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Rubiaceae
Slender bedstraw
Galium pumilum
Also known as Galium tenue var. jussiaei, Galium umbellatum subvar. laeve, Galium sylvestre var. supinum, Dwarf bedstraw
Native Plants · Groundcover · Wildflower · Grassland · White Flowers · Rock Garden · Meadow · European Native · Low Maintenance · Rubiaceae · Chalk Grassland
Slender bedstraw is a delicate, mat-forming perennial native to European grasslands and limestone meadows, producing tiny white flowers on wiry stems throughout summer. It thrives in poor, well-drained soils and requires little to no supplemental fertiliser — rich soils will cause it to become lax and weedy. Ideal for a naturalistic rock garden or wildflower lawn, it is virtually maintenance-free once established in the right conditions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly; prefers lean, well-drained soils and is sensitive to overwatering or heavy clay · Every 10-14 days; tolerates natural rainfall in most temperate climates
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 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, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Netherlands, New York, Northwest European R, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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