Platt's Black Brass Buttons - Leptinella squalida 'Platt's Black'

Looks like miniature ferns for the miniature garden! But it's a fun ground cover perennial - not a fern - and hardy to -30F. Low maintenance. Stays short. Great colors.

Plant turns greener in the shade and browner in the sun, so if you see with all-brown leaves, it's not dead! 

Can be divided right away. Can divide it in up to four sections. Baby the divisions for a little while to make sure they take by letting the soil dry out to barely damp in between watering sessions. Don't let the soil dry out completely.

Control growth in the spring and summer months by trimming back the runners (underground shoots) whenever you see them growing in the wrong direction. "Shovel-prune" established growth in the springtime to help control it. 

• Outdoors only!!
• Mat forming
• Grows 1 to 2" tall
• Spreads to 18" but will continue to spread if given the room

• Cold hardy to zones 4 to 7, or hardy to -30F
• Heat zones 7 to 1
• Evergreen

• Part sun to part shade - turns greener in the shade
• Super tiny flowers in summer
• Likes evenly damp soil

• Invasive in some areas. Great in containers but pinch/cut back the runners in spring. In-ground, it's called "shovel pruning" - see above for details.
• Trim back runners in late spring to control growth
• Pot shown is 4" 

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Plant Shipping: Lower 48 states and Alaska only. USDA certified since 2001.

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