Caprifoliaceae
Valeriana excelsa
Valeriana excelsa
Also known as Valeriana officinalis subsp. excelsa
Native Plants · Valerian · Medicinal Herb · Shade Tolerant · Fragrant Flowers · Woodland · Pollinator · Moisture Loving · Perennial · European Native · Herb
Valeriana excelsa, a tall European valerian, is an easy-going perennial best suited to moist, partly shaded spots such as woodland edges or stream banks. It produces fragrant clusters of small pinkish-white flowers in summer that are highly attractive to pollinators. Once established it requires little attention; simply cut back after flowering to encourage tidy regrowth.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist; reduce in winter · Every 7-10 days
- 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
- 18 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, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Korea, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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