Fox and cubs

Hieracium aurantiacum

Fox and cubs - Hieracium aurantiacum

Common Name: Fox and cubs
Genus: Hieracium
Species: aurantiacum

Category: Wildflowers

Height: 0.20 m (20 cm)
Spread: 0.90 m (90 cm)

Hardiness: Hardy
Growth Rate: Average
Flowering Period: June to August
Long Flowering Period
Foliage Type: Deciduous
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Bronze, Orange
Sun/Shade: Full sun or Partial shade
Soil Type: Normal/Loam or Sandy/Light or Chalky/Alkaline
Soil Moisture: Dry, well drained

Found growing in meadows throughout Europe this pretty summer flowering perennial is a wonderful addition to a wildflower garden or naturalised planting scheme. It spreads by underground rhizomes and forms rosettes of glaucous slightly hairy leaves. These form the backdrop from which upright branching stems rise carrying burnt orange flowerheads in summer. A tough litte plant that is rarely affected by pests and diseases and will thrive on poorer soils.

  • Garden Care: Divide over-large clumps in spring or autumn.