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Montiaceae
Candy-flower
Claytonia sibirica
Also known as Claytonia asarifolia, Claytonia sibirica var. bulbifera, Limnia bracteosa, Claytonia heterophylla
Native Plants · Woodland · Shade Garden · Perennial · Groundcover · Spring Bloomer · Self-Seeding · Cool-Season · Montiaceae · Pink Flowers · Moist Soil
Candy-flower is a delicate woodland perennial that thrives in shaded, moist garden beds and works beautifully as a cool-season groundcover. Its dainty pink-striped white flowers bloom in spring and early summer, adding charm to shade gardens and woodland edges. Keep soil moist and well-drained, and it will often self-seed gently through a garden.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; avoid letting it dry out completely between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 9 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Aleutian Is., Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Great Britain, Iceland, Idaho, Kamchatka, Montana, Netherlands, Norway, Oregon, Sweden
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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