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Caryophyllaceae
Mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium glomeratum
Also known as Common mouse-ear, Sticky mouse-ear, Cerastium, Cerastium glomeratum var. subviscosum
Native Plants · Groundcover · Chickweed · Wildflower · Rock Garden · Naturalizing · Hardy · Self Seeding · Cottage Garden
Mouse-ear chickweed is a hardy groundcover that thrives in poor soils with minimal care. Water occasionally during dry spells and allow natural self-seeding for best results. This low-maintenance plant works well in rock gardens or naturalized areas.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Light watering, allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
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, Alaska, Albania, Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda
- Attracts
- Bees
Sources: trefle, usda
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