Leptinella dendyi
Dendy's leptinella
- Height × spread
- 0.4m × 0.2m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
- Flowers
- Spring, Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This is a ground hugging plant that has feathery looking foliage. They make irregular rosettes with foliage coloured in shades of grey and a rather glaucous blue-green. The flowers, coming in late spring or early summer are yellow and dome shaped, with close packed stamens. These enjoy positions where there is always some moisture present though the soil should drain with rapidity. This small and rather delicate plant can be 'lost' in a busy garden so place with care.
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Blue, Green, Grey
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Prostrate
- Height
- 0.4m
- Spread
- 0.2m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer
- Flowers in
- Spring, Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Hardiness
- Mild winter to -5C (RHS H3)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.