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Antennaria dioica 'Rubra'


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Antennaria dioica 'Rubra', pink pussytoes, is small, cold hardy ground cover with silver leaves and fuzzy, pink flowers.


Description:
Here's one for a hot sunny location with poor, dry soil! Antennaria dioica 'Rubra', commonly known as pink pussytoes, is a tough, cold hardy North American and Eurasian native ground cover growing 4-6 inches tall and 10-12 inches wide forming beautiful mounds or mats of bright silver-grey leaves with short stems of fuzzy, deep pink flowers in late spring that look like the feline toes. A great accent with texture and form in the alpine and rock garden, in containers, on rock walls, and between pavers. Deer resistant.


Common Name: Pink Pussytoes

Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)

Zone Hardiness: 2-9

Light: Full Sun

Height: 8-12"

Width: 8-12"

Primary Bloom Colour: Pink

Secondary Bloom Colour: Red

Class: Evergreen

Type: Perennial

Bloom Time: Spring - Summer

Soil Moisture: Dry, Drought Tolerant

Stem Colour:

Fragrance: No

Berries:

Benefits: Bees

Deer Resistant: Yes

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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America

Europe and Africa - Europe and Western Russia

Asia and the Pacific - North Central and Eastern Asia

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