About
Aubrieta 'Greencourt Purple' is an evergreen perennial that forms a low, spreading mat, reaching a height of approximately 10 cm. Its foliage consists of small, hairy leaves that are mid-green to grey-green in color. From spring through early summer, this plant produces clusters of double, four-petalled flowers in a blue-purple 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
- West-facing, South-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Alpine Rockery
- Habit
- Matforming
- 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, Cottage and informal garden, Coastal, Gravel garden, Patio and container plants, Rock garden
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Best grown in well-drained soil in full sun but can tolerate light shade; an ideal plant for dry areas such as chalky slopes and on walls. Being hardy it is a useful container plant for spring colour This plant was part of the RHS Aubrieta, Arabis and Aurinia trial 2024-2026
- Pruning
- Cut back after flowering to maintain compactness
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed, softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, leaf and bud eelworms and flea beetles
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to white blister