Aubrieta

Aubrieta
Perennial, Alpine
Red or Purple
13cm pot
 
Aubrieta is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the cabbage family Brassicaceae, sometimes spelled (and pronounced in English) Aubretia. A low-growing, evergreen perennial which forms a mat of flowers, it is good for the front of a border or better still, tumbling down a wall. It prefers well-drained soil and will tolerate dry growing conditions, which is why it is so well suited to being planted in walls and rockeries. It requires just a little maintenance and is trouble free.  
 
 Although it is not scented, it is attractive to bees and long flowering.