Antennaria plantaginifolia
Antennaria plantaginifolia is a cold hardy, ground covering pussytoes with silver-green leaves and fuzzy, white and pink flowers.
Description:
Here's one for a hot sunny location with poor, dry soil! Antennaria plantaginifolia, commonly known as pussytoes, is a tough, cold hardy North American native ground cover growing 6 to 12 inches tall and 10-12 inches or more wide forming beautiful mounds or mats of bright silver-grey leaves with short stems supporting fuzzy, white flower heads with just a hint of pink in late spring. Flowers look like feline toes. A great ground cover and accent with texture and form in the alpine and rock garden, in containers, on rock walls, and between pavers. Attracts pollinators. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Pussytoes
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-8
Light: Full Sun
Height: 8-12"
Width: 8-12"
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring - Summer
Soil Moisture: Dry, Drought Tolerant
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Open habitats on barrens and in meadows and in dry forests from Quebec to Nova Scotia south to the southeastern US. Some isolated populations exist in Saskatchewan.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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