Hardy Plants
Androsace carnea
Type: Hardy perennial
Family: Primulaceae
Color: Pink, rarely white with yellow eye
Exposure: Full sun
Bloom Month: April – June
Height: under 4”
Shape: Cushion
Soil: Scree, trough; gritty; light soils without lime
Moisture: well drained; water freely in dry weather and shelter from the sun in summer
Origin: Himalayas, the mountains of central Asia, the Caucasus, and the southern and central Alps and the Pyrenees
Hardiness Zone: 4-7
Propagation: Seed or single rosettes as cuttings in early to mid-summer
Note: Over forty species are known
