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Rosaceae
Eight-petal mountain-avens
Dryas octopetala
Also known as Dryas octopetala subsp. viscida, Dryas lepida, Dryas punctata var. cinerea, Dryas alpina
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Alpine · Rock Garden · Perennial · White Flowers · Ground Cover · Arctic · Mountain Plant · Rosaceae · Tundra · Drought Adapted
Eight-petal mountain-avens is a beautiful low-growing alpine perennial that produces stunning white, eight-petaled flowers with golden centers and thrives in full sun with very well-drained, gritty or rocky soil. It is ideal for rock gardens, alpine troughs, or the front of borders where drainage is excellent and summer heat is not extreme. Once established it is surprisingly tough and low-maintenance, but it dislikes waterlogged or humid conditions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 8 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; ensure excellent drainage and allow surface to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- rocky
- Soil pH
- 6–9
- Temperature
- -50°F to 70°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 2a-6b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 3 in – 6 in
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Iceland, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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