Sandwort

Sandwort (Arenaria) - A numerous family of rock and mountain plants, of vast distribution over northern and alpine ranges, and in temperate countries. Few kinds are in gardens, and these are dwarf plants, easy to grow.

Sandwort Pictures

Arenaria aculeata Prickly Sandwort

Arenaria aculeata Prickly Sandwort

Arenaria kingii ssp. compacta King's Compact Sandwort

Arenaria kingii ssp. compacta King's Compact Sandwort

Minuartia nuttallii ssp. fragilis; Brittle Sandwort

Minuartia nuttallii ssp. fragilis; Brittle Sandwort

Related Flowers

Creeping Sandwort

Creeping Sandwort (Arenaria Balearica) - A pretty little plant, which covers rocks and stones with verdure, and scatters over the green mantle countless white starry flowers. Plant firmly in any common soil near the stones or rocks it is to cover, and it will soon begin to clothe them. Flowers in spring. Division. Corsica.

Mountain Sandwort

Mountain Sandwort (Arenaria Montana) - A pretty rock plant, with fine large white flowers. It is the best of the large Sandworts, and should be in every collection of rock plants, being hardy and free. France. Seed or division.

Arenaria Norwegica

Arenaria Norwegica - one of the best kinds, forming dense cushions about 6 inches in diameter, and covered with large white flowers throughout the summer. A fine alpine plant. Norway.

Purplish Sandwort

Purplish Sandwort (Arenaria Purpurascens) - An interesting kind with purplish flowers, on a dwarf tufted mass of smooth-pointed leaves. It is plentiful over the Pyrenean Mountains. Seed or division. It should be associated in the rock garden with the smallest plants.