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Chamaerhodos altaica

Chamaerhodos altaica
Photo: alex_and_stacy, CC BY 2.0

Chamaerhodos altaica is a small, low-growing subshrub of the rose family from cold mountain and northern regions of Central Asia and northern China. It is a rarely cultivated alpine plant, grown mainly in rock gardens where it can be given cool, open, well-drained conditions.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during establishment, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Sharply drained, gritty or sandy soil, or rocky scree-type mix.
Temperature
Hardy to well below freezing; it prefers cool summers, and heat and humidity are poorly tolerated.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Kazakhstan to Siberia and N. China
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Chamaerhodos altaica is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae that is native to China.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chamaerhodos altaica 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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