Scientific name: Anthriscus sylvestris
Family: APIACEAE
Common names: “Queen Anne’s lace” “cow parsley” “deil’s meal” “keck” “mock chervil” “wild chervil”
Plant Type: Biennial or short lived perennial
Conditions:
Zone: 6-9
Light: Full sun – part shade
Exposure: Sheltered
Soil: Average, tolerates clay
Moisture: Evenly moist – well drained, doesn’t like drought
Aesthetic:
Plant Size: H 3-5′ W 1-3′
Leaf and Stem shape: Pinnate leaves with lace-like leaflets
Flower: Umbels of small white flowers in summer
Maintenance: Low – medium, will grow back from a coppice, deadhead to prevent prolific self seeding
Landscape use: Wildflower meadows, wildlife garden
Propagate: By seed
Pests & Disease: Slugs and snails maybe
*Deer resistant, Attracts beneficial insects
Comments: Quite attractive but invasive, regionally controlled noxious weed in BC, native to England
Cultivars: A. s. ‘Ravenswing’ – Crimson-black leaves, self seeds about
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