Draba

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DRABA

Many are great in troughs, crevices or small-scale rock gardens, forming nice evergreen cushions with lots of early season flowers. When grown in a container, they don't like it too wet or too dry and benefit from a little fertilizer now and then to look their best.

Draba aspera

Draba aspera ©

Tight rosettes with yellow flowers in early spring. Sun to part shade, gritty, sharply drained soil. 3" x 4". France, Italy and Albania. Hardy to –30 degrees F Brassicaceae

Draba borealis - Northern Draba

Draba borealis ©

Loose rosettes with white flowers in early spring. Sun to part shade, gritty, sharply drained soil. 8” Mtns of N America & Asia Hardy to –30 degrees F Brassicaceae

Draba cinerea

Draba cinerea ©

Gray-leaf Draba

Loose rosette of gray-green leaves with white flowers in early spring. Sun to part shade, gritty, sharply drained soil. Arctic-alpine Hardy to –30oF Brassicaceae

Draba condensata

Draba condensata

Draba condensata ©

Vivid Spring Flowers

Gray-green rosettes with gold flowers in early spring. Sun to part shade, gritty, sharply drained soil. 3” x4” Unknown origin. Hardy to –10 degrees F Brassicaceae

Draba dedeana

Dense cushion of narrow, gray-green rosettes and large white flowers on short stems in spring. Part shade, gritty, sharply drained soil. 2 x 4" ”. Hardy to –10 degrees F. Pyrenees Brassicaceae

Draba dovrensis

Draba dovrensis, Dovre Whitlowgrass ©

Dovre Whitlowgrass

Attractive flat-leaf rosettes with racemes of small white flowers in early spring. Full sun, gritty, sharply drained soil. 2”-6” high. Hardy to –20 degrees F. Norway Brassicaceae

Draba incerta

Draba incerta ©

Yellowstone Draba

Small cushion with racemes of yellow flowers in early spring. Sun, gritty, sharply drained soil. 2-6” Hardy to –20 degrees F. W North American alpine Brassicaceae

Draba korabensis

Small cushion with flat spiny leaves and racemes of yellow flowers in early spring. Sun, gritty, sharply drained soil. 2-6” Hardy to –20 degrees F. SE European mountains. Brassicaceae

Draba lasiocarpa

Spiny rosettes with racemes of yellow flowers in early spring. Sun, gritty, sharply drained soil. 6" x 6" Hardy to –20 degrees F. Rocky grasslands in the Eastern Alps, Carpathians and Balkans. Brassicaceae

Draba sphaeroides cusickii
(Syn. Draba cusickii cusickii)

Cusick's Draba

Compact cushion with racemes of small yellow flowers. Full sun, gritty, sharply drained soil. Hardy to –10 degrees F. Endemic to Steen's Mountain, Oregon. Brassicaceae

Draba Rock Garden Mix

Draba ©

Nice Trough Plants

This group of Draba sp was grown from a commercial seed mix. Although many look like D. aizoides, there is quite a variety. They are all small cushion forming perennials with racemes of bright yellow flowers in early spring. They are one of our earliest bloomers and make quite a show. Grow in full sun in gritty, sharply drained soil. Top dress with grit. Nice addition to troughs, alpines frames and small-scale rock gardens. Zones 4-6. Brassicaceae