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Arabis
Rock Cress
BRASSICACEAE / CRUCIFERAE
Herbaceous
Perennials
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Arabis. x
arendsii 'Rosabella'
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Arabis. procurrens 'Variegata'
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Arabis is a genus of
small, robust, semi-evergreen or evergreen, mat-forming perennials,
providing excellent ground-cover at the front of the border, in
rock-gardens, or even on dry walling. They need a well drained site and
full sun, are drought tolerant, and survive where many other plants
would not.
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| Arabis.
albida
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See Arabis.
alpina
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Arabis.
alpina
subspecies caucasica
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Syn: Arabis.
albida, Arabis. caucasica.
Form: Drought tolerant, evergreen, mat-forming perennial
Height: 6in (15cm)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Loose rosettes of obovate, toothed, mid-green leaves
Flowers: In late spring early summer producing white, sometimes
pink, four petalled flowers
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Arabis.
alpina
'Flore Pleno'
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Syn Arabis.
caucasica 'Plena'
Form: Drought tolerant, evergreen, mat-forming perennial
Height: 6in (15cm)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Loose rosettes of obovate, toothed, mid-green leaves
Flowers: In late spring early summer producing fully double, white
flowers.
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Arabis.
alpina
'Variegata'
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Syn Arabis.
caucasica 'Variegata'
Form: Drought tolerant, evergreen, mat-forming perennial
Height: 6in (15cm)
Spread: 20in (50cm)
Foliage: Loose rosettes of oval, cream-splashed, mid-green leaves
Flowers: In late spring early summer producing bunches of white,
sometimes pink-flushed, single flowers.
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Arabis. x
arendsii
'Rosabella'
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Syn:
Arabis.
caucasica 'Rosabella'
Form: Evergreen, mat-forming perennial
Height:
6in (15cm)
Spread:
12in (30cm)
Foliage:
Large rosettes of small, oval, soft-green, leaves
Flowers:
In spring and early summer bearing a profusion of single, deep-pink
flowers.
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Arabis. blepharophylla
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Form:
Short-lived evergreen, mat-forming, perennial
Height:
5in (12cm)
Spread:
8in (20cm)
Foliage:
Has rosettes of hairy margined, oval, dark-green, leaves.
Flowers:
In spring produces fragrant 4 petalled, bright-pink to white
flowers.
Fully Hardy:
Dislikes winter wet
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Arabis.
caucasica
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See:
Arabis.
alpina subspecies caucasica |
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Arabis.
caucasica 'Plena'
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See:
Arabis.
alpina
'Flore Pleno'
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Arabis.
caucasica 'Rosabella'
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See: Arabis. x
arendsii 'Rosabella'
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Arabis.
caucasica 'Variegata'
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See: Arabis.
alpina subsp caucasica 'Variegata'
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Arabis. ferdinandi-coburgi
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See:
Arabis. procurrens 'Variegata'
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Arabis. procurrens
'Variegata'
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Syn:
Arabis. ferdinandi-coburgi
Form:
Evergreen, mat-forming, perennial
Height:
0.75in (2cm)
Spread:
12in (30cm)
Foliage:
Having small, oval, green leaves splashed with cream (may revert to
the plain-green form)
Flowers:
In spring and early summer producing small white flowers
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Cultivation: -
Grow Rock Cress in any
well-drained soil in full sun. It is tolerant of poor, dry, and infertile
soils. protect Arabis. blepharophylla
from winter wet. Vigorous
species such as Arabis.
alpina can swamp other plants if left to their own devices.
Trim plants following
flowering to maintain a neat compact habit.
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Propagation: -
Sow seeds in the cold
frame during autumn, and allow the seedlings the protection of the frame
over winter. Alternatively take softwood cuttings during during the
summer.
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Fully Hardy
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This page was last updated on 05/02/2004
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