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Rock Cress White in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Arabis Caucasica Alpinum

 

Rock Cress White

A very vibrant, ground covering and tough plant that will grow anywhere. The leaves are a mid green toothed and oval it produces amass of white flowers. Very easy to care for.

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plant Features
  • Rock Cress White likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Rock Cress White likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Rock Cress White is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Rock Cress White likes free draining

    Free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Rock Cress White

Latin name

Arabis Caucasica Alpinum

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Brassicaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Rock Cress White likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Rock Cress White is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Rock Cress White likes free draining

    Free draining

  • Water

    Rock Cress White likes very little water

    Very little water

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Rock Cress White is 0.50meters x 0.25meters 0.50 M 0.25 M

Arabis Caucasica Alpinum

A very vibrant, ground covering and tough plant that will grow anywhere. The leaves are a mid green toothed and oval it produces amass of white flowers. Very easy to care for.


Flowering Season

From Early Spring TO Late Spring

Arabis caucasica bear masses of flowers in Spring.

 

Planting Outdoors

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant out container grown plants in spring.

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Autumn TO Late Winter

Sow seed in seed compost under glass in a bright/light position

 

Propagation by cuttings

From Early Spring TO Early Summer

Take soft wood cuttings in spring to early summer. Cleanly cut up to a 10cm long stems, remove lower leaves and pinch the tip out, dip the stem into rooting hormone, fill a container/pot with suitable compost, make holes around the edge of it and plant the cuttings, water in well, cover with a polythene bag and place somewhere warm, lake the bag off twice a week to air the cuttings. Keep the cuttings moist until well rooted.Harden off when well rooted and pot on into individual pots increasing the airing to let the leaves to develop. Remove rotten, dying or dead cuttings regularly.

 
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