Leptinella serrulata lime speedily disguising the dying bulb

speedily disguising the dying bulb leaves beneath it so a cunning combination

Carpets of lilac-blue flowers appear in December

under pieris

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Can be dry in summer once leaves wither

Leptinella serrulata lime speedily disguising the dying bulbEasy growing and very pretty, adaptable. Native. Buried, pale, wiry rhizomes. The older leaves usually diffusely brown pigmented, hairy to densely silvery hairy Easy and pretty in the garden as a nice small ground cover. Part sun, sun or part shade. Good drainage as from upland and river sites on drier ground, often amongst tussocks. Not as long lived as L. dioica. Cultivated plant. Photographer: John Barkla