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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F)
Plant Height: To 15 cm
Plant Spread: To 30 cm or larger
Leaves: Deciduous
Other: Sub-shrub
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Madwort
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hormathophylla spinosa
  • Synonym: Alyssum spinosum
  • Synonym: Ptilotrichum spinosum

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Location: My garden, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; zone 3.
Date: 2012-12-07 
Alyssum spinosum 'Roseum'
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Alyssum spinosum 'Roseum' by eclayne Dec 8, 2012 6:43 PM 2

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