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Soldanella villosa
Pyrenean Snowbell is a small alpine perennial from the western Pyrenees, grown for its fringed lilac flowers that emerge through snow. It does best in cool, moist, well-drained conditions, such as a rock garden or alpine trough.
Soldanella villosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, native to the western Pyrenees. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Soldanella villosa 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.
