Orpine
Hylotelephium telephium
In Dutch: Hemelsleutel
PerennialsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 0.25 to 0.6 m
- Spread
- Up to 0.5 m per clump
- Full grown after
- 2 to 5 years
- Sun
- Full sun
- Soil
- Free-draining, preferably not fertilised
- Water
- Little: copes well with drought
- Maintenance
- Low: one cutback in spring
- Flowers
- June to September, purple-red to pink
- For bees
- Yes: plenty of nectar, July to September
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No: not known to be a risk
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €3.50 to €4.61 per plant, young in a small pot
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- June to September
- Fruit
- no noticeable fruit