herbaceous layer
lady's mantle
alchemilla mollis
soft pleated leaves that cup dew like mercury and a froth of chartreuse flowers — a weed-smothering edging that mines minerals and gives the chop-and-drop pile bulk.
functions
dynamic accumulatorground covermedicinal
field guide
light
part shade
moisture
moderate
soil
most, tolerates clay
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relationships — grows well with
comfrey (bocking 14)symphytum × uplandicum→foam flowertiarella cordifolia→lungwortpulmonaria angustifolia→sweet woodruffgalium odoratum→
see lady's mantle on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around lady's mantle
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- herbaceous
- lady's mantle — the anchor
- herbaceous
- comfrey (bocking 14)lungwort
- groundcover
- foam flowersweet woodruff