Brassicaceae
Boechera divaricarpa
Boechera divaricarpa
Also known as Arabis divaricarpa, Arabis divaricarpa var. typica, Arabis stokesiae, Arabis brevisiliqua
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Rockcress · Native · Wildflower · Perennial · Brassicaceae · Part Shade · Western Us · Ground Cover · White Flowers · Rock Garden
Spreading rockcress is a low-maintenance native perennial best suited to rocky slopes and well-drained garden beds in partial shade. Water regularly during the growing season, avoiding waterlogged conditions. It is an excellent choice for naturalistic wildflower plantings in Western North American gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 4 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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