Plant Profile

Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer)

Cerastium tomentosum is a semi-evergreen perennial native to Italy. It has a mat-forming habit and easy-to-care plant. It has small wooly leaves and star-shaped flowers. It can be used as border plant, rock gardens, and dry green walls.

Landscape Information
Botanical Description
Horticulture Management

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French Name: Céraiste feutrée

Pronunciation: sur-ASS-tee-um toe-men-TOE-sum
Plant type: Groundcover
Origin: Italy
Heat Zones: 1 to 7

Hardiness Zones: 3 to 7
Uses: Border Plant, Mass Planting, Ground cover, Green Wall, Rock Garden
Size/Shape

Growth Rate: Fast

Tree Shape: Spreading

Canopy Symmetry: Symmetrical

Canopy Density: Dense

Canopy Texture: Fine

Height at Maturity: Less than 0.5 m

Spread at Maturity: 1 to 1.5 meters

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Foliage

Leaf Arrangement : Opposite

Leaf Venation: Pinnate

Leaf Persistance: Semi Evergreen

Leaf Type: Simple

Leaf Blade: Less than 5

Leaf Shape: Lanceolate

Leaf Margins: Undulate

Leaf Texture: Smooth, Hairy

Leaf Scent: No Fragance

Color(growing season): Silver
Flower

Flower Showiness: Yes

Flower Size Range: 1.5 - 3

Flower Type: Cyme

Flower Scent: No Fragance

Flower Color: White

Seasons: Summer
Trunk

Trunk has Crownshaft: No

Number of Trunks: Multi-Trunked

Trunk esthetic Values: Not Showy
Fruit

Fruit Type: Capsule

Fruit Showiness: No

Fruit Size Range: 0 - 1.5

Fruit Color: Brown

Seasons: Summer

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By Rob Hille (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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Tolerance

Frost Tolerant: Yes

Heat Tolerance: No

Drought Tolerance: Yes

Salt Tolerance: Poor
Requirements

Soil Requirements: Clay, Loam, Sand

Soil Ph Requirements: Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline

Water Requirements: Moderate, Low

Light Requirements: Full, Part
Management

Invasive Potential: Yes

Susceptibility to Pests and Diseases: No

Surface Rooting: No

Diseases: Root rot

Edible Parts: None

Plant Propagation: Seed, Cutting, Division