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lady's mantle
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lady's mantle
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
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Plants such as vinca or periwinkle and alchemilla are robust, grow well in the shade and provide good ground cover, keeping weeds down.
A weather eye on your garden; With a little bit of careful planning, ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Plant them with companions with heavy foliage such as Alchemilla mollis and heuchera.
Bulbs with staying power; Gardening by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Some herbaceous plants will also set copious amounts of seed if they are not cut back so cut back the flower heads of alchemilla to stop it spreading across the whole garden.
Notebook by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
 
 
 
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