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Dandelion in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Taraxacum officinale

 

Dandelion

The bane of many a gardener, the dandelion is regarded as a weed, but it does have some culinary uses for all parts of the plant - including the long tap-root, which can be roasted. The leaves are toothed, and the yellow flowers are well-known for their seed-heads "dandelion clocks" - a delicate globe of tiny seeds each with a dainty 'parachute' to carry it in the wind.

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plant Features
  • Dandelion likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Dandelion likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Dandelion is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Dandelion likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

 
plant information

Common name

Dandelion

Latin name

Taraxacum officinale

type

Perennial

family

Asteraceae

ph

5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Dandelion likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Dandelion is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Dandelion likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

  • Water

    Dandelion likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Dandelion is 0.20meters x 0.20meters 0.20 M 0.20 M

Taraxacum officinale

The bane of many a gardener, the dandelion is regarded as a weed, but it does have some culinary uses for all parts of the plant - including the long tap-root, which can be roasted. The leaves are toothed, and the yellow flowers are well-known for their seed-heads "dandelion clocks" - a delicate globe of tiny seeds each with a dainty 'parachute' to carry it in the wind.


Collecting the flower heads

From Early Spring TO Late Summer

When grown in profusion, dandelion flowers can be used to make dandelion wine, for which there are many recipes. Another recipe using the plant is dandelion flower jam.

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Summer

Dandelion seed carries some distance on the wind thus often appears in established garden beds. Young plants can be carefully dug up and replanted in growing beds where the flowers and or leaves can be easily harvested.

 
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