Rock Jasmine
Androsace lanuginosa
SKU
00257
Beautiful, blue gray leafed alpine rock garden perennial. Produces small, snow white, lightly scented flowers, each with a red eye from summer until the first frost of fall. Creeping habit spreads nicely around rocks and at top of dry walls. Well-suited to troughs and other porous containers.
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Full sun
Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
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| Botanical Pronunciation | an-DROS-a-kee la-nu-ji-NO-suh |
|---|---|
| Average Size at Maturity | Slow growing; reaches 2 to 4 in. tall, up to 12 in wide. |
| Bloom Time | Summer into Fall |
| Design Ideas | An alpine perennial that thrives wherever soils are well drained and climate is suitable. Ideal rock garden plant. Grows well niched into dry stone walls and planting pockets of rocky outcroppings where the root zone is high and dry. Grows well in banks and slopes and will cascade over low curbs. Will adapt to low wide well drained pots and troughs. |
| Deciduous/ Evergreen | Herbaceous |
| Flower Attribute | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Flower Color | White |
| Foliage Color | Gray-green |
| Growth Habit | Spreading |
| Growth Rate | Slow |
| Landscape Use | Erosion Control, Firescaping/Firewise, Rock Garden |
| Light Needs | Full sun |
| Soil Needs | Flower & Rose Food |
| Special Feature | Tolerates Poor Soils |
| Water Needs | Moderate |
| Watering Needs | Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry. |
| Companion Plants | Grow this with Samobor Cranesbill, (Geranium phaeum 'Samobor') ,Emerald Blue Creeping Phlox, (Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue'), East Friesland Meadow Sage, (Salvia nemorosa 'East Friesland') and Little Spire Russian Sage, (Perovskia atriplicifolia'Little Spire'). |
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
This Plant's Growing Zones: 5-8
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