Groundcover Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 5 - 9
- Height: 4 inches
- Bloom Season: Spring through fall
- Bloom Color: Lilac
- Growth Rate: Slow
- Environment: Partial shade to full shade
- Foot Traffic: Light
- Soil Type: Moist, rich, pH 5.5 - 7.2
- Deer Resistant: Yes
Kenilworth Ivy (Cymbalaria Muralis) - Grow this lovely ground cover from seed! With scalloped leaves, and pretty lilac colored blooms, Kenilworth Ivy makes a wonderful ground cover plant. It performs well even in full shade, and it loves to cascade down a stone wall or spill over the sides of containers. Kenilworth Ivy also makes charming hanging baskets. This trailing vine takes very little maintenance except for regular waterings, and being cut back and deadheaded before setting seeds. Cymbalaria is a prolific self-sower, spreading its Kenilworth Ivy seeds all over the garden. To keep it more contained, deadheading is helpful. Kenilworth Ivy makes a very nice flowering ground cover plant.
Sow Kenilworth Ivy seed indoors 10 weeks before the last frost is expected. Use starter trays, sow the ground cover seeds on the surface of sterile soil, gently pressing the seed into the soil. Do not cover the Kenilworth Ivy seeds. They need light to germinate. After danger of frost has passed, transplant the young ground cover plants into the garden.
Shaker Bottle With Seed Starting Matrix |
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Shake 'n Seed - We are now offering shaker bottles filled with our seed starting matrix: rich soil, gardening sand, water absorbing crystals, and starter fertilizer. This not only helps dispense your seed, but it gets it off to a great start! Simply remove lid from shaker bottle, add seed from packet, put back on lid, shake the bottle vigorously for 15 seconds, and then shake your way to beautiful new plants! Use Shake 'n Seed over good quality soil, and then gently water to keep seed moist until it sprouts. Great for ground covers or mass planting flower seeds. |
