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Meadowsweet

Filipendula ulmaria

Native

Growing guidance

Horticultural figures below are practitioner estimates for planning, pending expert review. The botanical record further down is sourced and verifiable.

Current-climate suitability

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Future-climate resilience

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Sun

Sun or shade

Soil moisture

moisture-retentive, waterlogged

Heat tolerance

Up to about 34°C

Cold tolerance

Down to about -35°C

Waterlogging tolerance

5/5

Drought tolerance

1/5

Mature size

0.8–1.5 m tall, 0.6 m spread

Seasonal interest

Midsummer · Cream

Maintenance

low

Wildlife supported

General wildlife value 5/5 (verified species relationships are shown only where structured data exists)

Known risks or warnings

Needs consistently damp soil; contains salicylates.

Toxicity: mild

Verified botanical record

Accepted scientific name
Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim.
Family
Rosaceae (Rosales)
Rank and status
species · accepted
GBIF record
Taxon 2987999

Recorded native range: Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region, Flanders, Flemish Region, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Portugal Continental, Walloon Region

Recorded as introduced in: British Columbia, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Brunswick, New York, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Québec and 3 further regions

Ranges are exactly as recorded in the GBIF source checklists and may be incomplete for widely cultivated species.

Filipendula ulmaria, commonly known as meadowsweet or mead wort, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae that grows in damp meadows. It is native throughout most of Europe and Western Asia (Near East and Middle East). It has been introduced and naturalised in North America. Meadowsweet has also been referred to as queen of the meadow, pride of the meadow, meadow-wort, meadow queen, lady of the meadow, dollof, meadsweet, and bridewort.

Description from Wikipedia — Filipendula ulmaria (CC BY-SA), shortened and unedited in substance.

Native status and geographic context

  • United Kingdom: native
  • United States: climate-suitable
  • Australia: climate-suitable

Native status is never inferred from climate similarity. Plants restricted or invasive in a jurisdiction are excluded from recommendations there.

Demonstration data. Climate, plant and retailer records shown here are realistic samples awaiting horticultural validation and live data connections.