There are about 12 species of evergreen, mound or mat forming perennials, in this genus. \u00a0They occur in rocks and woodlands in Europe to Central Asia. \u00a0They usually grow to about 6\u201d tall and bear small obovate to oblong, un-lobed, toothed, hairy mid green leaves. \u00a0It bears racemes of cross shaped, 4 petalled flowers in shades of purple in abundance in spring. \u00a0Great as ground cover or in a rock garden.<\/p>\n
Their easily grown in cool temperate climates, in moderately fertile, well drained, neutral or alkaline soil in full sun or little shade. \u00a0Flowering is eratic in warm climates. \u00a0Cut back after flowering to maintain compactness. \u00a0They may be short lived where summer are hot. \u00a0Divide in autumn.<\/p>\n
Prone to aphids, nematodes, flea beetles<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and white blister<\/i><\/em>.<\/p>\n Aubrieta x cultorum<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 These mat forming perennial is of hybrid origins of many cultivars grows to 2\u201d tall and spread to 2\u2019 feet or more wide. \u00a0In spring they bear \u00bd\u201d flowers in a range of colors, with single or double flowers.<\/p>\n \u2018Whitewell Gem\u2019<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Grows to 8\u201d tall and bears an abundance of violet purple flowers<\/p>\n Zones 4-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Aubrieta \u00a0\u2013 Aubretia \u2013 Rock Cress – There are about 12 species of evergreen, mound or mat forming perennials, in this genus. \u00a0They occur in rocks and woodlands in Europe to Central Asia. \u00a0They usually grow to about 6\u201d tall and bear small obovate to oblong, un-lobed, toothed, hairy mid green leaves. \u00a0It bears racemes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[30,21,32,38,22,28,16,31,20],"product_tag":[92],"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-160254637"},"_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\/5988"}],"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=5988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5988"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5988"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=5988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}