Best Sowing Season: November - February
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Approx. 40-50 seeds per pack.
Grow beautiful Aubrieta Nana Compacta, a compact, low-growing flowering plant that forms dense colourful mats and attractive cascading growth during the cool season.
Its naturally spreading habit makes it especially suitable for rock gardens, borders, pathway edging, pots, grow bags, raised edges and cascading over walls or containers.
Aubrieta is especially valued for its compact growth, masses of small colourful flowers and excellent ground-cover effect, creating an impressive display from winter into spring under suitable growing conditions.
Germination Time: 14–21 days
Ideal Temperature: 15°C–18°C
Best Sowing Season: November - February
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Aubrieta Nana Compacta is a dwarf, spreading form of Aubrieta, a popular flowering ground-cover plant known for its:
Dense cushion-like foliage and abundant small flowers.
Plants naturally spread outward rather than developing tall upright stems.
This creates an attractive:
Mat-forming or cascading appearance.
Aubrieta is particularly effective when allowed to grow:
G-11 Grow Bag – 11 × 10 inch 🔗
Suitable for creating:
A compact group planting of Aubrieta Nana Compacta.
Several plants can gradually spread together to create a flowering mat.
G-12 Grow Bag – 12 × 12 inch 🔗
Highly recommended for a fuller Aubrieta display.
The wider growing surface allows branches to:
Spread naturally and cascade over the edges.
G-24 Grow Bag – 24 × 12 inch 🔗
Excellent for growing:
Several Aubrieta plants together for a broad ground-cover or cascading display.
Use:
60% Bhalu Mitti / Sandy Soil + 30% GREEN GARDENS Vermicompost 🔗 + 10% Cocopeat
The growing medium should be:
Loose, moderately fertile and very well-draining.
Aubrieta performs especially well in:
Light, sandy or somewhat gravelly soil with excellent drainage.
Avoid:
Good drainage is particularly important for maintaining healthy plants.
Aubrieta seeds are small and can be started in:
Moisten the growing medium before sowing.
Scatter seeds thinly over the surface.
Press them gently against the growing medium and:
Cover only extremely lightly with fine soil or vermiculite.
Do not bury seeds deeply.
Water with:
A fine mist or gentle spray.
Maintain consistent light moisture until germination.
Aubrieta seeds should be:
Surface sown or only very lightly covered.
Deep sowing can reduce germination.
For best results:
Press seeds gently into moist growing medium and apply only a very thin covering.
Maintain good airflow while preventing the surface from drying completely.
Seeds generally germinate within approximately:
14–21 days
under suitable conditions.
Actual germination time may vary according to:
Maintain:
Avoid waterlogging.
Recommended germination temperature:
15°C–18°C
Temperatures within this cool-to-moderate range encourage:
Reliable and uniform seedling emergence.
After seedlings appear:
Provide bright light and gradually increase sunlight exposure.
Transplant seedlings when they are:
Healthy, established and carrying several true leaves.
Before transplanting:
Transplant preferably:
During the late afternoon or another cool part of the day.
Water gently after transplanting.
Maintain approximately:
20–30 cm / 8–12 inches between plants.
This spacing allows individual plants to spread and gradually create:
A continuous flowering mat.
For borders and cascading displays, plants can eventually grow together and cover the visible soil surface.
Provide:
Full sun to light partial shade.
For the best flowering during Lahore's winter:
5–6+ hours of good direct sunlight daily is recommended.
Strong winter sunlight encourages:
Light partial shade can also be tolerated.
During germination:
Keep the growing medium evenly but lightly moist.
During early establishment:
Water regularly without saturating the soil.
Once established:
Allow the upper soil layer to begin drying before watering again.
Avoid:
Established plants generally perform better with:
Moderate watering and excellent drainage.
At planting time, incorporate a moderate amount of:
into the growing medium.
Aubrieta does not require excessively rich soil.
During active growth, a light top dressing may be applied when required.
Avoid excessive nitrogen because it may encourage:
Heavy foliage growth with reduced flowering.
Aubrieta Nana Compacta develops a:
Very low, compact and spreading growth habit.
Plants typically reach approximately:
10–15 cm / 4–6 inches in height.
The branches spread horizontally and can gradually form:
A dense flowering cushion or carpet.
This makes Aubrieta particularly useful for:
One of the most attractive characteristics of Aubrieta is its ability to:
Cascade naturally over raised edges.
When planted near the edge of:
the spreading stems can hang downward and create:
A waterfall-like flowering display.
Aubrieta produces masses of:
Small, four-petalled flowers
held above compact green foliage.
Aubrieta strains commonly flower in attractive shades within the:
Purple, violet, lavender, blue-purple and related colour range.
Exact flower colour can vary according to the supplied seed strain.
For Lahore and similar hot plains, winter-sown plants can provide their main flowering display during:
Late winter into spring.
Flowering performance depends on:
Under favourable cool conditions, established plants can become:
Densely covered with small flowers.
After the main flowering flush:
Lightly trim the plant back.
This can help:
Avoid severe cutting into weak or damaged growth.
Aubrieta is especially well suited to:
Rock gardens and stone-based landscapes.
Its shallow, spreading habit allows plants to grow attractively:
Excellent drainage in these positions also suits Aubrieta's natural growing preference.
Aubrieta is botanically a:
PERENNIAL flowering ground cover.
In mild, suitable climates, established plants can survive and flower for multiple years.
However, in Lahore and other hot plains of Pakistan, long-term survival depends strongly on:
For practical gardening in Lahore, it is especially valuable for its:
Winter-to-spring flowering performance.
During Lahore's winter:
Cool winter conditions generally favour:
Compact growth and good flowering.
Aubrieta prefers:
Cool to mild conditions.
As temperatures rise strongly during late spring and summer:
In Lahore, plants that are being retained beyond spring may benefit from:
Protection from intense afternoon summer heat and especially careful drainage during monsoon weather.
G-11 Grow Bag – 11 × 10 inch 🔗
G-12 Grow Bag – 12 × 12 inch 🔗
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