Alchemilla speciosa
Handsome lady's mantle
- Height × spread
- 0.2m × 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
Many plants are seasonal. Call 01234 567890 to check current stock.
About this plant
This alchemilla species is like a lower key version of the popular Alchemilla mollis. The leaves are more deeply lobed and the edges are marked by slightly frilly looking teeth. This form has the same soft sage green colouring and somewhat less greenish yellow flowering panicles. The stalks of the flowers are hairy and there are hairs on the tops of the leaves as well. It reaches around 20cm (8in) high with a 30cm (1ft) spread.
- Flower colour
- Green, Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.2m
- Spread
- 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Rock garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- All types
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Colder than -20C (RHS H7)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant
- Deer
- May be browsed by deer
- Rabbits
- May be browsed by rabbits
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.
Planting & general
Planting
Deadhead blooms during flowering season
Remove flowers as they turn brown and fade. Snip the stem just below the bloom. This will keep the plant tidy and encourage more flowers.
The removal of spent flowers encourages the plant to produce fresh ones, rather than spend its energy on the development of seeds.
Found in
More Alchemilla
Alchemilla
Lady's mantle
Alchemilla mollis
Garden lady's mantle
Alchemilla alpina
Alpine lady's Mantle
Alchemilla aroanica
Aroanica lady's mantle
Alchemilla erythropoda
Scalloped lady's mantle
Alchemilla fulgens
Pyrenees lady's mantle
Alchemilla glaucescens
Small lady's mantle
Alchemilla murbeckiana
Murbeck's lady's mantle