Plicate Lady's Mantle Plant Care
Alchemilla plicata Buser
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Alchemilla plicata is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Rosaceae.
Partial shade to full shade
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How do you care for Plicate Lady's Mantle?
Plant Plicate Lady's Mantle in partial shade to full shade.
What Is the Plicate Lady's Mantle?
Plicate Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla plicata) belongs to the Rosaceae family within the Alchemilla genus.
Plicate Lady's Mantle displays a low rosette, clumping growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . Plicate Lady's Mantle produces small, yellow-green flowers in dense clusters.
What Light Does the Plicate Lady's Mantle Need?
Plicate Lady's Mantle thrives in partial shade to full shade. Avoid placing Plicate Lady's Mantle in direct, harsh sunlight for extended periods, as this can scorch the foliage.
Light Requirement
Partial shade to full shade
What Soil Mix Works Best for a Plicate Lady's Mantle?
Moist, well-draining soil with high organic matter content. Good drainage is essential for Plicate Lady's Mantle to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
Where Should You Plant a Plicate Lady's Mantle?
Choose a spot with partial shade to full shade and moist, well-draining soil with high organic matter content. Avoid low spots where water collects after rain.
Plant container-grown or balled-and-burlapped trees in spring or early autumn, setting the root flare at soil level, and water well after planting.
How Do You Prune a Plicate Lady's Mantle?
Prune Plicate Lady's Mantle while it is dormant in late winter: first remove dead, damaged and crossing branches, then thin lightly for shape.
If it flowers in spring, prune right after flowering instead so you don't remove next year's buds. Never take off more than about a quarter of the tree in one year.
How Do You Care for a Plicate Lady's Mantle in Winter?
Water deeply in late autumn before the ground freezes, and spread a 5–8 cm (2–3 in) layer of mulch over the root zone, keeping it away from the trunk.
Young and container-grown trees need extra protection: roots in a pot freeze much more easily than roots in the ground.
How Do You Propagate a Plicate Lady's Mantle?
Plicate Lady's Mantle can be propagated through division, seeds. Similar propagation techniques also apply to alpine lady's mantle plant care, which shares the same genus.
Is the Plicate Lady's Mantle Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list Plicate Lady's Mantle, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Keep pets from chewing it as a precaution.
This is a general caution, not veterinary or medical advice. If your pet ate a plant, contact your vet or animal poison control.
See all plants toxic to cats and plants toxic to dogs.
What Pests and Diseases Affect the Plicate Lady's Mantle?
Plicate Lady's Mantle is susceptible to aphids, spider mites, leaf miners. Inspect the foliage regularly, especially along leaf undersides and stems. Treat infestations promptly with insecticidal soap or neem oil to prevent spread.
Yellow leaves, brown tips or drooping? See common plant problems and how to fix them.
Keep exploring plants
Plicate Lady's Mantle is one of many species covered in the complete plant care and identification guide, which groups plants by genus, attribute, and popularity.
It belongs to the Alchemilla genus — compare its care with other Alchemilla species on PlantoScan.
Alchemilla is part of the Rosaceae plant family — browse all Rosaceae genera and species.
Plicate Lady's Mantle copes with lower light than most plants — browse the full list of low-light plants.
More Alchemilla Species
Other Alchemilla species in PlantoScan's care catalogue share similar watering, light, and soil preferences:
Sources
- Scientific name & taxonomy: Alchemilla plicata Buser, family Rosaceae (first published in Bull. Herb. Boissier 1(App. 2): 20 (1893)) — World Flora Online record, IPNI name record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list Plicate Lady's Mantle, so we can't confirm whether it is safe for cats and dogs. Checked against the ASPCA plant list; any other toxicity note on this page comes from PlantoScan's plant database.
- Care values(watering, light, temperature, humidity, soil, fertilizing): PlantoScan's plant database, filtered by automatic plausibility checks — values that fail them are hidden. How we source and check plant data.
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