Description
Cerastium tomentosum
perennial
comes quart or 1 gallon pots
C. tomentoseum – Snow in Summer – This vigorous, fast growing, mat forming ground covering perennial from Italy and Mountains of Southern and Eastern Europe and Western Asia grows 2-6″ tall with an indefinite spread. It produces linear or linear-lance shaped, white or silvery woolly leaves, ½-1 1/4″ long. In late spring and summer it bears a profuse cymes of star shaped white flowers, to 1″ across. Effective weed suppressant.
Grow in any well drained soil in full sun. Foliage should, if possible, be kept dry both in winter and during humid summer weather. Divide in spring.
Zones 3-9
