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Senecio polyodon

 

Pink ragwort

Senecio polyodon is a short perennial daisy, useful for rockeries or the front of a border. The small daisy-like flowers are pale to bright pink. Senecio polyodon produces a fluffy seed head but not many viable seeds.

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plant Features
  • Pink ragwort likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Pink ragwort likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Pink ragwort is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Pink ragwort likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Pink ragwort

Latin name

Senecio polyodon

type

Perennial

family

Asteraceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Pink ragwort likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Pink ragwort is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Pink ragwort likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Pink ragwort likes very little water

    Very little water

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Pink ragwort is 0.45meters x 0.60meters 0.45 M 0.60 M

Senecio polyodon

Senecio polyodon is a short perennial daisy, useful for rockeries or the front of a border. The small daisy-like flowers are pale to bright pink. Senecio polyodon produces a fluffy seed head but not many viable seeds.


Planting young plants

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Young plants can be obtained in small pots. These can be transplanted into a sunny site with light, free draining soil. Ideal for rockeries or in large pots which will hold four or five plants.

 
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