Aegopodium podagraria 'variegata'
Variegated Ground Elder
Aegopodium podagraria is an invasive perennial. It spreads by rhizomes and has erect stems, hollow and grooved. The upper leaves are trifoliate, broad and toothed. The flowers are in umbels, terminal with rays 15 - 20, with small white flowers. It thrives in shady places. It spreads rapidly under favourable growing conditions and is very difficult to eradicate. The smallest piece of rhizome left in the ground will quickly form a sturdy new plant. A variegated form is grown as an ornamental plant.
Contributed by @stephaniewatkins
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Partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Variegated Ground Elder
Latin name
Aegopodium podagraria 'variegata'
type
Perennial
family
Apiaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.45 M
0.45 M
Aegopodium podagraria 'variegata'
Aegopodium podagraria is an invasive perennial. It spreads by rhizomes and has erect stems, hollow and grooved. The upper leaves are trifoliate, broad and toothed. The flowers are in umbels, terminal with rays 15 - 20, with small white flowers. It thrives in shady places. It spreads rapidly under favourable growing conditions and is very difficult to eradicate. The smallest piece of rhizome left in the ground will quickly form a sturdy new plant. A variegated form is grown as an ornamental plant.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Should you wish to plant this invasive weed, do so where there is plenty of shade and where its spread can be restricted, for instance, plant it between a walkway and a building wall. It will rapidly fill its bed but the wall and path will restrict the spread of its roots.
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