General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Plant Height: 4 - 14 inches
Plant Spread: 3 - 6 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Seeds need alternating periods of warm and cold stratification to germinate
Seeds are hydrophilic
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Merrybells
  • Wild oats
  • Sessile Bellworts
  • Sessile-leaf bellwort
  • Bellwort
  • Spreading bellwort
  • Straw lily
  • Merry Bells

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Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Fairfax, VA | July, 2022
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: Fairfax, Virginia
Date: 2022-04-16
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2013-05-25
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-05-11

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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Comments:
  • Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Jan 15, 2012 1:39 PM concerning plant:
    Wild Oats forms large colonies of widely spaced stems on moist soil in woods and coves throughout the eastern United States. Plants grow to about 1 foot tall and the arching stems are terminated by straw-yellow, bell-shaped flowers in mid-Spring. It is a good plant for naturalizing in good soil and shady areas.
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