Lady's Mantle Select Robustica Alchemilla Mollis is herbaceous perennial native to Turkey and the Carpathian Mountains. Lady's Mantle Select Robustica seeds can be started indoors or directly outdoors. Lady's Mantle is a beautiful perennial plant with dainty, frothy chartreuse flowers lime-green flowers and attractive serrated-edge leaves that catch spring showers, transforming water droplets into silvery beads. Lady's Mantle grows up to 2 feet tall and spreads 2 feet wide blooming in spring and summer, adding a graceful and romantic appeal to a garden, and attracting bees and other pollinators.
Lady's Mantle Select Robustica adds a swath of effervescent flowers of lime-green to perennial borders and pathways, and it looks exceptionally beautiful combined with sweet Williams and foxgloves in sunny to partly shaded locations contributing fuzzy texture to the garden. This plant pairs exceptionally well with other garden favorites like perennial geraniums, especially when planted at garden edges, as a groundcover or as an underplanting for shrubs. It is recommended to apply a cold stratification treatment to Alchemilla Mollis seeds prior planting them. Once established Lady's Mantle Select Robustica is drought tolerant and adaptable to various soil conditions. Lady's Mantle Select Robustica makes a great cut flower for various floral arrangements such as wedding bouquets and enchanting centerpieces, and this wispy and versatile flower adds a natural accent to your home decor.
PLANT PROFILE
Season: Perennial
Height: 12-24 Inches
Bloom Season: Spring/Summer
Environment: Full Sun/Partial Shade
Soil Type: Rich/Average/Clay/Moist well-drained, pH 5.5-7.5
USDA Zones: 3-10
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS
Sow Indoors: Winter (8-10 weeks before last frost)
Sow Outdoors: Fall
Seed Depth: 1/8 Inch
Germination Time: 21-30
