valleylynn said:Lori wonderful to see so many different Androsace. The Androsace bulleyana is spectacular. What makes it difficult to grow compared to the others?
Thanks!
Well, it's often pretty hard to define what particular condition is key to allowing a difficult plant to survive! Even among alpines, it's rarely grown, to start with. The expert gardener to whom I refer wrote a couple of articles for the NARGS member publication (Rock Garden Quarterly) in which it is said that there was no success with it in many attempts, despite fabulous rock garden conditions and extensive experience with alpines. Success, finally, in a new, even more fabulous rock garden was attributed to ensuring that seedlings had very well-developed root systems prior to planting out. It is said in the article that it likes a warm spot, though generally siting was not so important. About "siting not being so important", bear in mind that this is in an extremely well thought-out, world-class rock garden (see photo for a tiny hint of this!), so it probably implies a certain minimum level of drainage/soil conditions.
