Sometimes when you see an introduction which has obviously come from a garden, you wonder whether it was self seeded or whether the owner just chucked it out into the countryside. There isn't any doubt about the self sowing of this plant since most of the specimens are hanging from crevices on inaccessible rock faces - a natural home for this rockery plant. It flowers remarkably early too. One plant was in full flower in spite of the thick snow only ten days previously.
Rock face in Chee Dale, Derbyshire 18th march 2005
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Added on 19th March 2005