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Aegopodium podagraria 'Variegata' |
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| Common name |
bishop's weed; goutweed; snow on the mountain |
| Family |
apiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
white |
| Size |
6" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil |
As pretty as this variegated groundcover is, we consider it to be mostly a weed in our garden: it is near-impossible to contain its wandering roots, which specialize in intermingling with the roots of neighboring plants, to escape extermination attempts. One patch survives, by our mailbox - that area is so dry that it stays pretty well contained. If it shows any inclination to spread, out it goes!
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: driveway bed About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| diana | Jun 24, 2005 | is this plant poisonous?
Not that I know. It's in the carrot/dill family, many of whose members are edible, but that's not to say this one is. |
| Laurie | Apr 25, 2006 | I've just been reading up on the habits of this plant, and several people have mentioned severe skin rash and allergic reaction from contact with it. Similar to Poison Ivy.
That's adding insult to injury - a plant that's invasive and itchy! Luckily, I'm not affected. |
| Chris | Aug 13, 2006 | Why do you call it snow on the mountain. Snow on the mountain is "euphorbia marginata"
Never count on common names to be specific. They vary from country to country, and even from area to area. |
| Diane | Oct 03, 2008 | This plant doesn't seem to grow near our house. Every other site I read said that it will grow anywhere. What do you think?
'Everywhere' is a bit of a broad term... The plant will certainly respond best to good garden conditions, and grow more slowly in dry or poor soil. |
| karen | Nov 08, 2008 | I have snow on the mountain and I would like to move some to another area wondering when I should "transplant"?
Depends on your climate. It's probably still safe to transplant now, but you can also wait till mid-spring. Stay away from mid-winter and mid-summer. |
| Greg | Mar 29, 2009 | Does the 'Variegata'have the ability to produce fertile seeds? If so does it spread by seeds as well?
I've not noticed any seedlings. Nor many flowers, for that matter. |
| Kris | May 20, 2009 | The plant is fully edible and is considered good for health. It contains many vitamines and microelements, it also (as the latin name sugests) helps cure podraga. But it has a specific taste and smell, similar to carrot leaves. I usually force myself to eat some of the first leaves in spring in fresh salads, but I really dont like the taste. |
| Tami | Jun 30, 2009 | Does snow on the mountain change to plain green? and if so what causes it to change? It used to be all variegated and now I have half veriegated and half dark green
Yes, some parts of the plant may revert to all-green in time. If you don't remove the green parts, these may take over the entire patch. |
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