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Queen Anne's Lace |
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Wild Carrot |
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Living Lace |
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Bird's Nest |
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Bishop's Lace |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Biennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
Plant Height: | 3 feet or more |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | White |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
Underground structures: | Taproot |
Uses: | Erosion control Vegetable Cut Flower Dried Flower Will Naturalize |
Dynamic Accumulator: | K (Potassium) Mg (Magnesium) |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Other: taproot is edible |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Sow in situ |
Pollinators: | Beetles Flies |
Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
Most people consider winter the time when the gardens go to sleep and there's nothing to grow, but for those of us who live in fairly mild climates, there's a whole new kind of gardening that can only be done during those cold months.
Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 23, 2013 10:02 AM Caterpillars of the Eastern Black Swallowtail butterfly eat the leaves, and predatory insects such as the Green Lacewing will eat aphids living on this plant. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by mellielong (Lutz, Florida - Zone 9b) on Apr 17, 2015 9:55 PM The book, "How to Know the Wildflowers" (1922) by Mrs William Starr Dana, gives the common name of "Queen Anne's Lace" and also "Bird's Nest" and "Wild Carrot." She says it is one of the peskiest weeds the farmer has to deal with. The book notes that "in late summer the flower stalks erect themselves, forming a concave cluster which has the appearance of a bird's nest." Some of the photos on this page can attest to this phenomenon. The author also states that she has heard that there is a species of bee that makes use of the "nest" but has never herself seen "indications of such an occupancy." I would be interested to know whether that is true or scientists have discovered proof in the nearly hundred years since this book was published. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by Sharon (Calvert City, KY - Zone 7a) on Nov 16, 2011 2:10 AM Queen Anne's Lace can be identified by a tiny single red or purple flower in the middle of a flat cluster of hundreds of tiny white flowers. It should not be confused with the poisonous water hemlock. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on May 4, 2012 12:37 PM Honey bees get nectar from this plant which produces a white honey. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Sep 17, 2012 12:50 PM Kids (and adults) like this plant when the stems are cut and placed in a container of water that has had food dye added to it...the flower itself turns same color as the food dye. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by ZGadev (Varna,Bulgaria) on Jul 12, 2018 12:25 PM Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) or in Bulgarian Див морков и срамниче is a really useful herb! [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 17, 2020 2:47 PM Ancestor of the cultivated carrot. The flowering heads served 18th-century English courtiers as "living lace", hence one of the common names (I'm not sure if this common name is listed in the database). [ Reply to this comment | |
lovesblooms | On March 30, 2015 | Seeds germinated |
lovesblooms | On March 1, 2015 | Miscellaneous Event Noticed the leaves remained on plant all winter from 2014 winter sowed seedlings in mostly shade |
lovesblooms | On January 29, 2015 | Seeds sown winter sown |
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