About
Androsace pyrenaica is a low-growing, evergreen perennial that reaches a height of up to 5 cm, forming dense rosettes of small, hairy, grey-green foliage. In spring, it produces white flowers featuring yellow centers.
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
- Loam, Sand, Chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Alpine Rockery
- Habit
- Clump forming
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- Up to 10 cm
- Spread
- 0-0.1 metre
- Time to full height
- 5-10 years
- Suggested uses
- Gravel garden, Patio and container plants, Rock garden
- Native to
- E & C Pyrenees
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a scree bed, vertical crevices in rock work, or moist but gritty, well-drained soil in a trough in full sun
- Pruning
- No pruning required
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed, or root single rosettes as cuttings in early summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to fungal diseases in damp conditons