Aubrieta 'Dappled Skies'

Common Name:
Aubrieta 'Dappled Skies'

Description:
Aubrieta 'Dappled Skies' is a delightful, mat-forming perennial prized for its cascading habit and soft shades of lavender, mauve, and violet-blue flowers. Blooming in a profuse wave during early to mid-spring, this variety creates a vivid floral display that looks like a living carpet. The small, rounded, grey-green leaves form a dense evergreen mound, providing texture year-round and acting as excellent weed suppression. Ideal for rockeries, retaining walls, path edges, or trailing from containers, this plant is particularly suited to Melbourne gardens with its tolerance of cool winters and dry summers once established. It prefers full sun and well-drained soil, particularly those with a slightly alkaline pH. Light pruning after flowering helps maintain its compact form and encourages denser regrowth. Aubrieta 'Dappled Skies' is low maintenance and ideal for gardeners seeking reliable spring colour in small spaces or in difficult dry banks and rocky areas.

Form:
Ground Cover
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
Height: 10–15 cm
Width: 40–60 cm

Aspect:
Full Sun
Part Shade

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring

Flower Colour:
Lavender
Mauve
Violet-blue
Pale Purple Variations

Key Attributes:
Suitable for Pots
Perennial
Bee Attracting
Low Maintenance
Drought Tolerant (once established)
Cold Hardy
Suitable for Rockeries
Suitable for Edging
Evergreen in Mild Winters

Toxicity:
Not known to be toxic to humans or animals.

Companion Plants:
Arabis caucasica
Phlox subulata
Iberis sempervirens (Candytuft)
Sedum 'Angelina'
Saxifraga x arendsii

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.