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Running rockcress

Arabis procurrens

Also called Prostrate Rock Cress

Running rockcress
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0

Running rockcress is a spreading, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial that forms a dense mat of foliage and bears white flowers in spring. It suits alpine or rock gardens, but it can spread aggressively, so give it room or a barrier.

Family
Brassicaceae (Cabbage family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then once the soil dries out; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil; tolerates poor, rocky ground.
Temperature
Hardy to about -20 °C; best in cool temperate climates.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Carpathians to Balkan Pen.
Climate
temperate

About

Arabis procurrens, the running rockcress or spreading rock cress, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a spreading evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial, forming a dense mat of foliage, with loose racemes of white flowers in spring, suitable for cultivation in the alpine garden.

The specific epithet procurrens means "spreading underground".

Other Arabis plants

Alpine rockcress · Rose rockcress · Gray Rockcress · Rockcress

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Arabis procurrens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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