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Caryophyllaceae
Alpine pearlwort
Sagina saginoides
Also known as Mountain pearlwort, Arctic pearlwort, Sagina alpina, Alsine saginoides
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Groundcover · Alpine · Rock Garden · Mat-Forming · Perennial · Cool-Climate · Moss-Like · Low-Growing · Caryphyllaceae
Alpine pearlwort is a compact, mat-forming groundcover that thrives in cool, moist conditions with partial to full sun. Keep the soil consistently moist and avoid letting it dry out completely, especially during warmer months. It is ideal for rock gardens, alpine troughs, or as a lawn substitute in temperate climates.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Altay, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, China South-Central, Colorado, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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