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Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Sun to Partial Shade Light Shade
Danger: Handling plant may cause skin irritation or allergic reaction
Bloom Color: Pale Pink
Bloom Time: Mid Summer
Foliage: Herbaceous
Other details: May be a noxious weed or invasive This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Propagation Methods: By dividing the rootball From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; sow indoors before last frost From seed; direct sow after last frost
On May 19, 2013, plant_it from Valparaiso, IN wrote:
Though I think the leaves of this plant are beautiful, motherwort is a non-native, invasive from central Asia, introduced to the U.S. from Europe for it's medicinal purposes. It has no real benefit to wildlife that I can find and it displaces native plants.
On Jun 29, 2008, donicaben from Ogdensburg, NY wrote:
Motherwort is used to calm nerves, ease a woman's transition through menopause and has also been known to lower cholesterol.
While making a tea out of it is just AWFUL (very bitter - tastes like dandelion sap) making a tincture out of it will make ingestion much easier (smaller portions needed).
I am SO glad to have found this growing wild at the edge of my property. :-)
Motherwort is used for treating conjunctivitis in rabbits. I am not sure of the proper way to use it, but they seem quite content to mow mine down with their teeth! My information says that it is hardy in zones 3-8.
On Oct 2, 2005, JefeQuicktech from Moorhead, MN (Zone 4a) wrote:
A classic example of one person's weed being another's landscape plant. This is a nice filler plant for a large landscape. I wouldn't dedicate a spot for it in a small landscape. Not real impressive in any way except being a great bee plant. Bees just love it.
Update as of 9/06/2006:
Change of heart. Yes this is a WEED. It can be very very invasive. If you plant one, I strongly suggest cutting off the spent blooms so it doesn't self-seed.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
, Sebastopol, California Rockford, Illinois Westchester, Illinois Valparaiso, Indiana Brookeville, Maryland Cordaville, Massachusetts Erie, Michigan Fridley, Minnesota Moorhead, Minnesota North Plainfield, New Jersey Salem, Oregon Millersburg, Pennsylvania Concrete, Washington Franklin, West Virginia Brown Deer, Wisconsin Wind Point, Wisconsin
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