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Uvularia sessilifolia

Also Known As

Merry Bells
Sessile Bellworts
Wild Oats

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 6"-12"
W: 12"-18"

planting zones

4a-8b

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Uvularia sessilifolia plant details

Uvularia sessilifolia is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In spring and summer cream and yellow flowers emerge. Grows well with bright shade - shade and even moisture - regular water. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Uvularia sessilifolia

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: colchicaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 12 IN - 18 IN - wide, 6 IN - 12 IN - tall
Flowers: cream and yellow blooms in spring and summer
Uses: woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Uvularia sessilifolia

USDA Zones: 4a - 8b
Sun exposure: bright shade - shade
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: verticillium wilt

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Uvularia sessilifolia is known as wild oats or bellwort. It is a forest understory species from eastern North America including from Ontario to Nova Scotia. It is a delicate rhizomatous perennial that forms spreading colonies of delicate, erect, burgundy-infused stems with nodding to pendulous pale yellow flowers with long linear petals. Use it as an accent or as a small scale ground cover.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

A smaller sessile leaved plant similar to U. Carolina with straw colored bells on 45cm stems.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Little creeping woodlander from the East Coast newly placed in the Colchicaceae which alters our world view. Socially inept biochemists will soon lump all life into a single family derived from a virus, blue-green algae or a bacteria. Bah! Delicate creamy bells in spring. Quite tough.