About
This perennial plant develops dense cushions made up of compact rosettes featuring small, thick, awl-like leaves. In late spring, it produces cupped flowers that measure approximately 8 mm across, arranged in umbels atop stems reaching about 5 cm in height.
About the genus
Androsace comprises annuals, biennials, or evergreen perennials that create mat-like or dense cushion formations. The flowers, which are typically salver-shaped, can appear individually or in clusters known as umbels.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, East-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Alpine Rockery, Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Matforming
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- Up to 10 cm
- Spread
- 0-0.1 metre
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Patio and container plants, Rock garden
- Native to
- Pyrenees
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moist but well-drained, gritty soil in a trough in full sun, top dress with grit
- Pruning
- Remove dead rosettes
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in pots in an open frame as soon as ripe or in autumn. Propagate by rooting single rosettes as cuttings in early to midsummer. Keep moist; water from below to avoid wettng the rosettes
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to fungal diseases in damp conditions