Ground elder
Aegopodium podagraria
perennial0.5×0.4 mzone 5–8full shade🍎 Edible
Profile
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Habit
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5 m
- Spread
- 0.4 m
- Growth
- very fast
- Lifespan
- 20 years
- First yield
- after 1 year
- Hardiness
- zone 5–8
- Shade tolerance
- full shade
- Soil
- Sand, Silt, Loam
- Soil moisture
- semi-dry – very wet
- pH
- 5.6 – 7.6
ground cover
Uses
Origin & habitat
Most of Europe, including Britain, eastwards to Western Asia and Siberia.
Hedgerows and cultivated land. A common garden weed.
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