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Onagraceae
Small enchanter's nightshade
Circaea alpina
Also known as Lesser enchanter's nightshade, Small enchanter's plant, Circaea, Ocimastrum minimum
Native Plants · Woodland · Shade Plant · Ground Cover · Wildflower · Perennial · Native Plant · Part Shade · Naturalistic Garden · Enchanter'S Nightshade
Small enchanter's nightshade is a delicate woodland perennial that prefers moist, shaded or partially shaded spots, making it ideal for a woodland garden or shaded border. It requires little maintenance once established in humus-rich, consistently moist soil. This plant is best appreciated as a naturalistic ground cover beneath trees or shrubs rather than a focal specimen.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly until soil is evenly moist; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 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, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Arizona, Assam, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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