Fothergill's Aubrieta Large Flowered Mixed Seeds

Details:

• Botanical Name: Aubrieta x cultorum, a traditional and reliable favourite for the British spring garden.
• Enhanced Blooms: This variety is specifically selected for its larger-than-average flowers, providing a more impactful and dense colour display.
• Growth Habit: A dwarf, mat-forming ground cover that reaches a height of 15cm (6in), making it ideal for suppressing weeds and covering bare soil.
• Versatile Landscaping: Exceptional for trailing over dry stone walls, filling rockeries, or adding a soft edge to gravel paths and garden borders.
• Pollinator Friendly: Highly attractive to bees, providing an essential early-season nectar source for your garden's ecosystem.
• Plant Class: A robust hardy perennial that establishes quickly and returns with increasing vigour year after year.
• Flexible Positioning: While many alpine plants require full sun, this variety performs admirably in partial shade, offering versatility for different garden aspects.

Care Instructions:

• Sowing: Sow seeds thinly on the surface of a fine, free-draining seed compost between February and July. Do not cover the seeds, as light aids germination.
• Germination: Keep the compost moist and place in a bright, cool position. Seedlings typically appear within 14–21 days.
• Transplanting: When seedlings are large enough to handle, move them into individual 7.5cm pots. Grow on in cool, well-ventilated conditions.
• Planting Out: Gradually accustom plants to outdoor conditions before planting out 30cm apart in their final flowering positions.
• Maintenance: After the spring flowering period has ended, cut the plants back hard to encourage fresh, compact growth and maintain a neat habit.