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| Plant Number: 1.006.100 | USDA Zone: 7 - 9 |
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 | Acanthus mollis |
| Common name : Bear's-breeches |
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| Bear's-breeches are bold specimen plants, very popular with landscape designers. This species forms a clump of huge, deeply-cut glossy green leaves, bearing upright spikes of hooded mauve-pink flowers in summer. A striking cut flower, both fresh and dried. Excellent in the sunny border, best placed where the entire plant can be seen as a specimen. In cold winter regions, grow this in a large container, and bring indoors to a cool, bright frost-free area, or else plan to mulch deeply in late fall. May be divided in spring, and any roots left in the ground will form new little plants.
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Conditions |
Appearance |
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Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Soil Type
Normal
Sandy
Clay
Soil pH
Neutral
Alkaline
Acid
Soil Moisture
Average
Dry
Moist
Care Level
Moderate
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Flower Colour
Light Pink
Blooming Time
Mid Summer
Late Summer
Foliage Color
Deep Green
Plant Uses & Characteristics
Border
Containers
Cut Flower
Deer Resistant
Dried Flower
Rabbit Resistant
Specimen
Flower Head Size
Very Large
Height
90-150 cm
35-59 inches
Spread
75-90 cm
29-35 inches
Foot Traffic
None
Growth Rate
Slow
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What others say about this plant...
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Bear's breeches… with its thick mounds of long, jagged leaves, easily dominates a borderful of smaller foliage, even without its head-high stems of tubular, mauvy flowers.; Anne Lovejoy, The American Mixed Border |
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