The favourite plants in my garden are those which give me joy year after year, no trouble, just get on with it. Occasionally I lose one but mostly they just keep on coming. Cerastium tomentosum also known as Snow in Summer is one of those plants. And it likes to spread out a bit but is easily controlled by just pulling up unwanted growth which, it makes sense, I do after flowering. I have it growing at the front of my home, and at the back, in the front corner of the garden roo, it has spread itself out over an unsightly corner by the garden room and spread over a little bit of ground which is rocky to say the least. And just look at the carpet of flowers I have right now; little wonder they call it Snow in Summer.
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| Cerastium tomentosum aka Snow in Summer |
Although the leaves are actually a very grey kind of green, it is classed as an evergreen because the foliage gives a nice display right through our winters here on the Pennine Mountains of West Yorkshire, UK.
Cerastium tomentosum is a hardy, mat-forming, spreading, deciduous perennial, which flowers late spring and summer. It achieves a height of about 15cm (6in). It likes full sun and will tolerate exposed situations. It's not fussy about soil types, apparently, but needs to be well-draining. Mine grows in a fairly neutral soil, bordering acid in places.
