Androsace laevigata
Smooth leaved rock jasmine
Also known as Douglasia laevigata
- Height × spread
- 0.05m × 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This is a tough and hardy evergreen plant that makes a spreading mat of small, plump leafed, rosettes. These are enhanced in early summer with clusters of rose-pink flowers that are held on long pinkish-orange stems above the foliage. The little flowers are pretty but the stems are somewhat lax and they may flop. It is therefore advised to grow this plant alongside gravel or hard paving so the freshness of the blooms is preserved. The flowers, coming in early summer, are held in fan shaped clusters. Each individual bloom is held in a deeper pink calyx. The five petals flare out to reveal deeper rose pink hearts. Tuck this into nooks and crevices or in scree, ensuring the best possible drainage. Although they need excellent drainage they are not drought tolerant. Give them a sunny spot. These reach around 5cm (2in) height with 30cm (12in) spread.
- Flower colour
- Pink
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Prostrate
- Height
- 0.05m
- Spread
- 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Rock garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Gravelly soil, Loam (normal), Poor soil, Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Spring-Autumn · Planting
Remove dead leaves
When leaves die they can carefully be detached or cut off at their base to improve the overall appearance of the plant. Be careful not to damage the main stems during this process.
Summer
Summer · Planting
Remove offsets to create new plants
Offsets are small plants or shoots that develop around the parent plant. They should have developed a root system of their own before they are detached. They can be planted directly, or grown in pots if so small they could be 'lost' in the garden.
Offsets may be used to replace an aged parent plant, to extend or establish a colony, or can be given away or sold.