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Uvularia grandiflora Great Merrybells

Ohio Native Plant Natural Range

Visit the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service website to view the natural range of Uvularia grandiflora.
One Great Merrybells plant that is in a black pot, leans over like a arch and has a yellow flower on the end that looks like a bell.
Droopy is Great Merrybell's normal
A woodland garden with shadows casting on two  yellow Largeflower Bellwort.
A first glance Largeflower Bellwort look like they need a drink of water, they don't! Dangling, yellow, flowers are an identifying characteristic of Great Merrybells


Cultivation Information Great Merrybells

Height - 1 to 1 1/2 ftFlower Color - Yellow Blooms - MaySun - Shade
Hardy Zone - 3 to 7Soil - Moist to average, mulch plants with compostpH - 6.0 to 7.0
Family - Liliaceae
Two yellow droppy flowers that are Uvularia grandiflora, it is a sparse patch, the sun is casting shadows on the leaves.
If you are patient, after several years your Merrybell plant will evolve into a nice dense patch.

Wildlife Significance Great Merrybells


Nectar Source - Early spring nectar of mining bees, sweat bees, fliesPollen - Provides pollen early in the spring for mining bees, sweat beesDeer - Find this plant tasty
For more details on this plant visit the Illinois Wildflower website
Propagation Notes Great Merrybells
Like most native woodland wildflowers Great Merrybell has grown at a rather inconspicuous rate. When dividing be stingy with what you take and generous with what you leave
Seed Provenance Uvularia grandiflora
Largeflower Bellwort - Scioto Gardens, Columbus, Ohio, 2010 - Nodding Onion Gardens 2014 to present
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