Antennaria dioica ‘Rubra’
Antennaria dioica 'Rubra', pink pussytoes, is a small, cold hardy ground cover with silver leaves and fuzzy, pink flowers.
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 feline toes. A great accent with texture and form in the alpine and rock garden, in containers, on rock walls, and between pavers. A great ground cover for underplanting spring bulbs like botanical tulips, crocus, and dwarf daffodils. Attracts pollinators including native bees. Plants can be larval hosts for certain butterflies. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Pink Pussytoes
Family: Asparagaceae (The Asparagus Family)
Zone Hardiness: 2-9
Light: Full Sun
Height: 8-12"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Red
Bloom Time: Spring - Summer
Foliage Colour: Silver
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Dry, Drought Tolerant
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Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Northern and mountainous regions of Eurasia growing in North America just in Alaska's Aleutian Islands.
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