Plant name - Alchemilla mollis
The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Plant size - Height can reach up to 0.6m and spread up to 1m
Hardiness - Hardy to -20c
Ideal for - Underplanting of Roses and Shrubs. Banks and Slopes, Flower borders and beds. Ground Cover Cottage & Informal Garden
Position - Full Sun, Part shade
Flowering - late Spring through summer
Pot Size - 17cm
Description - Alchemilla mollis is a charming little plant with frothy lime-green summer flowers and neatly pleated apple-green, fan-shaped leaves which persist all season. Often overlooked by gardeners in search of something exciting, the unpretentious appearance of lady’s mantle makes it extremely useful all round the garden. Grow as ground cover in shade or beneath roses. If allowed to self-seed into gravel or cracks between paving, the resulting seedlings are very drought tolerant.
No toxic effects reported.