code: 766
This tiny alpine plant comes from Chile and Argentina
Plant Classification: Hardy shrub Hardy perennial
Minimum Height: 2 cm
Maximum Height: 8 cm
Packet Content(approx.): 12
This neat mat-forming perennial is covered in a dense mixture of short down, tiny glochids, and longer coarse and brittle spiny hairs. The rather lovely white-centred yellow flowers have widely spreading concave petals resembling the blades of a propeller, and lie almost stemlessly on the attractive, grey-green ferny foliage. This tiny alpine plant comes from Chile and Argentina in the southern volcano and lake district, on steep screes, loose gravelly summit flats, and amongst boulders on bare rocky slopes at 1600-2500m, which will give an indication of how best to succeed with it in cultivation.
Sowing advice:
Seeds can be sown at any time but are best sown in winter or early spring to benefit from a cold spell in the wet compost to break their dormancy. We advise covering seeds very thinly with sand or fine grit to about the depth of the seed size. If the seeds do not come up within 6 to 12 weeks the damp seed tray can be given cold treatment in a fridge for about four weeks. They may still take very many months to appear, so please never discard the pot or tray.
