Cypripedium reginae - Showy Lady's Slipper

Showy Lady's Slipper

Cypripedium reginae

Also called Queen Lady's Slipper

  • AKA Cypripedium album, Cypripedium spectabile
  • Flowers are showy, white petals with a rose-pink, pouch-like lip
  • Upright foliage of soft, folded, ovate to fan-shaped leaves
  • Bloom Time: Late spring to early summer

ZONE:
3

COLOUR:
White

HEIGHT:
50-75 cm

SPREAD:
20-30 cm

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Growing and Maintenance Tips:


Grows best in a moist, fertile, neutral to acidic soil, in a sheltered site with dappled shade. They are becoming rare in the wild. Trying to transplant established plants from nature is rarely successful. 

Additional Notes about Showy Lady's Slipper:


Native to Ontario

Characteristics & Attributes


SOIL MOISTURE:
Moist to Average
GROWTH RATE:
Slow
FLOWERING TIME:
Summer
HABIT:
Upright
Clumping
FOLIAGE COLOR:
Green