The mountain aven is also known as arctic
dryad or alpine dryad. This plant is actually a ground-hugging, blooming plant
that thrives in cold, sunny mountainous locations. The mountain aven is
primarily found in alpine meadows and rocky, barren ridges. The mountain aven grows
in the western United States and Canada. Also the mountain aven flowers are
found in the Cascade and Rocky Mountains and they are also common as far north
as Alaska, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. The Mountain aven is also
the national flower of Iceland.
Information about Mountain Aven
Actually the Mountain avens plants
consist of low-growing, mat-forming plants with small, leathery leaves. They
root at nodes along the creeping stems, which makes these little plants
valuable members of the ecosystem for their ability to stabilize loose,
gravelly mountain slopes. The Mountain avens is distinguished by small,
eight-petalled blooms with yellow centers. Mountain aven plants are not at
risk, probably because they grow in punishing climates visited primarily by the
most intrepid hikers and mountaineers. Unlike many other wildflowers, the mountain
aven flowers are not threatened by urban development and habitat destruction.
Growing Mountain Aven
If you live in chilly Region Mountain
aven plants are suitable for home garden. If you actually live in a warm, humid
climate don’t waste your time as mountain avens are suitable for growing only
in the cool northern climes of USDA plant hardiness zones three through six. If
you live north of zone six, the mountain aven plants are relatively easy to
grow in well-drained, gritty, alkaline soil. Full sunlight is actually a must; the
mountain aven plant won’t tolerate shade. The Mountain aven plant seeds require
stratification, and the seeds need to be planted in pots in a sheltered outdoor
location or cold frame as soon as possible. The germination may take anywhere
from a month to a year, though depending on the growing conditions. Make sure
you plant the seedlings in individual pots as soon as they are large enough to
handle, and then allow the plants spend their first winter in a greenhouse
environment before planting them in their permanent home.
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