Alchemilla erythropoda | Dwarf Lady's Mantle Libby Walden It grows well in well-draining

It grows well in well-draining soils and is particularly tolerant of dry conditions once established

Butterflies love them and they're a great cut flower too

About the AuthorMieko Sakaguchi is a floral designer and the founder of the flower school FB Palette in Tokyo

Francee is happy in part shade to full shade and looks stunning underplanting shrubs or equally as effective as a groundcover

Alchemilla erythropoda | Dwarf Lady's Mantle Libby Walden It grows well in well-drainingA dwarf version of Alchemilla mollis! How cute is this wee treasure! She grows just 15cm tall and wide and is just perfect for pots, rockeries, tiny gardens, even into fairy gardens. The apple green leaves have the familiar fan shape with fine hairs over them which enables them to collect rainwater and hold it in the middle of the leaf, looking like molten silver or diamonds. In the summer the tiniest blooms of frothy yellowy green hold themselves up