A. alpina x A. obtusifolia. A brilliant form of this naturally occurring hybrid that was given to me by Gothenburg Botanic Gardens on my most recent visit. This form is much better than previous ones that we have grown, being tighter in cushion and with deeper flowers. It flowered this year (2004) on 4 occasions.    

CARNEA ssp. BRIGANTIACA

Good small form for the rock garden or trough. Very narrow dark green foliage produces congested rosettes less than 2 in. tall and round. Several pale pink open faced flowers on 3 in. stems. Gently seeds around when happy.

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Quite a mouthful and relatively newly introduced. Related to the Villosa group (and some think it only a subspecies of it) it produces loose mats of  very hairy rosettes and on short stems a head of about 6 small white yellow eyed flowers.

Shiny green rosettes of pointed leaves form a neat cushion. Single white short stemmed flowers with yellow eye are produced over a long period. Good trough plant where it will usually self seed. 2 inches.

MUCRONIFOLIA x  SEMPERVIVOIDES

Recently  introduced this is making a good garden plant as are both its well known parents, also an excellent subject for a pan. Neat low mat of deep green tight rosettes. 5 or 6 pale pink, yellow eyed (deepening to red with age) flowers on each half inch stem cover the cushion from late March through April. 2 in. 

SEMPERVIVOIDES  AGM

An easy going rock garden plant that produces neat deep green rosettes over an inch across, gradually spreading by stolons. Umbels of rosy pink flowers are produced from each rosette on short stems. 3 in..

SEMPERVIVOIDES 'SUSAN JOAN'

Mid green fairly substantial rosettes form a very neat compact cushion. Each rosette produces a tight head of 8-10 relatively large lilac pink flowers with red centre on a 1 in. stem.

STUDIOSORUM 'DOKSA'  

The Taylors recently discovered this white form (in fact it is very pale pink) of a well established androsace in the Indian Himalayas. A superb pan plant already awarded two Farrer medals at Sudbury in 98 and Northumberland in 99 it should make a good addition to the rock garden. Illustrated AGS Bull. Vol.67 p. 441.

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