About

An attractive perennial, reaching 50-100cm, with a mounding habit. It displays showy flowers.

About the genus

Glaucidium are slow-growing, rhizomatous herbaceous perennials with rounded, palmately-lobed leaves and large, poppy-like mauve or white flowers in late spring and early summer

Plant details

Suggested usesBorders, cottage gardens

Care notes

CultivationFertile, moist but well-drained soil
PruningCut back in autumn or spring
PropagationDivide every 3-4 years
Pest resistanceSlugs possible
Disease resistanceMildew in dry conditions