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Leptinella squalida ‘Platt’s Black’

Unusual ground-cover with purple/black ferny foliage

Leptinella squalida

Leptinella squalida 2 x 1 litre

Price is for two plants in 1 litre containers

Description

Leptinella squalida ‘Platt’s Black’ is a really unusual and interesting mat-forming ground cover plant. It’s incredibly textured, dark-green to black foliage has caught the eye of garden designers and now it regularly finds a home for itself on RHS show gardens and in all manner of modern planting schemes. The plant forms a mass of feathery, ferny foliage that is a glossy purple-black with green tips. In exposed, sunnier spots the foliage can take on brown hues. The plant has small button-like gold flowers in summer.

Leptinella squalida is a plant that is best grown as groundcover or as a naturalistic filling in cracks in paving or stonework or edging pathways – much like plants like creeping Thyme. It will also work well in combination with taller plants in container displays.

These established, garden-ready plants have been grown in peat-free compost at our nursery in Cornwall and are supplied in 1 litre pots (the price is for two of these plants). They will reach a maximum height of around 10cm and will spread around wherever happy – but is easy to control and divide as it isn’t very deep-rooted.

Growing Advice

Leptinella squalida is a realitively easy to grow plant, as long as it has decent drainage and isn’t allowed to dry out too much. It can cope with a range of sun exposures and the colour will vary somewhat, depending on the amount of exposure it has. For richer, darker green colours you may find it best in sheltered spots with some protection from the midday sun – but it is worth experimenting with!

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