Description

Key Information:

Soil: Mesic (Medium) – Xeric (Dry)
Sun: Full Sun – Part Sun
Height: 2-8 inches
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: May – June

More Details:

Suggested Uses: Grove Sandwort makes a lovely, low-growing ground cover with delicate, white flowers. Sandwort flowers in mid-to-late spring. It will cascade over walls and through stone work. Grows well in sandy soils. Grows in moist-to-dry woodlands, forests, and on riverbanks.  This plant is an excellent choice for shoreline restoration!

Native Range: Native to the Upper Midwest, Northeast and the West. Native throughout most of Minnesota.

Flowers: The upright flowers have 5 round petals. They grow one to a branch on a very slender stem.

Leaves: The opposite leaves are 1/2″ – 1″ long and oval.

Other Names: Bluntleaf Sandwort

More information: USDA plant profile