General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 6 to 8 inches, to 24 inches when in flower
Plant Spread: 24 to 36 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Common names
  • Arctic Sweet Coltsfoot
  • Palmate Coltsfoot
  • Sweet Coltsfoot
  • Frigid Coltsfoot

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Location: in my greenhouse in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2021-05-15
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-11-15
Location: in my greenhouse in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2021-05-16
Location: in my greenhouse in Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2021-05-17

credit: Jacob W. Frank
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-03-14

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