Macleaya cordata - P9

Synonym
Synonyms (botanical): Bocconia cordata.

Bulletpoints
* beautiful foliage * the blossoms are highly favoured by bees, bumblebees and hoverflies * tolerates pruning * deer resistant

Leaves
High leaf ornamental value.

Growth habit
Upright, clump-forming.

Water
Water regularly and allow the soil to dry out in the meantime.

Pruning
This plant is tolerant of pruning.

Location
Preferred location in a sunny to semi-shady position.

Soil
Normal soil.

Planting time
Planting: Autumn, depending on variety also in spring.

Care
- This perennial should be cut back in autumn/late autumn when the plant begins to shrivel. - A slow-release fertiliser can be used in spring. This releases the nutrients slowly and continuously so that the plant is evenly supplied over a longer period of time.

Flower
Macleaya cordata forms creamy white flowers arranged in panicles from July.

Use
Privacy screen, solitary plant, woodland edge, herbaceous border, bee pasture