Hardy Plants
Androsace sempervivoides
Type: Hardy perennial
Family: Primulaceae
Color: pink
Exposure: Full sun to part shade
Bloom Month: April – June
Height: up to 4”
Shape: low rosette; loose mat
Soil: well drained with some organic content; not fussy about pH; does well in a trough
Moisture: dislikes winter wet
Origin: NW Himalayas, on grassy slope and stable gravels above 3000 m.
Hardiness Zone: 3
Propagation: By seed or stolon division.
Note – After flowering, the rosette dies but not before it sends out several red stolons, each which ends in a new rosette.