About
Aubrieta 'Doctor Mules' is a low-growing perennial that reaches a height of up to 10 cm. It develops a dense carpet of small, fuzzy, light green foliage. In spring, it produces individual flowers that measure about 2.5 cm across, displaying a vibrant violet-blue hue.
About the genus
Aubrieta are low-growing, evergreen perennials characterized by their small foliage and compact clusters of four-petaled blooms that appear in pink and purple hues during the spring season.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Alpine Rockery
- Habit
- Trailing
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- Up to 10 cm
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Patio and container plants, Rock garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Best grown in well-drained soil in full sun, an ideal plant for dry areas such as chalky slopes and on walls, but it can tolerate partial shade. Being hardy it is a useful container plant for spring colour
- Pruning
- Cut back after flowering to maintain compactness
- Propagation
- Propagate by softwood cuttings or semi-hardwood cuttings. Species can be propagated by seed sown in containers in a cold frame in autumn or spring
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids and flea beetles
- Disease resistance
- May be infected by white blister