Aethionema includes annuals, evergreen perennials, and sub-shrubs, characterized by racemes of small pink or white blossoms that rise above tidy leaves.

Aethionema

Aethionema 'Mavis Holmes'

Aethionema 'Warley Rose' is an evergreen sub-shrub that grows to about 20 cm in both height and width, featuring a compact, rounded form. Its leaves are linear and exhibit a grey-green hue. In late spring and early summer, the plant produces clusters of bright rose-pink flowers at the tips of its stems.

Aethionema 'Warley Rose'

Aethionema 'Warley Ruber'

Aethionema antitaurii

Aethionema arabicum

Aethionema armenum

Aethionema armenum 'Mavis Holmes'

Aethionema caespitosum

Aethionema capitatum is a semi-evergreen sub-shrub that reaches up to 15 cm in height. It develops a dense mound of upright stems adorned with small, narrow leaves that range from blue-green to grey-green. In late spring and early summer, it produces pale lilac-pink flowers that appear in clusters at the ends of the stems.

Aethionema capitatum

Aethionema cappodocicum

Aethionema carneum

Aethionema chloraefolium

Aethionema cordatum

Aethionema coridifolium

Aethionema creticum

Aethionema diastrophis

Aethionema edentulum

Aethionema eunomyoides

Aethionema euonomioides

Aethionema glaucinum

Aethionema grandiflorum is an evergreen sub-shrub that reaches a height of up to 30 cm, displaying a rounded growth form. Its leaves are narrow and exhibit a blue-green hue. The plant produces small pink flowers that cluster at the tips of the shoots, forming compact sprays. The fruit takes the form of a small, flat capsule.

Aethionema grandiflorum

Aethionema grandiflorum Pulchellum Group is an evergreen sub-shrub that typically grows up to 20 cm tall with a rounded form. Its foliage consists of narrow, blue-green leaves. In spring, this plant produces small flowers that range from pale to deep pink, arranged in compact clusters at the tips of the shoots.

Aethionema grandiflorum Pulchellum Group

Aethionema iberideum

Aethionema iberideum 'Rosea'

Aethionema kotschyi hort.

Aethionema membranaceum

Aethionema oppositifolium

Aethionema rotundifolium

Aethionema saxatile is a low-growing evergreen perennial, reaching heights of up to 10 cm. Its stems can extend to 30 cm, either standing upright or sprawling across the ground. The plant features succulent, blue-green leaves that are ovate to lanceolate in shape. From spring through early summer, it produces white or pink flowers, each measuring around 1 cm in diameter.