Petrosedum forsterianum
A hardy, mat-forming stonecrop of western European rocks and dry slopes, with blue-green needle leaves packed into rosettes at the shoot tips and yellow summer flowers. It is a cool-climate plant that does best outdoors in full sun with sharp drainage, and it takes hard frost and wet winters if the soil drains well.
Where it grows wild
Grows on cliffs, rock outcrops, screes, old walls and dry, sandy or stony slopes, often on acidic rock, and sometimes at open woodland edges.
Recorded from about 50 to 1,800 m; British and lowland French plants are close to sea level, while Iberian and Massif Central populations reach the mountains.
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