Platt’s Black Brass Buttons
This is a cultivar in which the unusual nearly black foliage is the real attraction; delicate fern-like leaves will tolerate some foot traffic; neither flowers or fruit are particularly ornamental; great as a color accent in a rock garden.
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Species: squalida
Plant Height: 1 in.
Spread: 8 in.
Evergreen: No
Plant Form: spreading
Emergent Foliage Color: gray green
Summer Foliage Color: black
Minimum Sunlight: partial shade
Maximum Sunlight: full sun
Platt's Black Brass Buttons's attractive tiny ferny compound leaves emerge grayish green in spring, turning black in color throughout the season. It features subtle gold flowers held atop the stems in early summer. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Platt's Black Brass Buttons is a dense herbaceous perennial with a ground-hugging habit of growth. It brings an extremely fine and delicate texture to the garden composition and should be used to full effect. This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and can be pruned at anytime. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics. Platt's Black Brass Buttons is recommended for the following landscape applications; Mass Planting Rock/Alpine Gardens General Garden Use Groundcover
Platt's Black Brass Buttons will grow to be only 1 inch tall at maturity extending to 2 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 8 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 6 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 8 years.
