Aubrieta FLORADO BLUE BLUSH BICOLOUR aubretia, dwarf rock cress
size/type
low or groundcovering,low or groundcovering
usual height
0,1-0,1m
usual width
0,3-0,5m
leaves
semi-deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
April-May
location
full sun
soil type
any (acidic to alkaline)
soil moisture requirements
dry and sharply drained (xeriscape)
USDA zone (lowest)
5 (down to -29°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Aubrieta
Rock cress (aubrietia) is a fantastic, ground-covering, mostly evergreen rock plant, which glows with rich colourful flowers among the first spring mat-forming perennials, yet before another ground-covering species: phlox (subulate group). In Czechia and Slovakia, there are two native species: a. deltoidei and a. columnae. In the wild, you can find them on rocky slopes with poor soil and excellent water drainage.Description of the plant:
BLUE BLUSH BICOLOUR is a hybrid aubrietia variety from the breeding company Florensis. It is one of six beautifully coloured varieties belonging to the FLORADO series. This variety is protected by European patent No. EU 49876 granted in 2018.FLORADO BLUE BLUSH BICOLOUR makes relatively large, up to 2 cm wide flowers with 4 petals. They are so cute and playful showing a mixture of soft violet, pale mauve, and almost white around a small chartreuse throat. Leaves are small, fleshy, gray green and turn yellow if overwatered. It blooms for several weeks.
Aubretia needs only two things: full sun and free draining soil or a pot with gritty soil. It does not mind soil pH or its quality and prefers less nutrients in the ground. It is a beautiful edging plant for perennial beds and rockeries – after the flowering has finished it makes a nice groundcover that benefits from light pruning, possibly with a small dose of a liquid organic fertilizer after flowering, though, it does not demand additional feeding whatsoever. Hardy to about -29 °C (USDA zone 5).
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
