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Nipplewort in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Lapsana communis

 

Nipplewort

Nipplewort is an annual weed, native to open woods, hedgerows, and waste ground, common in the UK. Nipplewort is also a common garden weed. It flowers from early / mid Summer to early Autumn

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plant Features
  • Nipplewort likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Nipplewort likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Nipplewort is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Nipplewort likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

 
plant information

Common name

Nipplewort

Latin name

Lapsana communis

type

Annual

family

Asteraceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Nipplewort likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Nipplewort is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Nipplewort likes all soil conditions

    All soil conditions

  • Water

    Nipplewort likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Nipplewort is 0.30meters x 1.20meters 0.30 M 1.20 M

Lapsana communis

Nipplewort is an annual weed, native to open woods, hedgerows, and waste ground, common in the UK. Nipplewort is also a common garden weed. It flowers from early / mid Summer to early Autumn


Flowering

From Mid Summer TO Early Autumn

Lapsana flowers from mid-summer through to early autumn. Yellow flowers appear at the top of long stems.

 

Propagating by seed

From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn

Seeds can be collected from the pods formed after flowering. One stem yields an average of 500 achenes, and this number can rise to as much as 40,000. Seeds can be dropped onto the growing site.

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Plant pot grown young plants into their growing site in early spring.

 
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