One of the compact mossy kinds of androsace, this dwarf alpine from the Caucasus mountains forms small rosettes of deeply-toothed oval leaves and dense heads of pale pink flowers from April to July and is best in an alpine house or on a dry rockery. ... Learn More

From small, rounded basal rosettes of hairy pointed leaves, arise thin stems holding aloft bunches of rounded, yellow-eyed white flowers. A rarely-seen alpine that will do best in the alpine house or sheltered rock garden. ... Learn More

Sprays of disproportionately large, dazzling pillar-box red flowers open on long stems, which radiate from sempervivum-like rosettes of hairy leaves. Although short-lived, this plant is easy to grow and has probably the brightest flowers of any of this large group of alpine plants. ... Learn More

Almost stemless, deep coral pink flowers open over tight domes of dark green leaves in Spring. This little gem prefers an environment, either in a pot or on the mountains, of shale, granite and sandstone, but not limestone. This now very rare species is found in the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain, usually at over 2000m. ... Learn More

This tiny "Rock Jasmine" has small loose rosettes of dark green leaves, with short stems bearing clusters of white flowers. It is excellent for a trough or raised bed and does not need winter protection. It is a fairly easy-to-grow plant when established in sun to part shade in gritty, sharply drained soil. ... Learn More

A choice and hardy alpine forming low cushions of pointed leaves with short-stemmed, yellow-eyed fragrant pink flowers in spring and early summer. This dwarf plant from the Alps and Pyrenees is ideal for the alpine house or alpine trough where it will gently spread for many years. ... Learn More

This annual or biennial, endemic species of the French western Alps grows on stony, grassy places and in open woodland where it makes compact rosettes of toothed leaves with yellow-eyed pink flowers on thin wiry stems. Although short-lived, it will readily self-seed on a shady scree or bank where it cannot be overshadowed by larger plants. ... Learn More

This is one of the choicer dwarf species and is also one of the easier to grow. A tiny plant, very much like Androsace ciliata, it comes from the same regions in the Pyrenees, where it forms mossy tufts of rounded cone-like columns, each less than an inch high, covered thickly with hairs, with white flowers nestling in the centre during April and May. ... Learn More

This is a beautiful and rewarding hybrid androsace to grow producing a tight and solid dome of minute leaves, which, in early spring, support a complete covering of fragrant, yellow-eyed white starry flowers. One of the parents, Androsace hirtella itself, grows only on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, the mountain range between France and Spain, where it thrives at 1800-2500 m in the crevices of limestone cliffs, but it can be cultivated happily in non limy composts which should contain one half to two thirds of a sharp grit with a particle size of 2-5 mm. High alpine androsaces, of which this is a typical example, prefer to be grown out of doors rather than in an alpine house but care needs to be taken to avoid excessive damp during the winter. This plant received an RHS Award in 1936! ... Learn More

From tiny rosettes of crinkly leaves arise thin, branching stems which carry heads of small yellow-eyed, creamy white flowers. A rare plant from rocky areas, stony fields, screes and tundras in the alpine zone in the Mongolian Altai, Khubsugul, Khobdo and the Gobi-Altai! ... Learn More

Beautiful, dainty, five-petalled, yellow-eyed, rosy-pink flowers appear in late spring on this rare and delicate cushion plant. Although it is totally frost hardy, it will do best either in tufa, a sheltered rock garden or a pot in the alpine house, where its flowers will retain their perfection. In the wild it is found mainly on alpine grass and rocks in the high peaks of the Massif Central, and more rarely in the Vosges, the Cevennes, the eastern Pyrenees and the Cantabrian Mountains. ... Learn More

This rare, beautiful and rewarding species is studded with short-stemmed, yellow-eyed white flowers and bears densely-tufted, small linear green leaves which are borne in rosettes. In the wild it grows only on the northern slopes of the Pyrenees, where it thrives at 1800-2500m in the crevices of limestone cliffs, but in cultivation does fine in well-drained, non limy composts. An ideal show plant, this variety also does well outdoors in tufa, preferably with winter cover. ... Learn More

This strong-growing plant makes tight rosettes of shining green leaves, and in spring large white flowers with a yellow centre, in broad loose clusters of five or six. It will do best in a gravel bed or scree with good drainage, and will usually self seed freely around. In the wild it inhabits limestone rocks from 3000 to 4500 feet, from the Cevennes through the Alps into Austria. ... Learn More

From narrow-leaved rosettes arise long slender stems carrying fountains of pure white flowers. A charming annual member of the primula family which will actually self-seed when happy. ... Learn More

Dense, green rosettes are covered with white stemless flowers in spring. This good grower is one of the very choicest alpines and a frequent show-winner. It is a very rare plant in nature, being found only on a few of the highest peaks of the central Apennines. ... Learn More