Arenaria Species, Mountain Sandwort

seed collection can be done easily with a battery operated, small vacuum cleaner,as soon as seedpods are yellow.

We found these in a garden store here in Salem Oregon last summer. We wanted a flowering perennial groundcover that would cascade over a ...Read Moreretaining wall. We planted in part to full shade. They are doing great there and spreading rapidly. They don't need a lot of water - weekly watering during dry weather has been enough. They have small but abundant white star-like flowers that bloom continuously, dying back a bit in the winter. People are always asking us what they are.