Leptinella filiformis - small form Hardy It flowers late in the

It flowers late in the season as our gentians are wont to do

Miss Katie is a hybrid like x Hendersonii

Flowering in spring with a few more possible in autumn

Small shrubby succulent "bonsai crassula"

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Leptinella filiformis - small form Hardy It flowers late in theVery rare in the wild. Extinct in all wild locations except one Clarence valley site. In this remaining wild population it lives in mostly open areas of loess substrate which are muddy in winter but baked dry in summer. A tough and lovely plant to use us a delicate mat through which treasures can emerge for example tiny bulbs, small native shrubs such as twisted kowhai in a bonsai arrangement or dwarf willow. It does not tolerate competition from