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Pink Rock Jasmine

Androsace laggeri

Pink Rock Jasmine
Photo: Espirat, CC BY-SA 4.0

Androsace laggeri is a low, cushion-forming alpine subshrub from the central Pyrenees, valued for its pink spring flowers. It needs sharp drainage, cool summers and full sun to grow well.

Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately in the growing season and keep the crown dry; allow the mix to dry between waterings.
Soil
Gritty, very free-draining mix such as sand, grit and loam, often with a little lime.
Temperature
5–25 °C; tolerates hard frost, but needs cool summers and protection from wet heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. Pyrenees
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Androsace laggeri (syn. Androsace carnea), the pink rock jasmine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the central Pyrenees. As Androsace carnea subsp. laggeri it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Androsace plants

Alpine Rock Jasmine · Androsace lanuginosa · Androsace villosa · Rockjasmine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Androsace laggeri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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