Waldsteinia
Waldsteinia ternata
An evergreen carpet for the dry shade under trees, where it spreads as far as you let it.
Light Partial to full shade, including the dry shade under established trees.
Water Water new plants through their first summer; after that it rarely asks.
Height 15 cm
Spread 15.7 in
Spacing 40 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 15.7 in
- In-row spacing
- 15.7 in
- Between rows
- 19.7 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Flower · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Partial to full shade, including the dry shade under established trees.
- Watering
- Water new plants through their first summer; after that it rarely asks.
- Feeding
- No feed needed; poor to average soil suits it.
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- April
- Pruning
- Nothing routine — just shear the edges back when it oversteps.
- Overwintering
- Evergreen and hardy; it asks nothing of you over winter.
Through the year
- Mar–Apr Spring Growth
- Apr–Jun Flowering
- Jun–Dec Growing
- Dec–Dec Leaf Fall
- Jan–Mar Leaf Fall
Pests & problems
- Generally trouble-free No notable pest or disease problems when grown in the right conditions — one of the easy ones.
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