💜 Aubrieta ‘Dr. Mules Variegata’ (9cm Pot) – Rockery Plant

Add vibrant spring colour and variegated foliage interest to your garden with Aubrieta ‘Dr. Mules Variegata’, a low-growing, hardy perennial perfect for rockeries, borders, and wall crevices. This attractive plant produces a carpet of rich purple flowers set against striking variegated foliage, creating a beautiful contrast in early spring.

Its spreading habit makes it ideal for softening hard edges, cascading over walls, or filling gaps between paving and rocks, while the evergreen leaves provide year-round texture and structure.

🌿 Key Features

• Purple spring flowers with variegated foliage
• Low-growing, spreading habit (height: 10–15 cm | spread up to 40 cm)
• Evergreen foliage for year-round structure
• Ideal for rockeries, borders, wall crevices, and containers
• Attracts pollinators such as bees

🌞 Planting & Position

• Thrives in full sun for best flowering
• Prefers well-drained, gritty or sandy soil
• Excellent for rockeries, alpine beds, and cascading over walls
• Space plants 20–30 cm apart to allow spreading

💧 Watering & Care

• Water regularly until established
• Once established, drought tolerant and low maintenance
• Avoid waterlogged soil
• Light trimming after flowering keeps plants tidy

🌸 Flowering

• Blooms in early spring, producing a vibrant floral carpet
• Provides early-season colour and texture in rock gardens and borders

🌼 Why Choose Keans Claremorris?

• Carefully selected, high-quality plants
• Expert advice tailored for Irish gardens
• Friendly, reliable service
• Plants chosen to thrive locally
• A trusted garden centre with generations of experience

Aubrieta ‘Dr. Mules Variegata’ is a hardy, low-maintenance rockery plant that delivers early spring charm, variegated foliage, and reliable groundcover for sunny, well-drained garden spaces.