Lady's Mantle

Lady's Mantle is a clumping herbaceous perennial that forms a long-stemmed basal mound.  The light to blue green circular foliage is scalloped and has 9-11 lobes with soft downy hairs.  Small spreading clusters of star-shaped chartreuse flowers bloom in summer and can experience another lighter bloom if deadheaded.  Grows best with afternoon shade in the South and well-drained soils.  Lady's Mantle tends to keep beads of moisture after a rain, creating additional ornamental value.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance.  Aggressively self-seeds if not deadheaded.  Will scorch in full sun in hot summer climates if soils dry out.

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens, Naturalized Areas, Rock Gardens, Groundcover, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Geranium, Salvia, Allium

IMAGES: Anneli Salo, Alchemilla mollis Jättipoimulehti H6144 C, CC BY-SA 3.0, (2) Rasbak 13:31, 19 June 2007 (UTC), Alchemilla mollis (Fraaie vrouwenmantel bloeiwijze), CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Uoaei1, Alchemilla mollis Nürnberg 01, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.