About
A compact, cushion-forming, evergreen sub-shrub from high mountain habitats in California with small, grey-green, felted, narrowly elliptic leaves in dense mats and small, terminal clusters of tiny, white to pale yellow flowers surrounded by papery, straw-coloured (nervulosum) bracts in summer. A choice alpine for a sunny, very well-drained, gritty rock garden.
About the genus
Peperomia are evergreen perennials with simple, often succulent leaves and very small greenish-white flowers borne in slender spikes or panicles
Plant details
Suggested usesContainers, rock gardens, dry gardens.
Care notes
CultivationPlant in gritty compost. Full sun.
PruningMinimal pruning. Remove dead leaves.
PropagationPropagate by division, cuttings, or seed.
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free.
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-resistant.