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Mayapple
Also Known As:
Indian Apple, Wild MandrakeBotanical Name:
Podophyllum peltatum- Palmately-lobed mid-green leaves up to 25 cm wide
- Immature plants produce only one leaf per stem; flowering plants produce two leaves per stem
- Flowers have six to nine white petals with yellow stamens
- Fragrant flowers are hidden below the foliage
- Flowers give way to yellowish-green berries
- May apple spreads by rhizomes to form dense vegetative colonies
- Bloom Time: May
- Flower Size: 3.5 cm
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Hardiness Zone
4
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Flower Colour
- White
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Height
30 cm-45 cm
Width
Spread
40 cm-50 cm
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Exposure
- Full Shade
- Partial Sun/Shade
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Soil Moisture
- Moist to Average
- Well-drained
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Growth Rate
- Medium
Palette
Foliage Colour
- Green
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Attributes
- Berries
- Fragrant
- Juglan Tolerant
- Native to Ontario
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Flowering Time
- Spring
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Shape
- Spreading
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Garden Uses
- Border/edging
- Ground cover
- Naturalizing
- Woodland/woods edge
Additional Details
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Growing Tips & Maintenance
- Grows best in an average to moist, well-drained, organic soil, in partial to fully shaded gardens. Often found naturalizing in open, deciduous woodlands or at a woodland edge. Foliage goes dormant by mid to late summer. Consider interplanting with something else to fill the space: Solidago caesia, Solidago flexicaulis, Aster/Eurybia divaricata.
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Additional Notes
- Native to OntarioMay apple refers to the apple-like blossoms forming in May. Larval host for Golden Borer Moth and May Apple Borer.The flowers are pollinated by bumblebees and other long-tongued bees.Berries can be used in preserves and jellies, or can be left for small mammals.Note: the berries are edible only when fully ripe. All other plant parts may be poisonous.
Mayapple
Size: 1 Litre
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