Roughfruit Fairybells Plant Care
Prosartes trachycarpa S.Watson
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Prosartes trachycarpa, the roughfruit fairybells, rough-fruited fairybells or rough-fruited mandarin, is a North American species of plants in the lily family. The species is widespread, known from British Columbia to Ontario and south to Arizona and New Mexico.
Partial to full shade
At a glance
How do you care for Roughfruit Fairybells?
Roughfruit Fairybells grows best in partial to full shade.
What Is the Roughfruit Fairybells?
Roughfruit Fairybells (Prosartes trachycarpa) belongs to the Liliaceae family within the Prosartes genus. Roughfruit Fairybells is also known as Rough-fruited Fairybells.
Roughfruit Fairybells displays a clumping herbaceous perennial growth habit, reaching up to tall with a spread of approximately . Roughfruit Fairybells produces small, bell-shaped flowers in shades of white or green.
What Light Does the Roughfruit Fairybells Need?
Roughfruit Fairybells thrives in partial to full shade. Avoid placing Roughfruit Fairybells in direct, harsh sunlight for extended periods, as this can scorch the foliage.
Light Requirement
Partial to full shade
What Soil Mix Works Best for a Roughfruit Fairybells?
Rich, well-draining soil with high organic content. Good drainage is essential for Roughfruit Fairybells to prevent waterlogging, which leads to root rot and fungal issues.
How Do You Repot a Roughfruit Fairybells?
Repot every 2-3 years in early spring. Choose a pot one size larger than the current container, and ensure it has drainage holes to allow excess water to escape.
How Do You Propagate a Roughfruit Fairybells?
Roughfruit Fairybells can be propagated through division of rhizomes, seeds. Similar propagation techniques also apply to smith's fairbells plant care, which shares the same genus.
Is the Roughfruit Fairybells Toxic to Pets and Children?
Pet safety not verified
The ASPCA does not list Roughfruit Fairybells, 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 Roughfruit Fairybells?
Roughfruit Fairybells is susceptible to slugs, snails, aphids. 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
Roughfruit Fairybells 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 Prosartes genus — compare its care with other Prosartes species on PlantoScan.
Prosartes is part of the Liliaceae plant family — browse all Liliaceae genera and species.
Roughfruit Fairybells copes with lower light than most plants — browse the full list of low-light plants.
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Sources
- Scientific name & taxonomy: Prosartes trachycarpa S.Watson, family Liliaceae (first published in Botany [Fortieth Parallel] : 344 (1871)) — World Flora Online record, IPNI name record.
- Pet toxicity: Pet safety not verified: the ASPCA does not list Roughfruit Fairybells, 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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