About
Androsace sarmentosa subsp. primuloides 'Doksa' is a low-growing alpine perennial that reaches a height of approximately 8 cm. It forms rosettes of grey-green foliage and propagates through stolons. In spring, it produces clusters of sizable pale pink 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
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, East-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse, 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
- City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Gravel garden, Rock garden, Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in moist but gritty well-drained soil in sun, in a rock garden, scree bed, or trough, in vertical crevices in rock-work or walls, or in an alpine house, where it can be protected from winter wet, in a mixture of sharp sand and leaf mould
- Pruning
- No pruning required, but removing dead rosettes will reduce the risk of fungal infections
- Propagation
- Propagate by rooting single rosettes as softwood cuttings, and keep moist by watering from below
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, root mealybugs, root aphid, and glasshouse red spider mite; birds may tear at rosettes
- Disease resistance
- May be susceptible to fungal diseases in damp conditions