
Rock Cress
- Botanical Name
- Arabis caucasica
- Min Zone
- 4
- Max Zone
- 7
- Height
- 6 to 12 inches
- Width
- 6 to 18 inches
- Flowers
- Early spring: 4 petals of white, pink, blue or purple
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Medium to dry, very well-drained, sandy
- Planting & Care
- Drought tolerant
- Requires well-drained soil
- Plants lose vigor and decline in the heat of Zone 7 and higher
- Cut back plants after flowering to promote fuller growth
- Divide every 2 or 3 years after flowering or in fall
- Softwood stem cuttings taken right after flowering is a reliable method of propagation
- Problems
- Club root, downy mildew, white rust, aphids
- Varieties
- Snow Cap - prolific white flowers
- Rosabella - rose colored blooms
- Flore Pleno - late blooming, double white flowers
- Variegata - white flowers above cream striped foliage
- Red Sensation - bright red flowers
- Rose Delight - rose-purple blooms
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