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Aubrieta deltoidea |
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False Rock Cress |
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Prostrate to mounded habit |
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6 inches tall, spreading
to 24 inches. |
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Rose-lilac to
purple with a cylindrical calyx about half as
long as petals. Flowers have 4 petals. |
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Early to mid spring |
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Mat-forming
foliage, leaves spatulate to
rhomboidal, narrowed to a short petiole, with 1
or more teeth on each side most leaves have a
stellate pubescence. Foliage is gray-green. |
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- 'Aurea' - Golden green foliage with blue to violet
flowers.
- 'Bengal' - semidouble flowers in blue,
lilac, purple, or red.
- 'Bob Saunders' - 8 inches,
large, semidouble reddish-purple flowers.
- 'Bressingham Pink' - Double pink flowers.
- 'Campbelli' - Double blue-violet flowers.
- Cascade Series - 4 inch selection has
individual colors of blue, purple and red.
- 'Dr.
Mules' - Free flowering plant with blue-violet
flowers.
- 'Henslow Purple' - Bright purple flowers.
- 'Rosea Splendens' - Bright rose flowers which do
not fade.
- 'Royal BIue' - Dark blue flowers.
- 'Royal Red' - Flower colors in shades of red and
magenta.
- 'Variegata' - GoId edged leaves and blue
flowers.
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Aubrieta was named in honor of
Claude Aubriet, a French botanical artist. |