Geum aleppicum - Yellow Avens

Geum aleppicum - Yellow AvensSizes available: TBD, coming in 2026 Basics: zones 3 7, 2 3' x 1', full to part sun (some sources say shade, too), yellow blooms in early summer, prefers wet to medium moist soils. Common names: Yellow Avens Family: Rosaceae Origin Distribution: Occurs in 36 states, including all of New England, and five Canadian Provinces. It has also been introduced in Scandinavia and New Zealand and there is a subspecies that occurs naturally in Europe and Asia.

Sizes available: TBD, coming in 2026

Basics: zones 3-7, 2-3' x 1', full to part sun (some sources say shade, too), yellow blooms in early summer, prefers wet to medium moist soils.

Common names: Yellow Avens

Family: Rosaceae

Origin/Distribution: Occurs in 36 states, including all of New England, and five Canadian Provinces. It has also been introduced in Scandinavia and New Zealand and there is a subspecies that occurs naturally in Europe and Asia. Native to Maine.

Habitat: damp open forest, meadows, fields, shore edges, swamps, low woodlands and woodland edges

More: Medicinal, larval host, edible - More information coming soon.

Source: sown at Honey Petal Plants

Image credits: Public domain: image from An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada, and the British Posessions, by N.L. Britton and A. Brown published in 1913 by Charles Scribner's Sons, NY