Golden Lace
Patrinia scabiosifolia
Tall and late, and the taller it grows the more it depends on poor soil and open sun to stay upright.
- Type
- Flower · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Foliage color
- Green
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Sunlight
- Full sun, for preference.
- Watering
- Drought-tolerant once it has settled in.
- Feeding
- Feed sparingly; rich soil does it no favors.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- August
- Pruning
- Cut it back in late autumn, after flowering.
- Mar–Jul Spring Growth
- Jul–Aug Bud Break
- Aug–Oct Flowering
- Oct–Nov Growing
- Nov–Dec Leaf Fall
- Dec–Dec Winter Dormancy
- Jan–Mar Winter Dormancy
- Plant spacing
- 23.6 in
- In-row spacing
- 23.6 in
- Between rows
- 23.6 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
- Root system
- Clumping rhizomes
- Working depth
- 6–16 in
- Can reach
- 24 in down where the soil allows
- Spread
- 24 in–3 ft across, about 1–1.5× the width of the plant
- Shallowest pot
- 10 in of soil
The clump widens a little each year from a shallow rhizome that likes to sit at or just under the surface. When the middle goes bare and woody, lift the whole thing, keep the young outer pieces and throw the centre away.
The habit is Golden Lace’s own; the figures are what that habit usually comes to at this size, not a measurement of this species. Roots follow the soil either way: a compacted pan, a high water table or heavy clay stops them well short of any of it, and deep open ground lets them go further.
- Powdery mildew Powdery mildew when conditions run dry
- Stems that flop in rich soil or too much shade
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