Androsace villosa var. jacquemontii mediterranean usually starts flowering after the

usually starts flowering after the first rain

But otherwise it grows anyway and steels the scene all summer with many polished mahogany-red stems carry heads of tiny lime-green flowers

bright green leaf unfurls like a scroll to expose the next leaf

A sweet and nice aster

Big heart shaped leaves which reduce in winter to a basal few

Androsace villosa var. jacquemontii mediterranean usually starts flowering after theA wee poppet. Rock Jasmine. A Himalayan species that was introduced into cultivations recently as 1952. It is easier than you might expect, with tiny silvery grey leaves dilute to the tufts of hairs, forming tight buns of beautiful mats in winter. These then transform in summer with fragrant inflorescences on tallish stalks, with new stolons sprouting out the top of the rosette in growth which are another interesting feature. Height 5cm including