A low-maintenance, easy-to-grow ground cover
The Spruce / Evgeniya Vlasova
Rapturewort is a greatground cover optionfor low-maintenance gardens.
Green carpet, as it’s sometimes referred to, can thrive even in the poorest quality soils.
In late fall, it transitions to showing shades of red and orange.
Adrought-tolerant plant, established rupturewort plants will only need watering during length dry, hot spells.
Light
Providing you don’t plant rupturewort in full shade, it should do well.
It prefers a full sun position but can also spread well in partial shade.
It thrives in most soil types, including dry, rocky, poor-quality varieties.
It prefers an acidic to neutral soil pH; alkaline soils may causechlorosisand leaf discoloration.
Water
It might be small in stature, but this plant has along taprootthat holds moisture well.
It makes it pretty drought-tolerant and, consequently, it can be a popular choice forxeriscape landscaping.
Once established, it generally does not require additional irrigation.
If it gets too much water, rupturewort can suffer from damaging root rot.
Temperature and Humidity
Rupturewort can handle a wide range of weather in zones 7 to 11.
In the northern end of its range, it may die back in winter, returning in the spring.
In the sourthern part of its range, it generally remains evergreen year-round.
Native to the temperate regions of Europe, it’s no surprise that it can handle hot spells well.
One thing rupturewort won’t cope well with is a very humid environment.
Too much moisture isn’t good for the roots of this plant.
It isn’t bothered by high winds, but it doesn’t thrive with maritime exposure.
Mature plants will be robust enough to do fine without any feeding, unless necessary to remedy alkaline soil.
It is suitable for zones 2 to 9 and can be used in the same way asH.
Pruning
Cutting back straggly stems can help stimulate new growth.
As spring begins, any brown,dead stems and leaves can be sheared away.
Other than this, rupturewort requires no pruning.
This is also a good option if you want to plant rupturewort in other areas, too.
Simply surface sow the seeds over the planting area and water lightly.
you might also sow the seeds indoors for an earlier start.
Before planting outdoors,harden offthe plants for 10 to 14 days.
Use a well-draining container of any material, filled with a good-quality commercial potting mix.
Dead, brown leaves and stems can be cut away with shears as new growth begins in spring.
Damp conditions encourage these diseases, so reducing watering may help prevent them.
It also works well in alpine-style orrock gardensand as a plant for growing between flagstones.
Spring bulbs can still grow well through a covering of rupturewort.
This mistaken belief is also reflected in the botanical genus name,Herniaria.
Herbal medicine practitioners sometimes use this plant to treat inflammation of the urinary tract.
However, its usefulness for this has never been scientifically studied or verified.
Always ask your doctor before taking any herbal remedies.
Herniaria glabra.Perennials.com
Rupturewort: Diseases and Remedies.Greenshack.
