Shaggy Hawkweed

Shaggy hawkweed - Hieracium villosum.
The most spectacular perennial hawk 15-35 cm high. It is densely covered with long lagging fibers, as if wrapped in a light transparent white cape. The stem is leafy and slightly branched. At the end of each branch there is one large bright yellow inflorescence-basket up to 3 cm in diameter.
Blooms in June-July, forming dense bunches. In nature, it grows on screes, rocks and in desert highlands.
Location and Soil: Hawkweeds grow easily in normal garden soil. Plant them in a sunny spot in dry rocky soil.
Propagation: easy by division or seeds - they give good seedlings. Self-seeding often occurs. 1,0 g = 800 seeds.

Evergreen, ground cover perennial from the family Asteraceae for rock garden. It is all densely covered with long lagging fibers, as if wrapped in a light transparent white cape.
Origin: Central, Southern and Eastern Europe (nutrient poor rocky pastures).
Flower color: golden yellow. At the end of each branch there is one large bright yellow inflorescence-basket up to 3 cm in diameter.
Foliage: Silvery gray, slightly hairy.
Blooms in June-July, forming dense bunches.
Flowering plant height: 15-35 cm.
Distance between plants: 20 cm.
Winter hardiness zones: Z4 - Z8.
Location and soil: dry, calcareous, poor in nutrients. Easily grown in normal garden soil. Plant them in a sunny place in dry, stony soil with a neutral pH reaction.
Use: in natural gardens, rock gardens, for greening roofs.


Shaggy hawkweed.