Botanical Name: Alchemilla mollis
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Common Name: Lady's Mantle  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Ground cover, Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Green, Yellow

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Grey Green, Yellow Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Linda Engstrom

  • Description

  • Notes

Lady's mantle may have the most charming foliage of any garden perennial, with its rounded to gently lobed, densely haired, chartreuse foliage, and its radial pleats and crimped edges. The leave's pleats, crimps, and hairs work together to hold little droplets of water that look jewel-like with just a little light. And as if that isn't enough, soft, frothy, yellow-green flowers hover above the plant from early summer through autumn. Ideal for dry shade areas; will need a little more water if planted in full sun. Lovely cut flower. Grows 1 to 1-1/2 feet tall and 2 feet wide.