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Rosaceae
Creeping sibbaldia
Sibbaldia procumbens
Also known as Five-fingered sibbaldia, Sibbaldia, Potentilla sibbaldii, Sibbaldia procumbens subvar. grandifolia
Native Plants · Alpine · Rock Garden · Groundcover · Perennial · Creeping · Rosaceae · Arctic · Subalpine · Cool-Climate · Mat-Forming
Creeping sibbaldia is a low-growing alpine perennial best suited to rock gardens or naturalized mountain landscapes. It thrives in cool, moist, well-drained soils and struggles in hot or dry conditions. This plant is most rewarding for specialist growers recreating subalpine habitats.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–4.5
- 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
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Colorado, Corse, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, Idaho
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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