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Aethionema
Stone Cress
BRASSICACEAE CRUCIFERAE
Herbaceous
Perennials and Annuals
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Aethionema spicatum |
Aethionema thomasianum |
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Aethionema is comprised of
a group of clump forming annual and evergreen / semi-evergreen
perennials that produce clusters of flowers that come in cheerful shades
of red, pink, creamy-white and pure white. The flowers are produced on
short stems from spring through to early summer.
These woody based
perennials tend to be short lived, and it is best to renew plants from
cuttings every two or three years to maintain vigour.
Being petite plants
they are well suited to the front of the border or for growing in a
rockery or alpine garden.
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| Aethionema.
armenum
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Form: A
short-lived, evergreen or semi-evergreen, dense, sub-shrub.
Height: 6in (15cm)
Spread: 6in (15cm)
Foliage: Having narrow, blue-green leaves.
Flowers: During Summer, producing loose sprays of tiny, pale to
deep-pink flowers
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Aethionema.
grandiflorum
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Syn: Aethionema. pulchellum
Form: A short-lived, evergreen or semi-evergreen, lax shrub.
Height: 12in (30cm)
Spread: 9in (23cm)
Foliage: Having narrow, lanceolate, blue-green leaves.
Flowers: From Spring to Summer, producing loose sprays of tiny, pale
to deep-rose flowers.
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Aethionema.
iberidium
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Form: Evergreen /
semi-evergreen, compact, rounded shrub
Height: 6in (15cm)
Spread: 6in (15cm)
Foliage: Having small lance-shaped, grey-green leaves
Flowers: During the summer producing 3/4in (2cm) stems each producing racemes of
small white saucer shaped flowers.
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Aethionema. pulchellum
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See:
Aethionema. grandiflorum
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Aethionema
"Warley Rose"
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Form: A
short-lived, evergreen or semi-evergreen, compact, sub-shrub
Height: 6in (15cm)
Spread: 6in (15cm)
Foliage: Having tiny, linear, bluish-green leaves.
Flowers: During Spring-Summer bears a profusion of small pink
flowers in racemes on short stems
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Aethionema. "Warley Rubra"
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Form: An
evergreen or semi-evergreen, rounded or compact sub-shrub
Height: 6in (15cm)
Spread: 6in (15cm)
Foliage: Having tiny, linear, bluish-green leaves.
Flowers: During Spring-Summer, produces racemes of small, deep
rose-pink flowers on stems 0.25-1.25in (2-3cm) long
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Cultivation: -
Aethionema prefer well
drained, fertile, alkaline soil in full sun. But will tolerate acidic,
lime free soils.
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Propagation: -
Perennial Aethionema
should be renewed every two to three years from softwood cuttings taken in
late spring or early summer, or from seed sown in containers in the cold
frame. The seed of
annual Aethionema should be sown directly where you want them to grow,
during the autumn
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Fully Hardy ~ Given Good
Drainage
Pests & Diseases: -
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Further
Info
This page was last updated on 12/03/2005
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