trefle.io · Taken Jul 28, 2021 by Renzo Tascini (cc-by-sa)
Rubiaceae
White bedstraw
Galium album
Also known as White cleavers, Galium mollugo subsp. album, Hedge bedstraw, Galium album
Native Plants · Wildflower · Bedstraw · Pollinator · Cottage Garden · Meadow · Native · Ground Cover · Scrambling · White Flowers · Perennial
White bedstraw is a delicate, scrambling perennial wildflower that produces masses of tiny white blooms and thrives in part shade to sun in well-drained to average soils. It is very low maintenance, spreading gently through meadow or cottage garden plantings while providing valuable nectar for pollinators. Plant it among taller perennials to allow it to weave naturally through the border for a charming, informal effect.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings as it tolerates brief dry spells · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- 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
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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