Description
Marbled foliage with skeleton flower stems.
This is a must have for the keen alpine enthusiast. It’s marble leaf is stunning in its self but then add its flower and you get a most intriguing plant. ideally suited to free draining areas and protected from excess rain in winter you can go wrong with this plant to amaze visitors and yourself. Grown ideally in the alpine house, crevice garden or free draining alpine rock garden.
Flowering: Summer
Hardiness: Fully Hardy – Protect from wet
Height: 4cm
Spread: 15cm
Further information:
This plant is better kept drier, so suited more to a greenhouse or alpine house rather than outside. It can sit outside in the summer.
Common Name:
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Foliage: obovate / rosette
Basic Colour: ( silver )
Flower Colour: white
Natural Flowering: June – July
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 30cm
Soil Requirements: average /dry / well-drained / sandy
Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / rock garden / crevice garden
Usage: ornamental / attractive seed head
Pruning: not required
Tolerates: drought tolerant
Origin: Pakistan – Afghanistan
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