100 Seeds Prairie Pussytoes Antennaria neglecta Wildflower Groundcover

Prairie Pussytoes is a low-growing native perennial wildflower that forms soft silvery-green mats of spoon-shaped foliage, topped in spring with small fuzzy white flower clusters that resemble tiny cat paws. It is a dependable, understated groundcover for rock gardens, pollinator plantings, prairies, and low-maintenance landscape borders, and it naturalizes readily where conditions suit it.

Use Prairie Pussytoes as a front-of-border edging, in crevice and rock gardens, or as a creeping groundcover that knits together sunny, dry spaces. Its spring blooms draw early-season pollinators, while the dense mats help fill bare ground between taller perennials. The plants are dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants, and spread gradually by stolons to form colonies.

Species: Antennaria neglecta
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Plant_Habit: Low mat-forming groundcover
Sun: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Well-drained, sandy or gravelly, dry to medium moisture
Days_to_Harvest: Not applicable
Zones: 3 to 8
Germination: Cold stratification recommended; surface sow and lightly press into soil, keep moist
Sowing: Sow indoors 6 to 8 weeks before last frost or direct sow in fall
Spacing: 8 to 12 inches
Notes: Tolerates poor, dry soils once established; avoid wet, poorly drained sites