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Aubrieta comes in a variety of colors, trailing, and compact.

Brassicaceae

Four-petaled flowers bloom profusely above gray-green wooly, dentate leaves that grow in a mat. Likes well-drained soil. Somewhat drought tolerant. Foliage holds up well after bloom.

Plant Type: perennial

Plant Form or Habit: rounded/mounded

Plant Use: Around large rocks, at the front of a border, as a groundcover for a small area, trailing over walls.

Propagation:

division
stem cuttings

Flower Color:

dark blue
purple
violet
pink

Bloom Period:

late spring
early summer

Width: Minimum: 1 foot     Maximum: 6 inches

Foliage Texture: medium

USDA Hardiness Zone: 5

Water Requirements: average

Additional Comments: Starts easily by seed. Good in rock gardens, as a colorful and longer-blooming alternative to creeping phlox. Try planting with cushion spurge (Euphorbia polychroma).