlight and tolerates average garden soils without much fertilization. Once established, it requires little watering or maintenance, making it ideal for low-effort naturalistic plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately at the base; allow soil to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days during dry spells
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–5.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 5 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
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, Maine, Masachusettes
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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