Correct me if I'm wrong but the super duper sticky seeds are a nightmare for dogs My Lab x Dob (has longer Labrador fur, but easy to remo...Read Moreve) and my poodle get this stuck in their fur. The poodle fur is a nightmare and she's a mini so she can get into tighter places and enjoys rubbing her head on flowers/grass for some reason (she was a breeder poodle for 8 years, got her from a rescue). I can remove from her fur with a wire brush except in place where the fur is longer...top of the head and ears, so she gets bald patches, or A/C vents, as I have to cut chunks of them out. If the seeds weren't so troublesome I would say this was excellent to grow in sun or shade in Kansas City MO, zone 6. The seeds do not really stick onto my pug and other dogs shorter fur and if they do, they are easy to remove.
We've moved into a home where the woods and non-natives were allowed to grow right up to the house. We've been clearing, and i've found t...Read Morehe rosettes of this plant to be extremely attractive. I read http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/savanna/plants/white_ave... that they will do well under black walnuts, and so i plan to transplant the colony that is in the area we walk to under our black walnut. They do seem to have reproduced well, so i do have plants to trade.
Positive rating because for me it's a native plant. Anything growing in my woods that's not garlic mustard is a welcome sight. It's nativ...Read Moree range is Nova Scotia to South Dakota to Georgia to eastern Texas.
The root system consists of a taproot and rhizomes. Occasionally forms colonies.
Apparently the foliage of White Avens is not often grazed by White-Tailed Deer.
The small white flower is pretty enough. Each flower is replaced by a spheroid cluster of achenes with styles that are hooked at their tips. This fruiting cluster spans about ¾" across; it is initially green, but eventually turns brown. The hooked achenes can cling to the fur of mammals, feathers of birds, and clothing of humans; by this means, they are distributed far and wide.
Josephine, Arlington, TX (Zone 8a) | May 2006 | positive
White Avens, Geum canadense, is a lovely perennial Texas wildflower that makes an excellent groundcover and is good in sun or light shad...Read Moree.
The pretty foliage is lmost evergreen.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the super duper sticky seeds are a nightmare for dogs My Lab x Dob (has longer Labrador fur, but easy to remo...Read More
We've moved into a home where the woods and non-natives were allowed to grow right up to the house. We've been clearing, and i've found t...Read More
Positive rating because for me it's a native plant. Anything growing in my woods that's not garlic mustard is a welcome sight. It's nativ...Read More
Find this little plant hard to contain. Comes up everywhere. Very reliable if you can keep it where you want.
White Avens, Geum canadense, is a lovely perennial Texas wildflower that makes an excellent groundcover and is good in sun or light shad...Read More