This genus has 120 different species of dwarf evergreens, perennials and subshurbs which comes from Eastern Mediterranean and Western and central Asia where they occur in dry Mountain and desert areas. They have \u00bd-3\u201d prickly; needle like crowded rosette of leafs. \u00a0Few have been introduced into cultivation, usually found in rock garden. \u00a0It grows in mat or mound with over it\u2019s dead leaves. \u00a0Early and mid summer funnel shape pink or white flowers are grouped on short spikes nestled among the leaves.<\/p>\n
Where there are cold climates with high winter rainfall grow in greenhouse. \u00a0It has specialized requirements, thrives in very dry hot areas in coarse gritty soil with its stem sitting on warm surface like a rock and it dislikes wetness especially when dormant.<\/p>\n
Prone to\u00a0spider mites <\/i><\/em>and fungal leaf<\/i><\/em>\u00a0spots occur occasional.<\/p>\n Acantholimon glumaceum<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This species is a perennial from Armenia and Turkey is a slow grower reaching 3 feet tall and about 12 inches wide. \u00a0It has crowded rosettes of stiff linear-lance-shaped spiny dark green leaves about an inch long. \u00a0In summer 1\u201d spikes of rose pink bear 3-8 flowers above the leaves.<\/p>\n Zone 6-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Acantholmon \u2013 Prickly thrift This genus has 120 different species of dwarf evergreens, perennials and subshurbs which comes from Eastern Mediterranean and Western and central Asia where they occur in dry Mountain and desert areas. They have \u00bd-3\u201d prickly; needle like crowded rosette of leafs. \u00a0Few have been introduced into cultivation, usually found in rock […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[49,21,31,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252346"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3842"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3842"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}