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

Max Height

0.1-0.5 metres

Max Spread

0.1-0.5 metres

Size

Max Spread
0.1-0.5 metres
Max Height
0.1-0.5 metres

Botanical Details

Family
Saxifragaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
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

Pruning

No pruning required

Pests

May be susceptible to slugs and snails

Diseases

Generally disease-free