Product Description
Alchemilla erythropoda (30)ct Flat
Common Name: Lady's Mantle
Zones 3 to 7.
Full sun to part shade.
Plants reach 6 inches tall and 6 to 8 inches wide.
Lime-green flowers rise above gray or blue-green leaves. Alchemillaerythropoda looks similar to dwarf Alchemilla mollis. Because of its smaller size, it fits better into small spaces and makes a beautiful edging. The leaf margins are serrated, looking as if they have been cut with pinking shears. Flower stems turn red when planted in a sunnier location. From late spring thru early summer, frothy sprays of tiny, yellow-green flowers appear above the mounds of foliage. They make long-lasting cut flowers or can be dried.
Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit 1993
Alchemilla requires partial shade and average soil moisture to thrive. Though it will grow in full sun and drier soil, the foliage may burn and the plants will be smaller. This species prefers the cool, moist summers of the north, and cannot tolerate the heat of the south. Propagate by seed or division in early spring before flowering.
Attributes: border plants, in container, cut flower or foliage, edging, in mass planting, easy to grow.
Thirty (30) plants per flat (or tray). Approximate Plug Measurements: 3 inches deep x 2 inches wide.