Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum) is perhaps the most iconic alpine flower, symbolizing rugged beauty and resilience. Native ...

It's a star-shaped flower with silvery-white bracts ... you'll need to mimic its natural mountain environment. As edelweiss grows in sunny alpine meadows, choose a sunny spot in your rock garden.

NATIVE TO ROCKY PEAKS seasonally covered in snow, alpine plants shrug off blazing sun, extreme cold, strong wind and poor soil — hardly the cushy conditions found in a home garden.