Aubrieta 'Kitte' | 10.5cm Pot
Accentuate your garden with masses of sumptuous purple blooms
This compact, mound-forming perennial makes a great addition to any garden, and adds blocks of colour you would normally witness in a formal garden planting scheme! Forming a carpet of deep purple, this variety will effortlessly establish a backdrop of rich colour in rockeries or gravel gardens. Aside from its beautiful flowers, this Aubreita will tolerate dry areas such as chalky soils, and as such, proves a reliable addition to most gardens.
Variety Information
| Supplied As | 10.5cm Pot |
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| Flowering Period | Spring |
| Season Of Interest | Summer |
| Habit | Upright |
| Preferred Location | Sun or partial shade |
| Eventual Height and Spread | 30cm (12"), 40cm (16") |
Packaging
We use a range of environmentally friendly packaging specifically developed to protect your plants whilst out for delivery.
An innovative locking design eliminates the need for plastic whilst holding your plant safely in place.
| Supplied AsTitle | Delivered To You | Price | Link | Image |
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| 10.5cm Pot 10.5cm Pot | From | This Product Click Here Delivered in Spring | ||
| 10.5cm Pot | From mid-April | Click Here Delivered in Spring |
Whatever effect you aim to achieve with your planting scheme, the colour wheel should always be your first port of call.
By planting complementary colours and avoiding clashing colours, you can create stunning baskets, borders and containers, whether you want excitement or relaxation.
- Monochromatic: Monochromatic planting uses shades of a single colour to maximise visual impact. Working with colours of the same hue you can integrate subtle changes of tone or texture to create a fascinating collage of plants. Used widely in cottage garden planting schemes and stand alone displays.
- Adjacent colours create a harmonious effect: Colours close together in the colour wheel are used to create harmony. Pair yellow with red or orange and blue with purple or greens to create a natural, relaxing display.
- Opposites colour complement each other: Colours opposite in the colour wheel produce a striking effect. Pink and yellow, blue and orange and red and green are famous contrasting combinations and can be used to create an energetic, eye catching display. Perfect for a contemporary design or creating a tropical feel.
- Triadic colours: triadic planting selects three colours spaced at equal distances around the colour wheel creating a beautifully balanced palette. Be careful to select plants with a similar intensity of colour and you can create a display packed with visual interest, with less contrast than opposite colours, resulting in a more harmonious feel.
Neutral colours can be used as part of any planting scheme and can also be used as a buffer between clashing colours. Neutral colours include white, black, grey, silver, brown and in gardening, green. White is a fantastic addition to any bed as it reflects all wavelengths of light, brightening up your garden.
| Monochromatic Using the shades of a single colour is the easiest scheme to put together. | |
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Add more shades of red to create a monochromatic masterpiece! | View All Red Plants |
| Adjacents Planting plants close in the colour wheel creates harmony | |
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Plant alongside pink and orange colours to create a harmonious display | View All Adjacent-Colour Plants |
| Opposites Opposites are complementary colours directly opposite in the colour wheel | |
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Contrast with blue flowers to create an eye catching planting scheme | View All Opposite Colour Plants |
| Triadic Triadic planting uses three colours spaced equal distances around the colour wheel | |
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Mix with yellow and pink for a balanced, stylish arrangement | View All Triadic Colour Plants |
10.5cm Potted Plant
Our potted plants are lovingly grown in optimum conditions to ensure that they flourish happily and healthily. They are very easy to use; all you have to do is pop them out of their sleeve, and plant.
Please note, your potted plant may not display flowers as soon as it arrives. However, the 'flowering period' box (detailed above), indicates when you can expect flowers to form. Many of our herbaceous perennials also die back in winter, so will have little growth in spring, but grow quickly once sunlight hours improve.
Please note: Herbaceous perennials can die back in winter, so don't be alarmed if this happens and instead look forward to spring!
Your plant will need to be protected from any danger of frost. Keep them in a sheltered environment until they are ready to go outside, usually around May time. A greenhouse is perfect, but a windowsill or conservatory will suffice as long as they are kept warm (16-18°C is optimal), and receive plenty of sunlight.
Use a good quality balanced potting compost when planting. Slow release fertiliser is advised for best results.
Our young plants will need to be grown on before they are ready to plant out in the garden. Your plants will take several weeks to establish and put on the growth required to be garden ready. By the time they are ready, the danger of frost should of passed and they will be ready to burst into life in your garden. Follow the simple steps below to ensure best results.
Seedlings, 60 Cell plug packs, and 4 cell Veg Plugs are best planted into bedding tray inserts or 7- 9cm pots.
Starter and Premium Plants are best planted into 9 - 13 cm pots or can be planted directly into baskets and containers as long as they can be protected from frost.
- Fill the cell trays or pots with compost and lightly firm.
- Use a dibber to make a hole similar to the size of the plug in the compost and place the plant into this hole the gently firm the plant into the compost. Note: the top of the compost plug should be level with the compost in the tray or pot.
- Water the young plants gently using a watering can fitted with a fine rose.
- Place the plants in a warm, light position but out of direct sun. They must be protected from frost. A temperature of 16 -20 °C will encourage active growth but good light is also essential. Grow on until all danger of frost has passed and then plant out.
| Deciduous Or Evergreen | Evergreen |
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| Flower Colour | Purple |
| Is Collection/Mix? | No |
| Location | Perennial Plants For Pots |
| Needs Ericaceous Compost? | No |
| Eventual Height | 0.3m-0.6m |
| Eventual Spread | 0.3m-0.6m |
| Foliage Colour | Green |
| Location | Border, Patio |
| Sale Type | 3 for 2 - 10.5cm Bedding/Perennial |
| Shop By Category | Perennial Plants |