Description
Rich pink flowers.
We have this variety in our front garden covering a manhole with great beauty it originates from a tight crown so lifts up easily when access is required. Also great for the alpine rock garden, walls, borders and containers in full sun to partial shade this plant will start flowering late spring and if you trim back mid summer will more often than not flower again just into Autumn. Very drought tolerant so ideal for front of dry borders.
Flowering: Summer
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 10cm
Spread: 40cm
Common Name: Creeping Gypsophila
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Foliage: lanceolate / linear
Basic Colour: ( pink )
Flower Colour: pink
Natural Flowering: May – September
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 15cm
Soil Requirements: average / moist / dry / well-drained / sandy
Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / cottage garden / border / rock garden / Mediterranean
Usage: ornamental / bee food plant / attracts butterflies / ground cover / mat forming
Pruning: cut back to shape in autumn
Tolerates: drought tolerant / salt tolerant
Origin: Central and South Europe
Dave Wormald (verified owner) –
Very helpful advice and excellent plants.
Christine (verified owner) –
Healthy plant received
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June C. (verified owner) –
Good established plant, growing well when arrived and no reason to believe will not continue to do so.
Marian W. (verified owner) –
Plant in excellent condition. Very good packaging.
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John R. (verified owner) –
Again good quality plant although not yet in flower
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Bernadette Hamlet (verified owner) –
Happy with this plant
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Amy (verified owner) –
Very happy with this lovely healthy plant
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Mrs A Jones (verified owner) –
complete pot full, lovely.
Lena Lawrence (verified owner) –
Sweet little plant lovely colour and doesn’t look as if it will grow too tall so a nice carpeter. Well recommended.
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Anonymous (verified owner) –
This is a very charming little plant which gives a beautiful ground cover. Arrived healthy and safely packed.
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R Stapleton (verified owner) –
The plant was fine, but was dry and pot bound and needed immediate re potting
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Stan Collins (verified owner) –
Good sized plants, well protected during shipping & excellent value !