Alpine Lady’s Mantle

3-6 tall x 10-20 wide. Alpine Lady’s Mantle (Alchemilla alpina) is covered in lime green cymes of tiny flowers for weeks in summer. One-to-two-inch palmate leaves are deeply lobed and with silver margins. This tough perennial is a smaller and better-behaved cousin of Alchemilla mollis, with its own distinctive look. Plant Alchemilla alpina in full sun to partial shade in a wide range of well-draining soils. It will spread slowly by woody rhizomes and by seeds that develop without cross fertilization, but is not wildly aggressive like some varieties. Alchemilla alpina is in its element in soils that are well-draining but retain some moisture. Set against stone walls and pathways or in a rock garden that is not excessively dry.