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Caryophyllaceae
European chickweed
Cerastium pumilum
Also known as Common chickweed, Starwort, Winterweed, Cerastium glutinosum var. alpestre
Native Plants · Chickweed · Groundcover · Low Growing · Rock Garden · Part Shade · Perennial · Wildflower · European Native · Caryophyllaceae · Cottage Garden
European chickweed is a compact, low-growing perennial that prefers partial shade and consistently moist, well-drained soil. It works well as a small-scale groundcover in rock gardens or along shaded borders. This undemanding plant requires little care beyond occasional watering and removal of dead growth.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil evenly moist; avoid overwatering · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 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, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Finland, France, Georgia, Germany
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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