Lady's Mantle
Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family)
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Zones: 3-8
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Height: 12-18 inches
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Spread: 18-36 inches
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Bloom Time: June
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Bloom: tiny, star-shaped chartreuse flowers in loose clusters
atop stems rising above foliage
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Light: full sun to part shade
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Soil: average, well-drained
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Moisture: medium
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Use: border fronts, cottage gardens,
edging for paths, mass as ground cover, dried flowers
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Care: cut back in spring to clean up;
remove spent blossoms to prevent aggressive self-seeding and encourage a sparse
late-summer re-bloom; divide as needed
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Concerns: no serious insect or disease
problems; somewhat invasive if allowed to self-seed
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Native to: Eastern Carpathians, Caucasus
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Notes: clumping perennial forming a
basal mound (6-12" tall) of long-stalked, circular, scallop-edged,
toothed, pleated, soft-hairy, light green leaves (to 6" across) each with
9-11 shallow rounded lobes
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Supplier: Donated by C. Penwell
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Teaching Garden
Location & Code: Sidewalk Garden G193
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