Claytonia virginica
Spring beauty, Good morning spring, Grass flower, Wild potato, Eastern spring beauty, Virginia spring beauty, Fairy spud
Claytonia Claytonia
C. virginica - C. virginica is a compact, tufted, deciduous perennial with edible tubers, fleshy, linear to narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves and racemes of cup-shaped, fragrant, pink-striped white flowers in spring.
Claytonia virginica is: Deciduous
Compact, Clump-forming
White, Pink, Striped in Spring
Dark-green in Spring; Dark-green in Summer
Aphids Aphids
Remove leaves only after they have died down.
Sow seed in a cold frame in autumn or spring. Divide offsets in spring or autumn.
Seed, Division
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Claytonia virginica (Spring beauty) will reach a height of 0.2m and a spread of 0.2m after 2-5 years.
Rock, Prairie planting, Naturalised in turf, Ground Cover, Gravel, Cottage/Informal, Wildflower, Woodland
Plant 8cm deep in autumn in fertile, humus-rich, well-drained or moist but well-drained, preferably neutral or acid soil in sun. Tolerates partial shade. Dislikes winter wet.. May spread rapidly once established. Summer dormant.
Sandy, Loamy
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Acid, Neutral
Partial Shade, Full Sun
North, South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Claytonia virginica
Spring beauty, Good morning spring, Grass flower, Wild potato, Eastern spring beauty, Virginia spring beauty, Fairy spud
Claytonia Claytonia
C. virginica - C. virginica is a compact, tufted, deciduous perennial with edible tubers, fleshy, linear to narrowly lance-shaped, dark green leaves and racemes of cup-shaped, fragrant, pink-striped white flowers in spring.
Deciduous
Compact, Clump-forming
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White, Pink, Striped in Spring
Dark-green in Spring; Dark-green in Summer
Remove leaves only after they have died down.
Sow seed in a cold frame in autumn or spring. Divide offsets in spring or autumn.
Seed, Division
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Claytonia virginica (Spring beauty) will reach a height of 0.2m and a spread of 0.2m after 2-5 years.
Rock, Prairie planting, Naturalised in turf, Ground Cover, Gravel, Cottage/Informal, Wildflower, Woodland
Plant 8cm deep in autumn in fertile, humus-rich, well-drained or moist but well-drained, preferably neutral or acid soil in sun. Tolerates partial shade. Dislikes winter wet.. May spread rapidly once established. Summer dormant.
Sandy, Loamy
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Acid, Neutral
Partial Shade, Full Sun
North, South, East, West
Sheltered
Hardy (H4)
Zone 8, Zone 7, Zone 6, Zone 5, Zone 4, Zone 3
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Light: | Partial Shade, Full Sun | Tell us... |
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Hardiness: | Hardy (H4) | Tell us... |
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