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Antennaria

Antennaria alpina

Antennaria alpina flower© Antennaria alpina flower

Antennaria alpina©

 

Alpine  Pussytoes

Antennaria alpina is a small plant that forms tight mats of gray foliage with tiny, fuzzy whitish pussytoe flowers.  It grows to 6" high.    Grow in sun to part shade in well-drained, gritty soil.  Tolerates both dry and moist conditions, as long as excellent drainage is available.   

A variable species with a wide distribution in the Northern Hemisphere, this subarctic perennial extends as far south as Montana in the US. Works well in a small scale rock garden, trough or container.  It should be extremely cold hardy, given its native distribution, Zone 1 Asteraceae

 



 

Antennaria dioica



Antennaria dioica is a tough and drought tolerant groundcover for the sunny, dry rock garden

©Antennaria dioica 'Rubra'

Antennaria dioica, pussytoes forms an attractive, low-growing mat in rock garden.©

 

Pussytoes

Antennaria dioica is a drought tolerant groundcover that creates dense mats of white, spoon-shaped leaves with spikes of fuzzy, white to pink pussytoe flowers in late spring.  2-5” X 18”.   It does best in full sun in well-drained soil with low water.  It can be used in a sunny rock garden as small-scale groundcover or bulb cover.  Native to open areas in the Northern hemisphere.  Zones 5-9. Asteraceae

 


Antennaria media

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Rocky Mountain  Pussytoes

Low mats of silver-gray foliage and fuzzy whitish pussytoe flowers with noticably dark bracts.    Grow in sun to part shade in very well-drained, gritty soil.  Boulder Mountains, ID  Asteraceae

 


 

Antennaria parvifolia (cf)



Antennaria parviolia (cf)

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Small Leaf Pussytoes

 

Tight mats of dense white foliage with short spikes of fuzzy, white flowers in early summer. 2-6” high.  Full sun, low water, well drained soil.  –30 degrees F. Grown from seed collected in the Colorado Rockies .    Asteraceae

 

 
 

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