Aubrieta FLORADO BLUE BLUSH BICOLOUR aubretia, dwarf rock cress
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.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).
Last update 03-05-2023
