Good Ground Cover Alpines - Leesa's Alpines

Achillea , Good Ground Cover

Achillea x lewisii ‘King Edward’

Potsize: 9cm
Common name: yarrow
Family: Asteraceae
description: A low growing, compact form of yarrow with soft grey green leaves and pale primrose-yellow flowers which fade to cream with age. Trim off spent flower heads to encourage new buds & prolong the flowering season.
Flowers: May-August
Height: 10-15cm
Spread: 20cm
Position: Most well drained soils but poor chalk soil in a sunny position is preferable.

Use: Rock garden, …

£3.50
Ajuga , Drought Tolerant

Ajuga tenorii ‘Valfredda’ (syn.’Chocolate Chip’)

Potsize: 9cm

Common Name: bugle

Family: Lamiaceae

Description: A slightly less vigorous, more compact form of the common bugle with small bronze coloured leaves & bright blue flowers in spring.

Flowers: April-June

Height: 3-5cm

Spread: 30cm

Position: Most soils in partial to full shade.

Use: Good groundcover for a shady spot, under trees or hedges

£3.50
Androsace , Good Ground Cover

Androsace lanuginosa

Potsize: 9cm
Common name: woolly rock jasmine
Family: Primulaceae
Description: A vigorous rock jasmine with trailing stems of silver-grey leaves from a central rosette. Verbena-like flowers of soft lilac-pink with a darker eye. Resilient and easy to grow. From the Himalayas
Flowers: May-September
Height: 4cm
Spread: 30cm
Position: Light sandy soil in a sunny spot.
Use: Rock garden, paving, trailing over walls.

£3.50
Antennaria , Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls

Antennaria dioica

Common Name:: catsfoot, pussytoes, everlasting
Family: Asteraceae

£3.50
Arabis , Foliage Effect

Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii ‘Old Gold’

Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: rock cress
Family: Brassicaceae
Description: A low spreading variety with flat variegated rosettes of green and gold, white flowers in spring to early summer raised up on stems
Flowers: March-June
Height: 5cm
Spread: 30cm
Position: Sun or semi-shady spot, tolerant of most soils.
Use: Rock garden, trailing over walls, ground cover

£3.50
Campanula , Good Ground Cover

Campanula poscharskyana ‘E.H. Frost’

Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: bellflower
Family: Campanulaceae
Description: Vigorous, spreading perennial with rounded mid-green leaves. Arching sprays of small starry white flowers
Flowers: June-September
Height: 30cm
Spread: 60-90cm
Position: Sun or part shade in most soils.
Use: Good groundcover or trailing over walls.

£3.50
Cerastium , Foliage Effect

Cerastium tomentosum

Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: Snow in Summer
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Description: Often known as ‘Snow in Summer’. Vigorous spreading habit with silver-grey leaves and white flowers throughout summer. Trim back after flowering to keep it tidy.
Flowers: May- September
Height: 10cm
Spread: 40cm
Position: Happy in poor, well-drained or dry soil in full sun.
Use: Groundcover, trailing over walls or raised borders.

£3.50
Border Edges , Cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium

Family: Primulaceae

£3.50
Delosperma , Good Ground Cover

Delosperma ‘Lavender Ice’

Potsize: 9cm
Family: Aizoaceae
Description: Hardy, vigorous spreading succulent with large lavender pink flowers all summer.
Flowers: May-October
Height: 6cm
Spread: 40cm
Position: Full sun, gritty, well drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Use: Rock garden, trailing over walls, ground covering poor areas.

£3.50
Delosperma , Good Ground Cover

Delosperma cooperi

Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: Purple ice plant
Family: Aizoaceae
Description: A vigorous spreading succulent with large irredescant purple flowers
Height: 8cm
Spread: 60cm
Position: Full sun, gritty, well drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Use: Rock garden, stone walls, trailing over raised walls.

£3.50
Delosperma , Foliage Effect

Delosperma nubigenum

Potsize: 9cm
Family: Aizoaceae
Description: A vigorous spreading succulent with bright yellow flowers opening up with the sun all summer.
Height: 3cm
Spread: 30cm
Position: Full sun, gritty, well drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Use: Rock garden, stone walls, trailing over raised walls.

£3.50
Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls , Erigeron

Erigeron karvinskianus

Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: Crazy Daisy, Mexican daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Description: Floriferous daisy that flowers over a long period with white flowers fading to pink giving the appearance of multi-coloured plants.
Flowers: May-September
Height: 10cm
Spread: 20cm
Position: Any poor soil is adequate preferably in a sunny position
Use: Pots, in between paving, trailing over walls or raised beds, rock garden

£3.50