Although its name is usually pronounced 'aubretia', it is correctly known as Aubrieta x cultorum, named after a French botanist called Aubriet. It is native to Europe and to central Asia where it ...

But aubrieta will grow just as well in a container ... and also hybridised where several species grew together. The name A. x cultorum covered these hybrids, though many aubrietas are not ...

Most varieties are described as being forms of Aubrieta x cultorum (a name that indicates a complex mixture of bloodlines). You can forget that; simply ask for varieties such as Bressingham Pink, J. S ...