FLOWER – QUEEN ANNES LACE

FLOWERS – QUEEN ANNE’S LACE

Ammi visnaga

Queen Anne’s Lace grows up to 1.2 meters tall. Its leaves are 5 to 20cm long & fern-like. This plant is best known for its flowers, tiny, white & blooming in lacy, flat-topped clusters. Each little flower has a dark, purplish center. Tall umbels of lacy white flowers from early summer to autumn. A favorite for beneficial insects. A biennial plant, which means it lives for two years. It will spend the first year growing bigger, & then bloom the 2nd year.

Sow seeds early Spring where they are to flower once temps are around 15 to 20°C. Sow thinly in very shallow furrows 30cm apart in well-cultivated soil which has been raked to a friable soil. Lightly cover the seed. Water ground regularly, especially in dry periods. When large enough to handle, thin out seedlings to 20 to 30cm apart.