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Meadow Rue in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Thalictrum 'Elin'

 

Meadow Rue

Thalictrum - Meadow-Rue is a plant in the buttercup family, and has an airy, open growth and delicate flowers.'Elin' forms a mound of lacy blue-green foliage, resembling a Columbine or Maidenhair Fern, and purplish stems bearing open sprays of lavender-coloured flowers, with a tuft of yellow stamens

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plant Features
  • Meadow Rue likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Meadow Rue likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Meadow Rue is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Meadow Rue likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

 
plant information

Common name

Meadow Rue

Latin name

Thalictrum 'Elin'

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Ranunculaceae

ph

5.5 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Meadow Rue likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Meadow Rue is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Meadow Rue likes moist and rich

    Moist and rich

  • Water

    Meadow Rue likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

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 Meadow Rue is 0.50meters x 2.00meters 0.50 M 2.00 M

Thalictrum 'Elin'

Thalictrum - Meadow-Rue is a plant in the buttercup family, and has an airy, open growth and delicate flowers.'Elin' forms a mound of lacy blue-green foliage, resembling a Columbine or Maidenhair Fern, and purplish stems bearing open sprays of lavender-coloured flowers, with a tuft of yellow stamens


Late Spring Bloom

From Late Spring TO Early Summer

This plant blooms between late spring and early producing fine purple flowers.

 

Planting Indoors

From Late Winter TO Early Spring

Start by planting the seeds in a tray indoors, once seedlings appear you can then transfer them into the garden.

 
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