Aubrieta cultorum ‘Leichtlinii’

Description

Aubrieta cultorum ‘Leichtlinii’ is one of those statement plants that marks a moment in the year – that time when late spring gives way to early summer, and warmth and sunshine are increasingly recapturing the landscape. The cascades of lavender, blue and purple flowers are everywhere for a month or so, painting stone walls down country lanes, tumbling over containers and mingling and boldly contrasting with late-flowering daffodils and tulips. This cultivar has a mass of magenta, which like other aubrietas arise from a neat and compact mat of low-growing, evergreen foliage. It is ideal atop grown atop walls, where it will climb and tumble, lining paths or as ground-cover in beds, or combined with late spring-flowering bulbs in containers.

These established plants have been grown at our nursery in Cornwall and are supplied in 1 litre pots (the price is for two of these plants). They are garden-ready and can be planted out in their final position in the garden or in containers this year, ready for a show of flowers next spring. They will flower from late spring and will grow to an ultimate height of around 15cm (4 inches) with a spread of 45cm or so (15-20 inches).