About
Androsace lanuginosa is a low-growing, evergreen perennial that spreads to 45 cm across, creating a dense mat of loose rosettes featuring smooth, grey-green, oval-shaped leaves. In mid-summer, it produces clusters of lilac-pink flowers measuring 8-12 mm in diameter, borne on stalks reaching up to 10 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, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H6
Plant details
- Plant type
- Alpine Rockery
- Habit
- Matforming
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- Up to 10 cm
- Spread
- 0.1-0.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Rock garden, Cottage and informal garden, Gravel garden, Patio and container plants
- Native to
- Himalaya
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a scree bed, in vertical crevices in rock or in moist but gritty well-drained soil
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in containers in an open cold frame as soon as ripe or in autumn. Root single rosettes as cuttings in early to midsummer. Keep moist but water from below to avoid wetting the rosettes
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids under glass but generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to fungal diseases in damp conditions. Remove dead rosettes to reduce the risk of infection