Caryophyllaceae
Knotted pearlwort
Sagina nodosa
Also known as Sagina nodosa, Pearlwort, Knotted spurrey, Phaloe nodosa
Native Plants · Ground Cover · Rockery · Alpine · Low Growing · Perennial · Moist Soil · Pearlwort · Caryophyllaceae
Knotted pearlwort is a delicate, low-growing perennial that thrives in moist, well-drained soils with partial to full sun. Keep the soil consistently moist and avoid letting it dry out completely, as this plant is not drought tolerant. It works beautifully as a ground cover in rock gardens or between stepping stones where moisture is retained.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–7
- 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
- Alberta, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, FøRoyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Irkutsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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