General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 1 to 2 inches
Plant Spread: 6 to 12 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Other: Fuzzy, silver-grey leaves, with tufts of long wooly hairs.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Other: Will flower the first year if planted in early spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Taproot
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 64 to 71 degrees Fahrenheit
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Warm germinator, sow outdoors in early spring, cover lightly with soil. Germinates in 1 to 2 weeks.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Other: Divide every two to three years. Take cuttings in the spring
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Mouse-Ear Chickweed
  • Alpine Mouse-Ear
  • Woolly Alpine Chickweed
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cerastium alpinum subsp. lanatum
  • Synonym: Cerastium alpinum var. lanatum

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Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2022-01-10
Beautiful and interesting in the winter garden
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Date: 2023-05-01
Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2022-04-15
Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2021-05-30
Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2022-05-11
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-09
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-09
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2013-06-09
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2010-04-05
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2009-09-13
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2009-09-13
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2009-09-13
Location: Bogie Lake Greenhouse, White Lake, MI
Date: 2009-09-13
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So cute by sedumzz Feb 22, 2022 4:30 PM 1

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