Rock Cress
By Lou Paun
Rock Cress (Arabis) - A large family of hill-plants, few of which are grown. A. albida (White Rock Cress) will grow in any soil, where its sheets of snowy bloom may open in early spring. The double white form is a favourite.
Rock Cress is easy to grow. Grow Rock Cress in full sun. Plants will tolerate a light or partial shade. They will do well in fair to poor soils, with a neutral to slightly alkaline pH. Sandy, loam, or clay soil is fine.
Lyre-leaved rock cress is food for larva of the falcate orange-tip butterfly. The butterflies tend to visit the plants around the time of flowering.
Leaves of lyre-leaved rock cress.
Aurinia saxatilis Syn.: Alyssum saxatile vernac. Gold dust , Madwort , Rock cress , Yellow alyssum
RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, 14 May
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Rock Cress, a native of Southern Europe, is in full bloom mainly for April & May. The flowers are fading out at some point during the first half of June.
Mountain rock cress (Arabis alpina ssp. caucasica)
Height: 15 to 30 cm
Spread: 15 to 45 cm ...
Rock Cress, with its naturally prostrate growth habit, can be planted in the crevices of rock ledges to create a white cascading effect that is stunning in Spring.
Arabis procurrens ( Rock cress )
Aralia elata ( Albomarginata Japanese Angelica Tree )
Aralia elata ( Aureovariegata Japanese Angelica Tree ) ...
False rock cress (Aubrieta species)
Fame lily, glory lily, climbing lily (Gloriosa superba, Gloriosa rothschildiana)
Fan palm, chusa palm, chusan palm (Trachycarpus fortunei)
Fanwort, Washington grass (Cabomba caroliniana) ...
Grape hyacinths, Pulmonaria, rock cress, azaleas, lilacs, wallflowers and pinks furnish nectar in early and mid-spring. From late spring on through autumn, many butterfly plants bloom.
Aegopodium leodograria (Bishopsweed) Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed) Arabis caucasia (Rock cress) Asarum (wild ginger, evergreen wild ginger) Bergenia (Saxifrage) Convallaria (Lily-of-the-Valley) Epimedium Euonymus fortunei (Wintercreeper Euonymus) Galax ...
Scabiosa, rock cress, dwarf phlox, alyssum and aubretia are companion plants to contribute color - just make sure they don't swamp the rhizomes of the bearded irises.
Arabis procurrens 'Variegata'
ROCK CRESS
Argentina egedii ssp egedii
PACIFIC SILVERWEED
Native Plants ...
 See also: Cress, May, Rose, Aquilegia, Maple
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