Caryophyllaceae
Gray chickweed
Cerastium brachypetalum
Also known as Cerastium, Mouse-ear chickweed, Grey chickweed, Cerastium mutabile var. brachypetalum
Native Plants · Chickweed · Ground Cover · Rock Garden · Wildflower · White Flowers · Low Maintenance · Cottage Garden · Perennial · Drought Tolerant
Gray chickweed is a low-growing perennial that thrives in well-drained soils and tolerates a wide range of light conditions from full sun to partial shade. It produces small white flowers and soft, hairy gray-green foliage that adds texture to rock gardens or borders. Minimal care is needed once established, making it a great fuss-free addition to naturalistic or cottage-style plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil moderately moist; tolerates brief dry spells · 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
- Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Idaho
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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