Mitella acerina
A clump-forming evergreen perennial about 40cm tall and wide, creeping slowly by elongated rhizomes, with glossy, hairy, dark green palmate basal leaves, and bearing dense, arching spikes of greenish-pink flowers with 3-lobed recurved petals, produced from mid spring to early summer
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Colour & scent
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Botanical details
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
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- Genus
A small genus of clump-forming, rhizomatous perennials, occurring in woodlands of East Asia and North America. Lobed, mid- or dark-green glossy leaves are stalked, ovate or heart-shaped. Slender, often one-sided racemes are carried on long upright stems in summer. Pale flowers are tiny, pendent or horizontal, each with five fringed petals
- Name status
Correct
- Plant range
- Japan (Honshu)
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in moist but well-drained, leafy acid soil in part or dappled shade
Propagation
Propagate by seed in a cold frame in autumn but they self seed freely, or by division in spring
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning
No pruning required
Pests
Diseases
Generally disease-free
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