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Aubrieta
Aubretia
BRASSICACEAE/CRUCIFERAE
Herbaceous Perennials
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Producing mats or
low hummocks of tiny evergreen leaves, obscured by pink, magenta, mauve,
or purple flowers, Aubretia makes an excellent spring flowering ground
cover plant, suitable for the border edge, the rock garden, crevices in walls
and the gaps between patio-slabs.
Silver or
gold variegated varieties continue to provide interest all year
round.
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Aubrieta.
var 'Carnival'
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See:
Aubrieta.
'Hartswood Purple'
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Aubrieta.
var 'Cobalt Violet'
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Form: Evergreen,
mound-forming, perennial
Fully Hardy:
Height: 4in (10cm)
Spread: 8in (20cm)
Foliage: Producing a mat of soft green leaves.
Flowers: In spring bearing many spikes of single, violet-blue
flowers.
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Aubrieta.
deltoidea
var 'Argenteovariegata
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Form: Evergreen,
mat-forming, trailing perennial
Fully Hardy:
Height: 2in (5cm)
Spread: 6in (15cm)
Foliage: Trailing mounds of small green leaves, which are splashed
creamy-white.
Flowers: In spring producing pinkish-lavender flowers.
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Aubrieta.
var 'Doctor Mules'
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Form: Vigorous,
mound-forming, evergreen, perennial
Fully Hardy:
Height: 2-3in (5-8cm)
Spread: 12in (30cm)
Foliage: Having small, rounded, toothed, soft-green leaves.
Flowers: In spring bearing single, rich-purple flowers on short
spikes
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Aubrieta.
var 'Gurgedyke'
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Form: Evergreen,
mound-forming perennial.
Fully Hardy:
Height: 4in (10cm)
Spread: 8in (20cm)
Foliage: Producing small, rounded, toothed, soft green leaves.
Flowers: In spring bearing deep-purple, 4 petalled flowers.
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Aubrieta.
var 'Hartswood Purple'
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Syn: Aubrieta.
'Carnival'
Form: A vigorous, evergreen, mound forming perennial.
Fully Hardy:
Height: 4in (10cm)
Spread: 12in (30cm)
Foliage: Small soft-green leaves.
Flowers: In spring bearing many spikes of large, single,
violet-purple flowers.
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Aubrieta.
var 'Joy'
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Form: Vigorous,
evergreen, trailing, clump-forming perennial
Fully Hardy:
Height: 4in (10cm)
Spread: 8in (20cm)
Foliage: Mounds of small soft-green leaves
Flowers: In spring producing double, pale-mauve flowers on short
stems.
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Aubrieta.
var 'J.S.Baker'
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Form: Evergreen
mound forming perennial
Fully Hardy:
Height: 4in (10cm)
Spread: 8in (20cm)
Foliage: Mounds of small soft-green leaves
Flowers: In spring single purple flowers are borne above the mounds
of leaves
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Aubretia
Purple Cascade F1
copyright Thompson & Morgan
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- Form:
Mat-forming Hardy Herbaceous Perennial
- Hardiness Rating:
5 6 7
Flowers: Spring to
Summer
- Height:
4in (10cm)
Spread: 15in (38cm)
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- Germination:
Experience Useful
- Aftercare:
Easy
Description:
An excellent strain almost smothered in flowers in rich purple shades.
Excellent for a bold spring display. Suitable for rockeries, walls,
borders, edging paths, planters, window boxes etc. Flowers early spring.
Spread 12-15in (30-38cm).
Sowing
Instructions: Sow from
late winter to early summer in a good free draining seed compost just
covering the seed. Make sure the compost is moist and not wet and seal
in a polythene bag until after germination which usually takes 14-21
days at 65oF (18oC).
Growing
Instructions: Transplant
when large enough to handle into boxes and then 3in (7.5cm) pots. Later
plant out 12in (30cm) apart into a well drained garden soil preferably
containing lime, in a sunny site.
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Aubretia
T&M Mixed Hybrids
copyright Thompson & Morgan
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- Hardy Herbaceous Perennial
Hardiness
Rating:
5 6 7
- Flowers:
Spring to Summer
- Height:
4in (10cm)
- Spread:
18-24in (45-60cm)
- Germination:
Experience Useful
- Aftercare:
Easy
Description:
A very special selection of large-flowered Aubretia with a rich colour
range. They cascade and spread with vigorous determination. Suitable for
rockeries, borders, edging paths, planters etc. Flowers early spring.
Spread 18-24in.
Sowing
Instructions: Sow from
late winter to early summer in John Innes Seed Compost, just covering
the seed with compost. Make sure that the compost is moist but not wet
and seal in a polythene bag until after germination which usually takes
14-21 days at 65oF (18oC).
Growing
Instructions: Transplant
when large enough to handle into boxes and then 3in (7.5cm) pots. Later
plant out 12in (30cm) apart.
Aftercare
Instructions: Prefers
well drained soil preferably containing lime in a sunny site
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Cultivation: -
Grow in any reasonably
fertile, well-drained soil, in full sun, preferably with a pH of 7 or
slightly higher (neutral to alkaline). The
clumps should be cut back hard after flowering to maintain the compact
habit of the plants and to encourage new growth at the centres, which can
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Propagation: -
Sow seed in the
cold-frame during spring or autumn. [Named varieties rarely come true to
type from seed] Take
softwood cuttings in early summer, or semi-ripe cuttings in late summer
and early autumn.
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Fully Hardy
Pests & Diseases: -
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This page was last updated on
15/02/2004
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