Thriller Lady's Mantle
Alchemilla mollis 'Thriller'
Vivid golden yellow flowers held on stems in open sprays above the scalloped bright green leaves. Creeping habit and form is valuable for front of the border or along flagstone paths. Charming in troughs or pots. Perfect for cottage gardens. Herbaceous.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | al-kem-ILL-uh MAW-liss |
| Key feature: | Cottage Garden Plant |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Perennial |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 9, 14 - 24, 31 - 43 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Vigorous growth to 12 in. tall and about a foot wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Flower attributes: | Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Yellow |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 0067 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
Lady's mantle is a traditional component of the English perennial border. It also does well popping out between large flagstones or in crannies along the base of old walls. These plants are wonderful in masses within a naturalistic setting offering unique textural variations to wild garden compositions. Ideal for water garden edges and nooks and crannies of moist waterfalls and pools. Makes a casual edging for walks and path and is also charming in red clay pots.
Companion Plants
This perennial is well matched with Abbey Road Great Masterwort, (Astrantia major 'Abbey Road'), Volcano Pink Red Eye Phlox, (Phlox paniculata 'Barthirtyfive'), Fanal Astilbe, (Astilbe x arendsii 'Fanal') and Farmington New York Aster, (Aster novi-belgii 'Baldco').
History
The genus contains about 200 species all native to the north temperate zone. This species is native to northern Europe and is well known in English gardens where it thrives in cooler temperatures and rainfall. Its common name refers to the leaves which resemble cloaks worn by medieval women, or that of the Virgin Mary. It's alchemical connections kept lady's mantle in the folk healer's pharmacopoeia as a remedy for a wide variety of ailments from bleeding to dysentery. It's medicinal value is connected to tannin concentrations in the plant
Lore
Alchemilla was so named because its natural silvered leaf was thought to influence metals in the ancient art of alchemy.
Vivid golden yellow flowers held on stems in open sprays above the scalloped bright green leaves. Creeping habit and form is valuable for front of the border or along flagstone paths. Charming in troughs or pots. Perfect for cottage gardens. Herbaceous.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
Lady's mantle is a traditional component of the English perennial border. It also does well popping out between large flagstones or in crannies along the base of old walls. These plants are wonderful in masses within a naturalistic setting offering unique textural variations to wild garden compositions. Ideal for water garden edges and nooks and crannies of moist waterfalls and pools. Makes a casual edging for walks and path and is also charming in red clay pots.
Companion Plants
This perennial is well matched with Abbey Road Great Masterwort, (Astrantia major 'Abbey Road'), Volcano Pink Red Eye Phlox, (Phlox paniculata 'Barthirtyfive'), Fanal Astilbe, (Astilbe x arendsii 'Fanal') and Farmington New York Aster, (Aster novi-belgii 'Baldco').
History
The genus contains about 200 species all native to the north temperate zone. This species is native to northern Europe and is well known in English gardens where it thrives in cooler temperatures and rainfall. Its common name refers to the leaves which resemble cloaks worn by medieval women, or that of the Virgin Mary. It's alchemical connections kept lady's mantle in the folk healer's pharmacopoeia as a remedy for a wide variety of ailments from bleeding to dysentery. It's medicinal value is connected to tannin concentrations in the plant
Lore
Alchemilla was so named because its natural silvered leaf was thought to influence metals in the ancient art of alchemy.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | al-kem-ILL-uh MAW-liss |
| Key feature: | Cottage Garden Plant |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Perennial |
| Garden style: | Cottage |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Herbaceous |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 3 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Partial to full sun |
| Sunset climate zones: | 1 - 9, 14 - 24, 31 - 43 |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Vigorous growth to 12 in. tall and about a foot wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Flower attributes: | Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape uses: | Border, Mass Planting, Woodland Garden |
| Flower color: | Yellow |
| Blooms: | Summer |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 0067 |
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