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Plantaginaceae
Alpine plantain
Plantago alpina
Also known as Hoary plantain, Mountain plantain, Seashore plantain, Plantago alpina subsp. incana
Native Plants · Alpine · Rock Garden · Rosette · Perennial · European Native · Plantaginaceae · Trough Garden · Cool Climate · Low Growing · Wildflower
Alpine plantain is a compact, rosette-forming perennial suited to rock gardens, alpine troughs, and well-drained borders in cool temperate climates. It prefers full sun to partial shade with consistently moist but not waterlogged soil and thrives at elevation or in cooler garden conditions. Little maintenance is needed beyond removing dead foliage and ensuring good drainage.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil evenly moist but well-drained, especially during dry spells · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- -40°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 3a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 4 in – 12 in
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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