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Androsace- (Rock Jasmine)
Androsace sarmentosa |
There are 150 species of this splendid alpine and you can find a
score or more in the specialists catalogues. You must choose with care- most
of them are too delicate and susceptible to rain to grow outdoors. But the
four species listed below will succeed in the open garden. Some produce neat
rosettes of foliage, others are tightly-packed mounds of narrow leaves and
the remainder has a trailing growth habit. All bear tiny, Primrose-like flowers.
VARIETIES:
A. sarmentosa
is
a popular species- it grows only 4 in. high but the spread of the neat foliage
rosettes is up to 2 ft. Pink flowers appear in April - June.
A.
carnea is a cushion-forming type- 4 in. hign with pink flowers
in spring. The easiest one is A. carnea
rosea (other name halleri).
A.
lanuginosais a trailer for growing over
rocks- pink flowers are produced in July and August.
A.
sempervivoides bears yellow-eyed flowers
of delicate pink in spring.
SITE
& SOIL: A well-drained gritty soil is essential. Thrives in
sun or light shade.
PROPAGATION:
Use rosettes or basal shoots as cuttings - plant in a cold frame
in early summer.
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