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Sandwort Avalanche in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Arenaria montana 'Avalanche'

 

Sandwort 'Avalanche'

Arenaria can be annuals, or mat-forming, evergreen or herbaceous perennials. They have small leaves and simple 5-petalled white flowers in Summer. 'Avalanche' produces a mass of white flowers in late Spring to early Summer

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plant Features
  • Sandwort Avalanche likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Sandwort Avalanche likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Sandwort Avalanche is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Sandwort Avalanche likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Sandwort 'Avalanche'

Latin name

Arenaria montana 'Avalanche'

type

Herbacious Annual or perennial

family

Caryophyllaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Sandwort Avalanche likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Sandwort Avalanche is frost hardy: 23f (-5°c)

    Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

  • Soil

    Sandwort Avalanche likes light and free draining

    Light and free draining

  • Water

    Sandwort Avalanche 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 Sandwort Avalanche is 0.10meters x 0.10meters 0.10 M 0.10 M

Arenaria montana 'Avalanche'

Arenaria can be annuals, or mat-forming, evergreen or herbaceous perennials. They have small leaves and simple 5-petalled white flowers in Summer. 'Avalanche' produces a mass of white flowers in late Spring to early Summer


Flowering

From Late Spring TO Early Autumn

Arenaria flower in late Spring and earlySummer

 

Planting

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plant in Spring in free-draining soil, in rock-gardens, or border edges. Once established this plant is drought-tolerant

 

Propagating by division

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Plants are easily divided in Spring. Dig up the plant, and pull it apart gently, then replant the sections with roots in to their new positions.

 
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