Alchemilla sprucei Plant Care
Alchemilla sprucei L.M.Perry
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Alchemilla sprucei, synonym Lachemilla sprucei, is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae. It is native to south-west Colombia and Ecuador.
Partial shade to full shade
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How do you care for Alchemilla sprucei?
Plant Alchemilla sprucei in partial shade to full shade.
What Is the Alchemilla sprucei?
Alchemilla sprucei (Alchemilla sprucei) belongs to the Rosaceae family within the Alchemilla genus. Alchemilla sprucei is native to south-west Colombia and Ecuador.
Alchemilla sprucei displays a low rosette, clumping growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . Alchemilla sprucei produces small, yellow-green flowers in dense clusters.
What Light Does the Alchemilla sprucei Need?
Alchemilla sprucei thrives in partial shade to full shade. Avoid placing Alchemilla sprucei 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 Alchemilla sprucei?
Moist, well-draining soil with high organic matter content. Good drainage is essential for Alchemilla sprucei to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
Where Should You Plant a Alchemilla sprucei?
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 Alchemilla sprucei?
Prune Alchemilla sprucei 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 Alchemilla sprucei 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 Alchemilla sprucei?
Alchemilla sprucei 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 Alchemilla sprucei Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list Alchemilla sprucei, 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 Alchemilla sprucei?
Alchemilla sprucei 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
Alchemilla sprucei 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.
Alchemilla sprucei 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 sprucei L.M.Perry, family Rosaceae (first published in Contr. Gray Herb. 84: 40 (1929)) — World Flora Online record, IPNI name record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list Alchemilla sprucei, 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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