Cerastium tomentosum
(Snow in Summer)
Family - Caryophyllaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Europe, Western Asia
Year of Introduction - 1648
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 10cm
Width - indefinite
Location - The White Garden
Description: A low-growing Perennial with a spreading, mat-forming habit. Small silver leaves are linear to lanceolate in shape and covered in fine white hairs. Small, pure white flowers with five petals are trumpet-shaped to star-shaped and have yellow centres. Each petal is vaguely heart-shaped with a prominent notch at the tip. The flowers are held singly or in Cymes and produced in profusion in late spring and early summer.
Additional common name - Dusty Miller
Flower:
Small, star-shaped to trumpet-shaped flowers are pure white and have yellow centres. Each petal has a notch at the tip. The flowers are held singly or in cymes and are produced prolifically in May and June.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Trumpet-shaped to star-shaped flowers held singly or in cymes
Flowering time: May, June
Foliage:
Small silver leaves are linear to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on slender, upright stems. Both leaves and stems are covered in fine white hairs.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Linear to lanceolate
Propagation:
Cuttings, division, seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in well-drained soil.