Plants
Ground ivy
Glechoma hederacea
Vigorous growing, native forest shrub with pretty violet flowers. It’s easy-care properties make it great even for gardening novices.
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Factsheet
- Growth type
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- Perennial plant
- Growth height (from)
- from 10 cm to 15 cm
- Growth characteristics
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- flat growing
- Flower color
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- purple
- Flowering time (month)
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- March to April
- Flower shape
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- lip-shaped
- Leaf color
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- green
- page format
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- kidney-shaped
- round
- Sheet properties
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- wintergreen
- Light
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- sunny to semi-shade
- Soil type
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- sandy to loamy
- Soil Moisture
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- moderately humid to humid
- ph value
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- weakly acidic to acidic
- Lime compatibility
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- lime-tolerant to sensitive to lime
- Nutrient requirements
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- nutrient-rich
- Humus
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- rich in humus
- Decorative or utility value
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- Leaf ornaments
- medicinal plant
- Nectar or pollen plant
- Toxicity
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- weakly poisonous
- Winter Hardness
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- hardy
- Use
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- Floor mounting
- ground cover
- Embankments
- Grave planting
- Group planting
- Underplanting
- Garden style
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- natural garden
- Forest Garden
- Bee Friendly
- bee friendly plant
Introduction
Vigorous growing, native forest shrub with pretty violet flowers. It’s easy-care properties make it great even for gardening novices.
Location
The location can be sunny to semi-shady. An acidic to slightly acidic, humus-rich, evenly damp to damp sandy-loamy soil is preferable.
Growth
This creeper grows 3.94 to 5.91 inches tall and is flat spreading.
Leaf
The leaves are orbiculate-reniform and have an aromatic fragrance.
Where to plant
Can become prolific.
Flowers
The violet flowers appear from March to April.
Origin
Europe.
Propagation
Dividing, sowing.