CHUXAY GARDEN Edelweiss-Leontopodium Alpinum 100 Seeds Striking Landscaping Plant

Leontopodium alpinum (Edeweiss) is a ow-growing, clump-forming perennial forming a charming bouquet of starry white-felted flowers in late spring to early summer. The woolly white flowers are carried iust above the foliage of narrow, silvery green leaves.While the wild flowers look fully white at first glance, as you get closer, you’ll notice each flower is made up of about six yellow florets, surrounded by white bracts in two layers. These striking flowers appear as early as July, well into September. As the season goes on, the white bracts get less elongated and become thicker, the florets in the middle opening out.They can be cut, or even dried. Short-lived in gardens, Edelweiss will self seed in optimum growing conditions and slowly spread over time to form colonies. Edelweiss is suitable for the rock garden, scree, alpine trough or raised bed. Best in regions with cool summers. Provided you live somewhere that gets some cold temperatures, Edelweiss flowers are very easy to look after, but like with any plant, you do need to mimic its native conditions to a certain extent. The first thing you need to get right is the soil. It needs to be well-draining soil, full of grit or gravel, which will help drainage, as soggy soil will rot the plant. The Edelweiss needs a neutral soil in order to thrive, and because it grows naturally in limestone, you could also add this to the soil, if you need to bring the pH level up. You can place the plant in either full or partial sunlight, but you will get more flowers if it is in as much sun as possible, produced through the later days of spring into the summer months. The hairs covering the plant help protect it from UV rays, so your edelweiss should be fine in full sunlight without the protection of taller, neighboring plants.