NARGS Plant of the Month

Soldanella hungarica

Description and General Information:

Hungarian snowbells are native from beech forests to subalpine meadows in the southern and eastern Carpathian Mountains. Plants produce a rosette of evergreen, leathery, round to kidney-shaped leaves, about 2.5 cm in diameter. In early spring, leafless stems arise 10-15 cm tall, topped with a cluster of nodding, open bell-shaped bluish-violet flowers which have distinctive heavily fringed edges.

Cultivation:

This species requires evenly moist humus-rich soil. Grow it in a...