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Asphodeline Lutea

Common name: Asphodel, King's Spear

Handsome, scented, and stunning

-5 to -10°C
Good Cut Flowers
Scented
Good for Pollinators

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9cm Pots
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Asphodeline lutea offers the garden herbaceous, blue-tinted, grass-like foliage that forms superb groundcover from April to November. In late spring, fragrant, star-shaped flowers are borne on strong stems which sway like golden wands. Ideal for a magical impact in borders, gravel gardens or containers, offering almost luminous yellow colour until July.This striking perennial is a native of southeast Europe and northern African and will form clumps up to 60cm wide with spires of blooms reaching up to 1.5m. Each bloom on Asphodeline lutea is edible and makes an unusual addition to summer salads with its mild, slightly sweet flavour. Looks fabulous planted with cool blues and purples for contrasting impact or with hotter coloured blooms such as later flowering crocosmia for an interplay of form and colour.A drought tolerant hardy perennial which prefers well-drained soil in full sun. Seed pods form bright green cherry like pods for later interest and eventually dry to a crinkled brown, still adding form and texture to your garden.
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Key Information
Latin Name Asphodeline lutea 9cm pot
Common Name Asphodel, King's Spear
Hardiness H4 (-5 to -10°C)
Colour Yellow
Type Perennial
Format 9cm Pots
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Foliage Deciduous
Height in Maturity (m) 1.50 m
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.60
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam, Chalk Clay Sand, Clay Loam Sand
Soil Acidity Acid Alkaline Neutral
Aspect East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Scented Yes
Drought Tolerant Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes
Good for groundcover Yes

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