Product Description
Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegatum' (30)ct Flat
Common Name: Snow-on-the-Mountain, Bishop's Weed, Goutweed
Zones 4 to 8, maybe 3 to 9.
Full sun to full shade.
Plants reach 6 to 10 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide;
Herbaceous perennial mounding groundcover.
Spreads by underground rhizomes and can be aggressive.
An attractive groundcover for the shade, 'Variegatum' is a light green and white variegated version of Bishop's Weed; 'Variegatum' is less aggressive. 14-inch tall umbels of tiny, creamy-white flowers in early summer.
Tolerant of a wide range of soils, Goutweed is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils. Foliage will often scorch in hot, dry, full sun conditions. Flower heads may be removed to prevent self-seeding and to maintain appearance of the ground cover. Plants may be sheared by mowing on a high setting to stimulate new foliage growth.
Excellent in containers or as groundcover as it rapidly fills in under a tree, on a slope, or any place that nothing else will grow.
Thirty (30) plants per flat (or tray). Approximate Plug Measurements: 3 inches deep x 2 inches wide.