It is a evergreen, perennial shrub, see how the Purple wintercreeper looks like in the garden and landscape.
Purple Wintercreeper is suitable for growing in USDA hardiness zones: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. Other winter zone scales for planting this creeper are ANBG: 1, 2, 3; RHS: H7, H6, H5, H4, H3; PHZ: 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a.
| Plant type | shrub, groundcover |
| Life cycle | perennial, evergreen |
| Sun needs | shade, part shade, full sun, part sun |
| Growth habit | trailing, cascading, spreading |
| Height at maturity | 15 sm - 25 sm |
| Spread | 90 sm |
| Spacing | 45 sm - 60 sm apart for mass plantings |
| Soil type | loamy, sandy, clay, silty |
| Soil moist/drainage | well drained |
| Soil PH | 4.5 - 7.5 (very strongly acidic - slightly alkaline) |
| Water needs | average, very low when established |
| Maintenance / care | low |
| Resistance to | deer, disease, drought, heat, insect, humidity, dry soil, deep shade |
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