White Lace Flower (Orlaya grandiflora)

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Annual
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences:	Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height:	24-30 inches
Plant Spread:	16 - 20 inches
Flowers:	Showy
Flower Color:	White
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall Fall
Underground structures:	Taproot
Uses:	Cut Flower Will Naturalize Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies Other Beneficial Insects: Hoverfly
Propagation: Seeds:	Stratify seeds Needs specific temperature: 60-68 deg Days to germinate: 15 - 28 Depth to plant seed: cover lightly Suitable for wintersowing Start indoors Can handle transplanting
Pollinators:	Hoverflies Various insects
Containers:	Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots

Common names

White Lace Flower
Minoan Lace

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Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: Spring

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Location: Florissant, MO
Date: July 2014
The Beautiful White Lace Flower

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Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-06-11

Uploaded by larryr

Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-07-25

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Location: Toscane - Italy
Date: 2013-04-28

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Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-05-12

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Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2019-05-01
Hampton Park

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-06-07

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Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-05-09

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Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2020-07-14
White Finch Laceflower, Orlaya grandiflora

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Location: Scampston Walled Garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-06-30

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Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 07-07-15
Zone 9b.

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Uploaded by poisondartfrog

Date: 2009-05-13
Growing next to an orange Mimulus aurantiacus ‘Pt. Molate’

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Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-07-27

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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2022-04-04

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Location: At Annie's Annuals Nursery
Date: 2012-04-25

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Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-05-18

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Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.

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Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2009-06-13
with bee :-)

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Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-04-03

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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

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Comments:

Posted by lovesblooms (Maryland - Zone 7a) on Feb 3, 2015 8:24 AM concerning plant:

I winter sowed these and enjoyed an abundance of white floaty mid-spring to mid-summer blooms. I didn't deadhead because the blooms lasted long and still looked good as they aged. So I'm pretty sure I'll have little orlayas popping up everywhere this spring. The seeds are prickly.

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Posted by piksihk (Texas - Zone 9a) on Feb 3, 2015 12:26 PM concerning plant:

I have had these for several years now and they self-sow every year. They can get invasive, but they are easily pulled up. The white lacecap blooms are lovely and are the first to bloom here. They have ferny green leaves, which look great against the white blooms. Wonderful addition to cottage gardens and bouquets.

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Plant Events from our members
piksihk	On March 13, 2022	Bloomed
piksihk	On March 2, 2019	Bloomed
piksihk	On March 5, 2018	Bloomed Self sows
piksihk	On January 1, 2016	Plant emerged seedlings/self-sow; front bed
piksihk	On November 1, 2014	Seeds germinated self-sown seeds - seedlings are up
HamiltonSquare	On April 4, 2018	Bloomed Just starting up.
lovesblooms	On February 24, 2018	Seeds sown winter sown
lovesblooms	On January 15, 2017	Seeds sown w/s
lovesblooms	On May 19, 2016	Bloomed volunteers... I think.
dnrevel	On April 13, 2024	Seeds sown Surface sowing seeds in front gardens. I will collect seed again and surface sow in the fall this year, as well as jug sow (Winter Sow) in late December or January in 2025.
dnrevel	On April 12, 2024	Seeds sown Sowed two jugs of seeds. I hope it will be cold enough (before the frost dates here in SE Michigan) to spur germination as this plant needs a short cold period and light to germinate.
dnrevel	On October 11, 2023	Harvested Collected seed in 2023. Seeds are spikey. Flower did well in 2023, and growing again in 2024.
dnrevel	On May 16, 2023	Potted up Moving some germinated Dixie Cup sprouts to Earth Box to grow on while we are traveling. Some will stay in Dixie Cup in a tote.
dnrevel	On January 14, 2023	Seeds sown Winter sowing with DnD #9 seed swap seeds.
dnrevel	On January 3, 2021	Seeds sown Winter Sown, second year. Plan to use in front yard gardens.

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Orlaya White Lace Flower (Orlaya grandiflora)

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White Lace Flower (Orlaya grandiflora)