Blue Rock Cress Ground Cover

Rock cress is a popular spring flowering rock garden perennial.

Blue rock cress ground cover.

It forms a low carpet of evergreen leaves literally smothered by flowers for several weeks. Care of rock cress plants. Low and trailing aubrieta excels as ground cover planted between stepping. Rock cress aubrieta is a worthwhile plant for the rock garden.

Vigorous and eye catching aubrieta deltoidea rock cress is a mat forming semi evergreen perennial plant which produces delightful vivid purple red flowers in mid late spring to early summer. This mat forming perennial ground cover seems to thrive in impoverished and hungry shallow soils. One of many plants going by the common name of rock cress this perennial forms splendid mats of color in the spring. This strain has single flowers in shades of glowing blue with a tiny yellow eye.

Sow aubrieta ground cover seed indoors 6 8 weeks before the. Rock cress ground cover does well in fair soil that has good drainage and is slightly acidic. Home other seeds rainbow creeping thyme plants blue rock cress perennial ground cover flower natural growth home garden 200 pcsbag. Rainbow creeping thyme plants blue rock cress perennial ground cover flower natural growth home garden 200 pcsbag.

Water new rock cress plants regularly and only when the soil is dry once they are established. Colors include white pink rose mauve and lavender. Rock cress looks beautiful cascading over rock walls and has dark blue blooms in spring. 1 offer from 14 21.

Butterflies are attracted to the flowers. Rock cress literally carpets the ground in a gorgeous profusion of blooms in early spring. As the name implies this hardy plant is at home in a rock garden and its associated well drained soil. Regardless of the type you choose to grow the care of rock cress plants is relatively minimal.

The blossoms are so abundant that they almost completely cover the gray green foliage below creating a striking scenery. In fact when the plant is in full bloom it s so packed with color you can barely see the foliage. Moss verbena ground cover mixed colors for zones 6 10 3300 seeds 3 4 out of 5 stars 128. 100pcs bag creeping thyme seeds or blue rock cress seeds perennial ground cover flower natural growth for home garden 3 4 out of 5 stars 16.

Plant rock cress in crevices of walls or on a steep bank to flow over in a broad range of colors. Rock cress often called arabis is an easy to grow groundcover that erupts in a stunning display of pink purple blue or white flowers in the early spring. Rock cress find themselves at home in rock gardens borders edgings and as ground cover. Rock cress cascading aubrieta hybrida superbissima cascade blue if you want a low growing plant to hang out of baskets hang over a rock wall or just add to your landscaping color this aubrieta cascading rock cress is a perfect choice.

Rock cress grows just 6 inches tall. Rock cress works exceptionally well along walls borders and even underneath spring blooming bulbs to add color to a garden. Nice along pathway edges rock walls or in alpine containers.