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Cerastium banaticum 'Moonshine'
Moonshine Banat's Snow-in-Summer
Item #: 17439
Zones: 4a to 8b
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 2" tall
Origin: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey, Yugoslavia (former)
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
Cerastium banaticum 'Moonshine' is a 2026 Plant Delights/JLBG introduction of a superb silver-foliaged perennial...a cousin to the better-known genus, Dianthus. This is exceptional because we live in a climate where most silver-foliaged perennials fear to tread. This Balkan peninsula native snow-in-summer, forms a compact, 2" tall, evergreen clumping mat of narrow silver foliage. The patch is topped, starting for us in early April, with 10" stalks of .75" wide, narrow-petalled white flowers. Our offering is seed grown from a Eleftherios Dariotis collection in Smokovo, Greece.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Cerastium
Flower Color: White/Cream
Leaf Color: Green
Bloom Time: Spring
Container Role: Spillers
Garden Themes: Green Roofs , Night Gardens , Rock Garden Plants , White Garden
Other: Drought Tolerant Plants , Dwarf Plants , Groundcovers , Plant Delights Introductions , Xeriscaping Plants