Job's Nursery and Pumpkin Patch LLC

Helping Tri-City Gardeners Grow Since 1940!

Job's Nursery LLC is a family owned nursery and tree farm that offers a wide selection of outdoor plants that are hardy for our area. We are located just north of Pasco on Columbia River Road.  It's a short trip to a beautiful location to escape the hustle and bustle of your everyday life.

 

 

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Rokey's Purple Aubrieta

Aubrieta x cultorum 'Rokey's Purple'

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Rokey's Purple Aubrieta (Aubrieta x cultorum 'Rokey's Purple') at Job's Nursery

Rokey's Purple Aubrieta flowers

Rokey's Purple Aubrieta flowers

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Height:  6 inches

Spread:  15 inches

Sunlight:  full sun  partial shade 

Hardiness Zone:  4b

Other Names:  False Rockcress

Description:

This stunning variety forms an evergreen carpet of fuzzy gray-green leaves, covered with purple-blue flowers in spring; makes a great addition to rock gardens and retaining walls, widely adaptable

Ornamental Features

Rokey's Purple Aubrieta is smothered in stunning purple cup-shaped flowers at the ends of the stems from mid spring to early summer. Its small tomentose oval leaves remain grayish green in color throughout the year.

Landscape Attributes

Rokey's Purple Aubrieta is a dense herbaceous evergreen perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Rokey's Purple Aubrieta is recommended for the following landscape applications;

  • Rock/Alpine Gardens
  • Border Edging
  • General Garden Use
  • Groundcover
  • Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Rokey's Purple Aubrieta will grow to be only 6 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 inches. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years. As an evegreen perennial, this plant will typically keep its form and foliage year-round.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type, but has a definite preference for alkaline soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Rokey's Purple Aubrieta is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. Because of its spreading habit of growth, it is ideally suited for use as a 'spiller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the edges where it can spill gracefully over the pot. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.

 
 
Hardiness Zone Plant Height Minimum Sunlight Soil pH Preference
Characteristics
Rock  Edging  Garden  Groundcover  Container 
Applications
Flowers  Texture  Attracts Wildlife 
Ornamental Features