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Apiaceae
Pepper saxifrage
Silaum silaus
Also known as Silaum besseri, Silaus flavescens var. latisectus, Peucedanum trilobatum, Silaum silaus
Native Plants · Wildflower · Meadow Plant · Pollinator · Umbellifer · Apiaceae · Grassland · Yellow Flowers · Perennial · European Native · Naturalising
Pepper saxifrage is a hardy perennial wildflower suited to meadow gardens and grassland restorations, where it produces delicate yellow umbel flowers in summer. It thrives in neutral to slightly acidic, moderately moist grassland soils and is particularly valuable for pollinator plantings. Once established it requires minimal care and is well suited to naturalising in a lawn or wildflower meadow.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; tolerates brief dry periods once established · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krym, Netherlands
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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