About
This perennial forms dense clumps, creating low mounds or tufts of foliage that reach about 15 cm in height. Its leaves are small, dark green, and intricately divided into 5 to 7 lobes, each finely edged in a silvery white. In early summer, it produces short clusters of yellow-green flowers.
About the genus
Alchemilla consists of perennial plants characterized by their basal leaves, which are palmately lobed. They produce clusters of small flowers that can be yellow or greenish in color.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun, Partial shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H7
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Clump forming, Tufted
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Rock garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Adaptable to a range of conditions but grows best in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in sun or part shade
- Pruning
- Cut back in summer after flowering to encourage fresh new growth
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed in spring or by division in early spring or autumn
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free