How to Grow Alchemilla mollis Plants in your Garden

Alchemilla mollis Growing and Care Guide

• Scientific Name: Alchemilla mollis
• Common Name: Ladys mantle
• Growing Zone: USA: 4 to 7
• Life Cycle / Plant Type: Perennial

Plant Details

• Plant Height (Inches): 12 to 24
• Plant Spread (Inches): 18 to 30
• Time of Bloom: Summer
• Flower Details: Green, Yellow
• Leaf Foliage: Green, Silvery
• Fruit:
• Growth Form: Rounded, Spreading or horizontal

Ideal Growing Conditions

• Best Light Conditions: Shady to full sunlight
• Rate of Growth: Quick
• Suitable Soil Types: Adaptable, Loamy, Neutral, Well drained
• Soil Moisture: Moist

Caring Conditions

• Care:
• Level of Maintenance: Medium
• Propagation: Seedin pots in a cold frame in spring or byDivision in spring or autumn
• How to Prune: Once the flowers and foliage become untidy from late summer onwards, shear off and new foliage will appear
• Pests: Usually pest free
• Diseases: Usually pest free

Further Information

• Can Attract:
• Tolerant of: Rabbit, Deer
• Best Garden Use: Border, Container, Ground cover, En masse , Rock garden, Woodland garden
• Family:
• Closely Related Species:
• Miscellaneous: Attractive foliage, Non-native to North America, Naturalizing, Suitable for cut flowers, Suitable for dried flowers, self-seeds aggressively but easy to weed out
• Genus Detail: Alchemilla
• Further Reading and References: Here and Here