Lady's Mantle Silky Gold Strike Alchemilla Sericata is herbaceous perennial native to the alpine and subalpine regions of the Caucasus. The sericata means "silky" in reference to the soft hairs on the surface of the leaves and stems. Lady's Mantle Silky Gold Strike seeds can be started indoors in winter or directly outdoors, and the Gold Strike variety is a compact growing, mounding selection of Silky Lady's Mantle that features grey-green, lobed foliage with a soft, fuzzy, serrated, textured leaves and bears rounded clusters chartreuse/yellow of tiny star-shaped flowers. The plant blooms from late spring and into summer attracting bees and butterflies.
Lady's Mantle Silky Gold Strike is an excellent perennial to plant in perennial borders and pathways, and it looks exceptionally beautiful combined with other showy perennial flowers like Sweet Williams and Foxgloves in sunny to partly shaded locations. Lady's Mantle Silky Gold Strike is often grown as a groundcover or as an underplanting for shrubs. It is recommended to apply a cold stratification treatment to Alchemilla Sericata seeds prior planting them. The established Lady's Mantle Silky Gold Strike tolerates drought and adapts easily to various soil conditions including clay. Lady's Mantle Silky Gold Strike flowers are great for cutting.
PLANT PROFILE
Season: Perennial
Height: 12-15 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: 3-8
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS
Sow Indoors: Winter (8-10 weeks before last frost)
Sow Outdoors: Fall
Seed Depth: 1/8 Inch
Germination Time: 21-30
