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Acanthus
mollis
'Hollard's Gold'
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Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
Common name:
troed yr arth, drainllys, bear's breech 'Hollard's Gold'
Family:
Acanthaceae
Distribution:
Gardd/Garden
Hardiness:
(H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form:
Perennial plant • Planhigyn lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
Acanthus (a-KANTH-us): Greek; any thorny or prickly plant.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology:
mollis (MAW-liss): Soft, smooth, refers to the texture of the leaves.
Description:
A clump-forming, semi-evergreen perennial with glossy, deeply lobed, yellow-green leaves, brighter yellow when young, and, in summer, tall, erect racemes of white flowers with dusky purple bracts.
Links:
Royal Horticultural Society
Locations
1:
IWGC19-Inner Walled Garden Quadrant C Bed 19/Yr Ardd Fewnol Cwadrant C Gwely 19
(IWGC19)
• Accession: 2007-0367*A • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual