Groundcover Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 4 - 9
- Height: 6 inches
- Width: 12 inches
- Bloom Season: Early summer to late summer
- Bloom Color: Violet
- Environment: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil Type: Well-drained, sandy, pH 5.8 - 7.2
Planting Directions
- Temperature: 60 - 70F
- Average Germ Time: 14 - 21 days
- Light Required: Yes
- Depth: Lightly cover
- Sowing Rate: 6 - 7 seeds per plant or approximately 1000 seeds cover 20 square feet
- Moisture: Keep soil slightly moist, but not wet until germination
- Plant Spacing: 12 inches
- Note: For detailed directions for indoor and outdoor planting, please Click Here
- Care & Maintenance: See: Linaria
Linaria (Linaria Alpina) - This tiny trailing perennial is sometimes called Alpine Toadflax. It works well as a low-growing ground cover plant and establishes easily with Linaria seeds. Linaria Alpina has attractive green-gray foliage and bright violet flowers with an orange spot. It's very eye catching! Linaria Alpina flowers perform best in full-sun and in well-drained soils. Alpine Toadfloax grows well on rocky soils, and it performs nicely in containers, along the borders of the garden, in rock gardens, and as a general ground cover. Alpine Toadflax care is fairly simple. Water during prolonged dry spells, and cut back after flowering to encourage a second bloom.
Before sowing Linaria Alpina seeds, it is recommended to refrigerate the ground cover seed for 2 - 3 weeks. After refrigeration, sow the Alpine Toadflax seed indoors 6 - 8 weeks before the last frost, and the seedlings will be ready to transplant into the garden after frost danger has passed.