Quantity | Price per item | Discount |
5 plants | €5,30 | 12% off |
A carpeting, evergreen perennial, with thick, soft, white, woolly leaves which typically form a rapidly spreading mat. Attractive pinkish purple flowering stems to 50cm in spring. It is perfect for the front to the middle of a border, and is also commonly used as ground cover.
It is an excellent choice for dry gardens, gravel gardens and rock gardens, and is also loved by the European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum), a solitary bee that 'cards' the hairs from the leaves to make a soft nesting chamber into which she lays her eggs.
It is suitable for full sun to partial shade. Native to the Mediterranean, it is extremely drought-tolerant once established. Avoid wetting the leaves during summer as this can lead to some disease and rotting. Not suited to gardens with sprinkler irrigation.
Cut back spent flowers in autumn and remove dry dead leaves.
We are a plant nursery in the Algarve specialising in dry mediterranean species. We propagate and grow our own stock in conditions they are likely to endure when they are planted out.
We grow plants that are adapted to the dry land conditions in Portugal and southern Spain, both mediterranean perennials and succulents.
We choose plants that require very little water and maintenance. We produce a range of dry land plants that are typical of the worlds mediterranean regions. These are available to order ready for planting in the wetter months of the year. Please order the plants you need and we’ll have them ready at the best time for planting.
To ensure your new plants adapt and establish quickly, we produce them in special anti-spiral root pruning containers and a range of fibre pots (no plastic waste) with our own tried and tested growing media.
Viveiros Jardimseco
Tavira, Algarve
Please note we have no retail outlet or garden centre and are not open to the public. For more information you can contact us here.
Plantas adaptadas à seca - produzimos plantas adaptadas às condições de Portugal e Sul de Espanha, tanto espécies mediterrânicas como suculentas.
Oferecemos uma gama de espécies típicas das zonas climáticas mediterrânicas em todo o mundo.