Flower Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 3 - 8
- Height: 20 inches
- Bloom Season: Early to mid summer
- Bloom Color: Yellow
- Environment: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil Type: Any good garden soil, pH 5.8 - 6.8
Planting Directions
- Temperature: 64 - 72F
- Average Germ Time: 7 - 12 days
- Light Required: Yes
- Depth: Surface sow seed and lightly cover with topsoil no more than 1/8 inch
- Sowing Rate: 2 - 3 seeds per plant
- Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination
- Plant Spacing: 18 inches
- Care & Maintenance: See: Lady's Mantle
Lady's Mantle (Achemilla Mollis) - Grown from Lady's Mantle flower seeds, this popular flower is perfect for the garden. With its olive colored, crimped velvety leaves which cup to capture the dew and rain and its frothy sprays of yellow clusters, it is certainly appealing to the eye. Achemilla Mollis is bushy and makes an excellent border or edging plant. The yellow blooms work nicely in cut arrangements
Sow Lady's Mantle flower seeds in the early spring indoors, 6 - 8 weeks before last frost. Use starter trays and sterile potting mix. Press Lady's Mantle flower seeds into the soil and cover no more than 1/8 inch. Transplant seedlings outdoors after danger of frost has passed. Alchemilla Mollis should be sheared back after blooming to rejuvenate the leaves to make the clump neat and tidy for the rest of the growing season. Lady's Mantle is an easy-care perennial grown from flower seeds that does well in sun or shade. It may be divided in spring or early fall. It will self-seed and drop its own flower seeds. If this is not desired, deadhead spent blooms.
