Moon wort

Moon-wort (Soldanella) - Diminutive alpine flowers, at one time considered difficult to grow, but not really so if grown in peaty or sandy and moist soil, with coarse vigorous plants kept at a distance. S. alpina is one of the most interesting of the plants growing near the snow-line on the great mountain-chains of Europe. The plants thrive best in moist districts, and in dry ones evaporation may be prevented by covering the ground near them with cocoa-fibre mixed with sand. The most suitable position is a level spot in the rock garden near the eye. The plant is increased by division, though being often starved and delicate from confinement in small worm-defiled pots, exposed to daily vicissitudes, it is rarely strong enough to be pulled to pieces. S. montana is allied to S. alpina, but with larger leaves and purer blue flowers. It comes from the same regions and needs the same treatment. It is readily increased by division, but like the last, is often too weak for this. S. pusilla has kidney-shaped leaves, and a corolla less deeply fringed. The very small S. minima, with its minute round leaves and its single flower, fringed for a portion of its length only, is rare. These plants thrive under the same conditions as the others, but, being much smaller, require more care in planting, viz., in a mixture of peat and good loam with plenty of sharp sand, and associated with minute alpine plants. They require plenty of water in summer.

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