Snow in summer flower
Cerastium tomentosum
Name
| Botanical name: | Cerastium tomentosum |
| Colloquial name: | Snow in summer flower |
Growth
| Growth form: | Capet-like |
| Mature height: | 10 - 20cm |
Leaf
| Foliage: | Long an very narrow |
| Leaves: | evergreen |
| Leaf color: | silver, grayish green foliage |
Blossom / fruit
| Blossom: | umbellate |
| Flowering period: | May to June |
| Flower color: | white |
| Fruit: | Capsule |
Miscellaneous
| Soil type: | Water-permeable, loamy, sandy, nutrient-rich |
| Location: | Sun |
| Flowering period: | all year round |
| Requirement: | 12 plants per m² |
| Use for: | ground cover plant, border plant, mass planting |
| Ships as: | as pot plant |
| Hardiness: | yes |
