Description

Dorycnium hirsutum description

Unusual white and salmon flowers in late spring and the summer

An evergreen, drought tolerant plant.

A pollinator friendly plant including bees.
This is a butterfly friendly plant.

How easy is it to grow:
This has won the RHS Award of Garden Merit [1]. To win this impressive accolade the plants must have outstanding excellence for decorating a garden, be robust, not require highly specialist growing conditions or care and not be particularly susceptible to any pest or disease.

Good for the middle of a free draining border and is very easy provided it is given a well drained soil.

Buy alpines online with confidence because this is trouble free and easy.

Also known as: Lotus hirsutus and Dorycnium sericeum.

Common name: Hairy Canary Flower, Hairy Canary Clover and Canary Clover.

The best position in the garden:

Requires sun.

What type of soil:

Well drained soil.

How much moisture:

Normal, or dryish stony.

Hardiness and, or, lifespan:

Hardy.

Care and maintenance:

When newly planted always keep it watered until the roots have grown down and it is able to find its own moisture.

Size of plant:

Height 50 cm.
Spread 70 cm.

Planting density – to calculate how many plants are required in a planting scheme:

Allow 2 plants per square metre.

Purchase alpines online from Boundary Nursery.

Reference:
[1] Royal Horticultural Society – opens in a separate window.