Cerastium (Cerastium tomentosum) — perennial plant.
Cerastium (Cerastium tomentosum) – perennial plant. Cerastium (snow-in-summer) carpets the ground with silvery foliage and white flowers; drought-resistant, ideal in rockeries.
Benefits
- Comes back year after year
- Hardy, easy to maintain
Seasonal care
- Spring: Start of the growing season: apply a suitable fertiliser and provide sun or partial shade.
- Summer: Water moderately. Tolerates heat and drought well.
- Autumn: Autumn is a good time for planting; gradually reduce watering.
- Winter: Frost-hardy – overwinters outdoors. Prune in late winter if needed.
Specifications
- Botanical name: Cerastium tomentosum
- Botanical family: Caryophyllaceae
- Life cycle: Perennial
- Foliage: Evergreen
- Exposure: Sun / partial shade
- Placement: Outdoors
- Growth rate: Medium
- Minimum temperature: -25 °C
- Drought resistance: High
- Mature height: 10-20 cm
- Mature width: 30-50 cm
- Flowering period: Summer
- Flower colour: White
- Fragrance: Subtle
- Soil: Well drained, adaptable
- pH: 6,0-7,5
- Watering: Moderate
- Fertilising: Spring
- Pruning: Autumn / spring
- Mulching: Recommended
- Product code: 4033939
- EAN code: 6420384033939
Warnings
- Takes a few years to establish
- Prune in autumn or spring
Frequently asked questions
Does it survive winter outdoors?
Yes, it is frost-hardy and overwinters outdoors without problems in Romania.
What exposure and watering does it prefer?
Sun / partial shade; moderate watering. Cerastium (snow-in-summer) carpets the ground with silvery foliage and white flowers; drought-resistant, ideal in rockeries.
When does it flower?
Flowering period: summer.
