{"id":64028,"date":"2017-08-19T16:59:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T09:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/all-hail-the-magical-power-of-ladys-mantle\/"},"modified":"2017-08-19T17:02:35","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T10:02:35","slug":"all-hail-the-magical-power-of-ladys-mantle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/all-hail-the-magical-power-of-ladys-mantle\/","title":{"rendered":"All hail the magical power of lady\u2019s mantle"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAlchemilla by name, alchemical by nature\u2026 here\u2019s a plant to transform any gardenJust before the snow line by a tumbling mountain stream grew some lady\u2019s mantle, Alchemilla vulgaris. Of all the things I wandered through in those alpine meadows \u2013 the orchids, the arnica, the aconites and the clouds of butterflies \u2013 this was perhaps the least impressive. \u201cOh, that old garden plant,\u201d I thought. Yet as the leaves caught the stream\u2019s spray and rolled the mercurial water into droplets, I was struck by its brilliance.There are three main species that are widely available. A. mollis from the Caucasus is the best known, with its lime-yellow flowers. Dwarf lady\u2019s mantle, A. erythropoda, comes from the Carpathian mountains and the Balkans and has blue-green, greyish foliage and yellow flowers. And finally, Alpine lady\u2019s mantle, A. alpina, has delicate grey-green leaves that are edged with silver, and tiny yellow green flowers. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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