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Chamaebuxus vayredae

Chamaebuxus vayredae
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Chamaebuxus vayredae is a small evergreen subshrub from the Pyrenees in northeastern Spain, in the milkwort family, grown mainly by enthusiasts and rock garden specialists. Give it a cool, well-drained, gritty spot in a rock garden or alpine trough.

Family
Polygalaceae (Polygal family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings, avoiding waterlogging.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mix with added grit or stone; neutral to slightly alkaline.
Temperature
Hardy to around -15 °C; cool summers preferred, protect from prolonged heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Pyenees
Climate
temperate

About

Chamaebuxus vayredae is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). It is endemic to the Pyrenees in Spain.

Other Polygaloides plants

Chamaebuxus · Chamaebuxus alpestris

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaebuxus vayredae 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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