trefle.io · Taken May 4, 2005 by Alain Bigou (cc-by-sa)
Rubiaceae
Smooth bedstraw
Cruciata laevipes
Also known as Slender bedstraw, Galium laevigatum, Upland bedstraw, Valantia cruciata
Native Plants · Groundcover · Part Shade · Woodland · Creeping Perennial · Wildflower · Hedgerow · European Native · Yellow Flowers · Low Maintenance
Smooth bedstraw is an undemanding creeping perennial that naturalises well in hedgerows, woodland edges, and shaded borders with average moisture. It produces delicate yellow flowers in spring and requires very little maintenance once established. Plant in partial shade with reasonably fertile, moist soil for the best results.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water to keep soil moderately moist; avoid prolonged drought · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- 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
- 10 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, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Colombia, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Netherlands, New York
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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