Primulaceae
Cliff dwarf-primrose
Androsace laevigata
Also known as Dwarf primrose, Douglasia laevigata var. ciliolata, Gregoria laevigata, Douglasia laevigata
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Alpine Plant · Rock Garden · Trough Garden · Dwarf Cushion · Pacific Northwest Native · Primulaceae · Cliff Plant · Rare Native · Washington Native · British Columbia
Cliff dwarf-primrose is a rare, delicate alpine cushion plant native to rocky cliff faces and talus slopes of the Pacific Northwest. It demands excellent drainage, cool temperatures, and gritty, low-nutrient soil — conditions best replicated in a trough or alpine rock garden. This is a specialist plant best suited to experienced alpine gardeners who can provide the exacting growing conditions it needs.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly but consistently; keep soil evenly moist without waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 6–7.8
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-8b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- British Columbia, Oregon, Washington
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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