FLOWER GARDEN

Type: Annual Flower, Perennial Flower

Species: 100

Height: 40 - 80

Growing: Europe, North America

Flowers: White, Pink

Kingdom: Plantae

Unranked: Angiosperms, Eudicots, Asterids

Order: Ericales

Family: Primulaceae

Genus: Androsace

ANDROSACE. Some of the gems of the rock garden are found in the genus of Alpines known as Androsace or rock jasmine. They are distinguished for the most pail by dense habit, great profusion of bloom, and beautiful colors. Among the best varieties are the pink sarmentosa, Chumbyi with rose flowers, pink - flowered carnea, lanuginosa, and the scented blush pink villosa. They need well drained gritty soil. Pron. An-dros -er-si.

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