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Rubiaceae
Northern bedstraw
Galium boreale
Also known as White bedstraw, Cleavers, Fragrant bedstraw, Galium strictum
Native Plants · Wildflower · Meadow Plant · Galium · Pollinator · White Flowers · Hardy Perennial · Native Plant · Groundcover · Woodland Edge · Bedstraw
Northern bedstraw is a hardy, low-maintenance perennial that naturalises beautifully in wildflower meadows, woodland edges, and rock gardens. It tolerates a wide range of soils and requires minimal watering once established, making it a great choice for low-input gardens. Its clusters of small white flowers attract a variety of pollinators and provide season-long interest from early summer through autumn.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil surface to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-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
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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