Arabis alpina 'Aubris White'

Common name: Rock Cress 'Aubris White'

Description: Arabis alpina 'Aubris White' is a classic spring-flowering rock garden perennial producing a generous flush of pure white, cross-shaped flowers that smother the compact, mat-forming plant in early to mid-spring. The pure white flowers have a light, fresh fragrance and create a clean, crisp effect that is particularly striking cascading over dry stone walls or tumbling down the edge of a raised bed. The grey-green evergreen foliage is attractive throughout the year, providing year-round ground cover in dry, sunny situations where little else thrives. A dependable and long-lived rock garden plant.

Other benefits: profuse pure white spring flowers; light fragrance; evergreen year-round interest; ideal for walls, troughs, and dry banks; very low maintenance

Wildlife attraction: bees and other early pollinating insects

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 10–15cm x 30–40cm

Position: full sun; dry stone walls, rock gardens, raised beds, and alpine troughs

Soil pH: neutral to slightly alkaline (pH 6.5–7.5); well-drained to dry soil; tolerates poor, chalky, or sandy conditions

Moisture: low; drought tolerant; good drainage is essential; dislikes waterlogging

Winter hardiness: fully hardy to -20°C