Rock Cress Seeds, Cascading Red

Rock Cress Cascading Red (Aubrieta Hybrida Cascade Red)

Perennial Ground Cover, Non-GMO, Open Pollinated

25 Seeds per package 

If you want a low growing plant to hang out of baskets, hang over a rock wall, or just add to your landscaping color, this Aubrieta Cascading Rock Cress is a perfect choice. Rock cress looks beautiful cascading over rock walls and has red blooms in the spring. It is a popular spring-flowering rock garden perennial. It forms a low carpet of evergreen leaves, literally smothered by flowers for several weeks in the spring. When not blooming it has pretty green leaves.

Season: Perennial

USDA Zones: 4 - 9

Height: approximately 4 inches

Width: 24 inches

Bloom Season: Mid spring to early summer

Bloom Color: Blue

Growth Rate: Moderate

Environment: Full sun to partial shade

Deer Resistant: Yes

Temperature: 68F

Average Germ Time: 14 - 21 days

Light Required: Yes

Depth: Seeds must be covered thinly

Soil Type: Well-drained, pH 6.5 - 7.5

Moisture: Keep seeds moist until germination

Aubrieta seeds should be sown indoors 6-8 weeks before the last expected frost. Sow into a sterilized starter mix in starter trays. Press the seeds into the soil and very lightly cover seeds, they need light for germination. Keep the soil moist until germination, which should occur in 14-21 days. Once seedlings have become established and all danger of frost has passed, they can be planted directly outdoors. 

These seeds can also be started directly outdoors in the spring after all frost danger has passed. Sow the seeds into a prepared seed bed outdoors and keep the soil moist until germination.

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