Aubrieta

Common name: aubrieta

Description: A low, mat-forming evergreen perennial that smothers itself in small, four-petalled purple flowers in spring, cascading attractively over walls, rockeries and the edges of raised beds.

Other benefits: vivid spring colour, excellent trailing habit for walls and rockeries, easy to grow

Wildlife attraction: bees, butterflies

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 0.1m x 0.5m

Position: full sun

Soil pH: neutral to alkaline

Moisture: well-drained

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to below -15°C