Vitaliana primuliflora ssp. praetutiana

Something special - tight mounds of small, silvery-grey leaves covered in golden flowers in spring. We find this an easily grown form of this wonderful plant; it likes a gritty soil and sunshine like most alpines do and it flowers freely - very freely. Even small plants will be smothered in flowers. Superb in a stone trough or in a crevice between rocks. Put it somewhere special!

Although the name gives it away, one would never guess it's a member of the primrose family. Previously named Androsace then Douglasia vitaliana.