About
Dryas drummondii, the yellow dryad, is a low-growing, wide-spreading, evergreen sub-shrub to around 5 cm tall with creeping stems forming a mat to 1 m wide. Leathery, oval, rich-green, toothed leaves have white undersides, and short stems bear nodding, yellow, eight-petalled flowers in early summer that never fully open. Feathery, silky seedheads follow. A charming alpine for a sunny, well-drained rock garden.
About the genus
Dryas are prostrate, evergreen sub-shrubs with small, leathery, dark-green leaves and solitary, usually eight-petalled flowers followed by attractive, feathery, silky seedheads. Native to alpine and arctic habitats, they are excellent ground-cover plants for sunny, very well-drained positions.
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