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Brassicaceae
Draba verna
Draba verna
Also known as Erophila verna, Draba verna var. macrocarpa, Drabella verna
Native Plants · Wildflower · Spring Bloomer · Rock Garden · Annual · White Flowers · Pollinator · Gravel Garden · Self-Seeding · Early Spring · Small Plant
Draba verna, commonly known as spring whitlow-grass, is a tiny annual or short-lived perennial wildflower that thrives in sunny, well-drained spots with minimal care. It is one of the earliest spring bloomers, producing small white flowers that are a valuable early nectar source for pollinators. This undemanding plant is ideal for rock gardens, gravel beds, or naturalizing in lawn edges where it will often self-seed freely.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 7 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly; allow the top inch of soil to dry out between waterings as this plant prefers drier conditions · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- 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
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile South
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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