Thalictrum 'Black Stockings'
(Meadow Rue 'Black Stockings')
Family - Ranunculaceae
Category - Perennial
Discovered By - Bred by Terra Nova Nurseries
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H7
Height - 1.5-1.8m
Width - 50cm
Location - The East Border, The House Border
Description: A clump-forming, herbaceous Perennial with an upright habit. Blue-green leaves are bipinnate with Elliptic to oval leaflets and are reminiscent of the foliage of a Maidenhair Fern. Many small, bright mauve-pink, Apetalous flowers with long stamens are produced in Corymbs from mid to late summer. This cultivar is named for the striking black stems that carry the flowers.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Corymbs composed of many, apetalous, mauve-pink flowers with long stamens are produced on black stems in July and August.
Flower colour: Purple
Flower shape: Corymbs
Flowering time: July, August
Foliage:
Delicate fern-like glaucous foliage is bipinnate with Elliptic to oval leaflets that are toothed at the margins.
Fern-like bipinnate leaves have glaucous, Elliptic to oval leaflets.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Bipinnate with elliptic to oval leaflets
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun or partial shade in moisture retentive but well drained soil.