Androsace sarmentosa

Also Known As

Androsace chumbyi
Rock Jasmine

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 3"-6"
W: 12"-18"

planting zones

5a-10a

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Androsace sarmentosa plant details

Androsace sarmentosa is a broadleaf evergreen perennial with green foliage. In summer pink and yellow flowers emerge. Features fuzzy texture. Attracts bees and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, gritty, rocky and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Androsace sarmentosa

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: primulaceae
Foliage: evergreen green
Mature size: 12 IN - 18 IN - wide, 3 IN - 6 IN - tall
Flowers: pink and yellow blooms in summer
Uses: container plant, cutting garden, edging plant, rock garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Androsace sarmentosa

USDA Zones: 5a - 10a
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: regular - low

Soil needs: average, gritty, rocky and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Mat-forming gray-green basal rosettes spreading by red stolons give rise to a cloud of plentiful small pink flowers atop long stems in August - a good rock garden candidate desirous of well-drained gritty soil.

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

Just to keep things interesting Punnett brought in cuttings from his favorite clone of sarmentosa, its every bit as tight as Chumbyi, and may in fact be the same form. One of the best of the easy Androsaces, this forms mats of fuzzy 2cm rosettes. In the form Chumbyi (which these are indistinguishable from) they are on very short stolons producing a huddled domed fur-ball cushion. In the spring, umbels of yellow-eyed pink flowers are produced on stems above the cushion.. ZONE 5