Aubrietia

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Read about Aubrietia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Aubrietia (Claude Aubriet, French natural history painter of last century). Cruciferae. Purple Rock-cress. Showy perennial more or less evergreen trailers, excellent for rockwork or edgings. Allied to Alyssum and Vesicaria: distinguished chiefly by the outer sepals being saccate at base, the shorter filaments toothed, and the valves of the oblong or globose silique convex and not ribbed: Lvs. entire or angular-toothed: fls. in shades of violet or purple, in few-fld. bractless racemes: plant canescent or tomentose.—About a half - dozen species, Italy to Persia. The aubrietias are of simple cult. Prop. by seeds, layers or cuttings. They make excellent mats of foliage and bloom. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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