How to Grow Sandwort (Arenaria Montana)

This perennial (meaning it grows back year after year) has white or pink flowers and low-growing, mat-forming evergreen foliage.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Bypass Pruners
• Compost Makers
• Fertilizers
• Garden Spades
• Garden Trowels
• Mulch
• Plants

Choosing Sandwort

1. Look for plants at nurseries in spring and summer.
2. Buy sandwort in 4-inch to 1-gallon containers.
3. Choose healthy-looking plants with signs of new growth in leaves and flower buds.

Planting Sandwort

4. Plant sandwort in full sun in well-drained soil. You also can plant sandwort in a dry spot such as a rockery or the top of a wall.
5. Add a light application of organic fertilizer to the planting hole.
6. Place the plants no deeper than they were growing in their containers.
7. Set the plants 6 inches apart.
8. Mulch around but not on top of the plant with 3 inches of organic compost.
9. Water well until soil is completely moist.

Caring for Sandwort

10. Trim back using bypass pruners in late winter, leaving 3 inches of stems.
11. Add a light application of fertilizer to the top of the soil in early spring; follow package directions.

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