• Cluster of small, four-petaled white snow peak rock cress flowers with yellow centers and green leaves.
  • Close-up of small, four-petaled white snow peak rock cress flowers with yellow centers and green leaves.
  • Close-up of small, four-petaled white snow peak rock cress flowers with yellow centers and green leaves.
  • Cluster of small, four-petaled white snow peak rock cress flowers with yellow centers and green leaves.
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Rock Cress Seeds - Snow Peak

Lovely ground cover that spreads, and if allowed, cascades

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About the Variety

Key Features

Frost Tolerant
Drought Tolerant
Prefers Dappled Shade
Morning Sun Only
Prefers Lean Soil
Container Friendly
Attracts Bees
Attracts Butterflies
Fragrant
Fast Growing
Easy to Grow
Ground Cover
Perfect for Xeriscaping
Reduces Erosion
Suppresses Weeds
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Hanging Basket Friendly

Plant Details

BOTANICAL NAME

Arabis alpina

LIFE CYCLE

  • Perennial

LIGHT REQUIREMENT

  • Full Sun
  • Partial Shade

PLANT HEIGHT

  • 6 to 8 inches

COLOR

  • White

Blooming in early spring, Rock Cress Snow Peak offers a low-maintenance ground cover in snowy white. Pollinators will be attracted from all around to its sweet fragrance and mounding habit. Drought-tolerant and forgiving, Rock Cress Snow Peak is a great candidate for edging your paths or tucking into stone walls. Thriving in full sun, these dainty, pure white flowers bloom early in spring and are a dependable perennial creating a low carpet of evergreen foliage.

  • Best planted in groups
  • Attracts pollinators with its sweet aroma
  • Silvery evergreen leaves

Planting Information

PLANTING SEASON

  • Spring

SOWING METHOD

  • Direct Sow
  • Start Indoors

PLANTING DEPTH

  • 1/16 inch

WATER NEEDS

  • Low

PLANT SPACING

  • 8 inches

HARDINESS ZONES

  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9

COVERAGE

Amount Avg Seed Count Recommended Coverage
Packet 1,145 Up to 80 Sq. Ft
1 Ounce 108,000 Up to 625 Sq. Ft

Planting Guide

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Rock Cress Seeds - Snow Peak

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Snow Peak Wall Rock Cress is an open pollinated seed.

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