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Ground Elder in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Aegopodium podagraria

 

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.

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plant Features
  • Ground Elder likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Ground Elder likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Ground Elder is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Ground Elder likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Ground Elder

Latin name

Aegopodium podagraria

type

Perennial

family

Apiaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Ground Elder likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Frost

    Ground Elder is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Ground Elder likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Ground Elder likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Ground Elder is 0.45meters x 0.45meters 0.45 M 0.45 M

Aegopodium podagraria

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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