General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 2 to 3 feet (60-90 cm)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
White
Other: Pale pink fading to white with age
Flower Time: Summer
Foliage Mound Height: 12 to 18 inches (30-45 cm)
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Moon Carrot

Photo Gallery

Date: 2013-07-29
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2023-07-09
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2022-03-17
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2023-07-28
Location:  
Date: 2013-07-13
Photo by treehugger
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-04-26
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2014-10-04
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden (Mobot) in St Louis
Date: 2016-06-18
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2016-06-18

Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
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Plant Events from our members
GoCart On April 29, 2022 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
Property sold. Plant continues to thrive.
GoCart On August 29, 2018 Miscellaneous Event
Property converted to rental.
Plant thrived with minimal maintenance.
GoCart On July 8, 2017 Transplanted
vendor pot to ground
MrsBinWY On October 5, 2021 Transplanted
on 10-5-2019: 2 at southwest corner of melon hoop; 2 next to garage; 1 next to 'Bowl of Beauty' peony; 1 next to iron pot
MrsBinWY On August 4, 2019 Potted up
6 on 8-4-2019 - Note: Several more germinated, but I lost them to my erratic watering.
MrsBinWY On April 19, 2019 Seeds germinated
2
MrsBinWY On April 6, 2019 Seeds sown
16 seeds from GeoSeed @ room temp in milk jug
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Sorry, a what...? by lovesblooms Apr 29, 2016 5:38 PM 1

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