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Brassicaceae
Hutchinsia
Hornungia petraea
Also known as Pritzelago, Chamois cress, Alpine hutchinsia, Capsella petraea
Native Plants · Alpine Plant · Rock Garden · Scree · Miniature · White Flowers · Brassicaceae · Crevice Garden · Rare · Cool Climate · Trough Garden
Hutchinsia is a delicate, low-growing alpine plant that produces tiny white flowers and thrives in gritty, well-draining soil typical of rock gardens and scree beds. It prefers cool temperatures and bright light with minimal watering, making it perfect for alpine troughs or crevice gardens. This rare gem is best suited to specialist gardeners interested in alpine and rock garden plants.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water sparingly; allow soil to dry completely between waterings as this plant prefers dry, rocky conditions · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- 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
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Morocco
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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