Uses: Great as filler in perennial beds, borders, planters
Habit: Airy filler, good in combinations
Light: Full sun to half sun
Flower Color: Yellow
Blooms: Summer to heavy frost
Width 1-2 feet; Height 2 feet
Fertility: Average, Poor
I received this seed as a gift and I was pleasantly surprised and will definitely keep growing it. It takes a long time to bloom from seed, so start it 10-12 weeks early inside, and keep pinching the leaves to keep it bushy- will probably be in individual 4" pots by the time it is ready to go outside after the last frost. Just kept blooming forever, even after light frosts- didn't need to be deadheaded, but I did, when I thought about it, just to collect the seed. Seedheads are fairly attractive and could be left on. Looked good in combination with lavender peony poppies and with orange crocsomia, and with red kaffir lily. It has reseeded in the planters I had it in, and continues to put on a long show! (Though for earliest bloom, start inside early)
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Bishop's weed is an ideal, rapidly spreading grouncover for difficult areas. It provides a thick mass of coarse green and white leaves with saw-tooth edges. It grows to 8-10 inches and dies down in winter. Clusters of small white flowers come into bloom in midsummer.
Bishop's weed is suitable for areas where barriers can contain its vigorous growth, such as a strip between a house and a paved path. It will grow in almost any soil in sun or shade in Zones 3-10 and will thrive under most trees. It isn't discouraged by heavy clay soil.
Plant in spring, setting plants 6 to 12 inches apart. Aegopodium is an aggressive grower best used by itself to underplant larger woody trees and shrubs. Sometimes, toward the end of hot, dry summers, the foliage will look tired and bedraggled. Just run the lawn mower over it and water it deeply a few times to encourage fresh new growth.
Package of 25+ seeds $2.25US
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