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Miniature Brass Buttons
Leptinella gruveri
Other Common Names:Â Mini Fairy Fern, Dwarf New Zealand Brass Buttons
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-10b  Find Your Zone
Plant Type:Â Perennial Groundcover (Evergreen in Zones 9-10; Deciduous in Zones 4-8)
Height at Maturity:Â 2-3″
Width at Maturity:Â 18″ or more
Spacing:Â 15 to 18″ apart for mass planting
Spacing:Â 15 to 18″ apart for mass planting
Growth Habit / Form:Â Dense, Mat-forming, Spreading
Growth Rate:Â Moderate to Fast
Flower Color:Â Yellow
Flower Type:Â Button-like
Flower Size:Â Small
Flowering Period:Â Late Spring to Mid Summer
Flowering Period:Â Late Spring to Mid Summer
Fragrant Flowers:Â No
Foliage Color:Â Near Black
Fragrant Foliage:Â No
Berries:Â Yes, tiny
Sun Needs:Â Full Sun to Part Shade
Water Needs:Â Â Average
Soil Type:Â Clay, Loam, Sand, Silt
Soil Drainage:Â Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH:Â 5.5 – 6.5
Maintenance / Care:Â Low
Attracts:Â Visual Attention
Resistances:Â Deer, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Light Foot Traffic
Description
Leptinella gruveri, commonly known as miniature brass buttons or mini fairy fern, is a versatile, dense, matt-forming, shade-loving perennial that stands up well to foot traffic, which makes it ideal for use as a groundcover, edging, underplanting for shrubs and trees, as a lawn substitute, as a soil cover in container gardens, or to fill the gaps between stepping stones and pavers. Its attractive, tiny, fern-like muted green foliage grows to an inch in height and a foot wide. Small, round, yellow-green flowers appear in late spring to early summer. It thrives in a moist but well-draining soil and part to full shade.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Forming a dense carpet to about an inch tall and foot wide, Miniature Brass Buttons is ideal for use as a groundcover or underplanting around shrubs, small trees and perennial plants in shade gardens, landscape borders and home foundation plantings. It stands up well to foot traffic so is also perfect to fill the gaps between stepping stones and pavers. Also an excellent lawn substitute or soil cover in container gardens. Excellent plant for fairy gardens and miniature gardens.
Suggested Spacing:Â Â 12 inches apart for mass plantings and solid borders
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Growing Preferences
Miniature Brass Buttons is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and part shade to full shade. It prefers a consistently moist soil, but doesn’t like standing water. Overly dry soils will require supplemental irrigation during drought.
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