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Fox-and-cubs in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Pilosella aurantiaca

 

Fox-and-cubs

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. 'Fox and cubs' is a low growing, self seeding plant with hairy leaves growing close to the ground in a rosette or circular shape. Tall daisy like flowers appear from the middle of the leaves on shortish stems. It has blackish hairs covering the stems and, in particular, the young flower buds.This can become invasive if care is not taken, and, once established, difficult to eradicate. It reproduces by seed and stolons (creeping horizontal stems or runners that take root at points along its length to form new plants).

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plant Features
  • Fox-and-cubs likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Fox-and-cubs likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Fox-and-cubs is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Fox-and-cubs likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Fox-and-cubs

Latin name

Pilosella aurantiaca

type

Perennial

family

Asteraceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Fox-and-cubs likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Fox-and-cubs is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Fox-and-cubs likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Fox-and-cubs likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Fox-and-cubs is 0.20meters x 0.40meters 0.20 M 0.40 M

Pilosella aurantiaca

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. 'Fox and cubs' is a low growing, self seeding plant with hairy leaves growing close to the ground in a rosette or circular shape. Tall daisy like flowers appear from the middle of the leaves on shortish stems. It has blackish hairs covering the stems and, in particular, the young flower buds.This can become invasive if care is not taken, and, once established, difficult to eradicate. It reproduces by seed and stolons (creeping horizontal stems or runners that take root at points along its length to form new plants).


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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