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Spotted Hawkweed in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Hieracium maculatum 'Leopard'

 

Spotted Hawkweed

Hieracium - hawkweeds - are perennials, usually with a tap root, basal rosette of leaves (sometimes toothed) and dandelion-like, yellow flowers in Summer. They can be invasive. 'Leopard' is a non-invasive, decorative hawkweed with blue-green foliage blotched with purple, and yellow dandelion-like flowers on wiry stems. Dead head, if you not want it to spread.

 
plant Features
  • Spotted Hawkweed likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Spotted Hawkweed likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Spotted Hawkweed is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Spotted Hawkweed likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Spotted Hawkweed

Latin name

Hieracium maculatum 'Leopard'

type

Perennial

family

Asteraceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Spotted Hawkweed likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Spotted Hawkweed is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Spotted Hawkweed likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Spotted Hawkweed likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Spotted Hawkweed is 0.20meters x 0.25meters 0.20 M 0.25 M

Hieracium maculatum 'Leopard'

Hieracium - hawkweeds - are perennials, usually with a tap root, basal rosette of leaves (sometimes toothed) and dandelion-like, yellow flowers in Summer. They can be invasive. 'Leopard' is a non-invasive, decorative hawkweed with blue-green foliage blotched with purple, and yellow dandelion-like flowers on wiry stems. Dead head, if you not want it to spread.


Flowering

From Early Summer TO Mid Autumn

Hawkweed flowers from early Summer to first frosts or mid Autumn

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

If planting hawkweed, choose a sunny site in free-draining soil. Bear in mind that some types of hawkweed can be invasive, and self-seed freely.

 

Propagating

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Hawkweed is a vigorous self-seeder, and, once established, will spread seed freely. Getting rid of it may be more of a problem than getting it to reproduce! It can, however - if desired - be grown from seed in Spring by scattering seed in the desired site - in free-draining soil, and in full sun or partial shade.

 
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