Family: Ranunculaceae
(Buttercup Family)
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Height: 18-24 inches
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Spread: 12-18 inches
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Bloom Time: May to June
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Bloom: nodding bell-like 1-2 inch red
and yellow flowers with backward-pointing nectar tubes and bushy yellow
stamens; mature flower produces 5 pod-like fruits which split to release tiny
black seeds
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Light: full sun to
part shade (prefers part shade)
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Soil: medium sandy
well-drained; alkaline to neutral
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Moisture: medium; evenly
moist; tolerates drier conditions once established
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Use: naturalized
areas; cottage, meadow, or pollinator gardens; cut flowers; attracts
butterflies, hummingbirds, hawk moths and bees; larval host to Columbine
Duskywing Skipper; seeds consumed by finches and buntings
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Care: easy to grow;
intolerant of excessive moisture and over-fertilization; remove stems of spent
flowers to encourage additional bloom, but allow some to go to seed; cut to
ground when foliage deteriorates
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Concerns: no serious
insect or disease problems; continuous full sun stunts growth and may burn
leaves; good resistance to columbine leaf miner
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Native to: North America
east of the Rockies; Wisconsin native
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Notes: short-lived
herbaceous perennial; self seeds readily; compound leaves with three
lobe-margined leaflets (each up to 3 inches long); mound of basal leaves
appears first followed by slender branched flower stems; tolerates black
walnut; deer resistant
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Supplier: Donated by Jane
Graham
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Teaching Garden Location
& Code: Naturalistic
Garden H119
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