
trefle.io · Taken Jun 14, 2021 by Alain Bigou (cc-by-sa)
Asteraceae
Cat's-foot
Antennaria dioica
Also known as Ground ivy, Pussytoes, Antennaria, Antennaria zosonia
Native Plants · Groundcover · Alpine · Rockery · Silvery-Foliage · Wildflower · Drought-Tolerant · Low-Growing · Perennial · Native · Cats-Foot
Cat's-foot is a charming low-growing groundcover that thrives in well-drained, sandy or rocky soil with plenty of sunlight. It requires very little supplemental watering once established and dislikes overly rich or wet soils. It makes an excellent rockery or alpine garden plant and spreads slowly to form attractive silvery mats.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Light watering; allow soil to dry between sessions as it prefers lean, well-drained conditions · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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