Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Delphinium tricorne

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 3′.  A petite Delphinium with open racemes and flowers in shades of blue and violet and sometimes with white striations.  Spurs are long and turn up on the ends in an animated fashion.  Attractive foliage; each leaf being palmately cleft into 5 deeply cut lobes with each lobe being further divided into 2 to 3 secondary lobes. This Delphinium loves the woodland.  Shade.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Borago officinalis ‘Alba’

Family: (Boraginaceae)

(A) to 2′.  White Flowered Borage.  Mediterranean.  Large, oval, rough and hairy leaves.  Cymes of drooping, pure white, five-petalled flowers have a prominent cone of stamens and appear truly starry.  Sun.  3 & T1

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Myosotis scorpioides (syn. Myosotis palustris)

Family: (Boraginaceae)

(P) to 18″.  Water Forget-me-not.  Native to moist meadows and stream banks from Europe to Siberia.  A rhizomatous marginal aquatic plant with sky blue, five-petalled flowers with yellow centres, blooming on branched cymes resembling a coiled scorpion’s tail (particularly when in bud and early bloom) that uncoil as the flowers open.  The bright green leaves are shiny, oblong to lance-shaped, and slightly hairy.  A surprisingly long bloom period from spring through summer, especially in cooler weather.  Prefers wet areas where it will naturalize to form an attractive groundcover.  Full sun to part shade.  4 & T2, cover and keep dark

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Teucrium scorodonia

Family: (Lamiaceae)

(P) 18″.  Wood Germander.  A tough, shrubby perennial native to dry, open, pine woods, scrub, heaths and sandy acidic soils throughout Western Europe.  Aromatic, notched and puckered, sage-like, wrinkled green leaves adorn dense clumps of stiff, branching, woody stems.  Masses of tiny, greenish yellow lipped blooms cover, short, loose spikes in mid to late summer.  Dry, lime free soil.  Sun. 3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salvia subrotunda

Family: (Lamiaceae)

(A/TP) to 4¢. Giant Brazilian Sage. South America. An absolute winner ‘for attracting hummingbirds and other pollinators to your garden. The scarlet, trumpet-shaped flowers are subtended by green bracts and arranged in verticillasters on tall, leafless spikes. Flowers appear to float above the sea of heart-shaped, bright green foliage. Easy to grow in rich garden soil with adequate moisture and sun to part shade conditions. 4 & T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Romanzoffia californica

Family: (Boraginaceae)

(P) to 8″.  California Mistmaiden.  A native of California and southern Oregon, where it thrives on rocky ocean bluffs, moist forests and wet cliffs.  Tight, attractive clumps of high-gloss green succulent leaves are perfectly scalloped.  Early spring brings attractive, small, white, five-petalled flowers with pale yellow throats held in curving cymes above the foliage.  During the heat of summer, it dies back to a tuberous base and goes completely dormant.  Sun.  3 & 7 for 3 weeks, then T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Platycodon grandiflorus 'Perlmutterschale'

Family: (Campanulaceae)

(P) to 3′.  Mother of Pearl Balloon Flower. A lovely, delicate pale pink version of the above with spidery, dark pink veins.  Blooms from mid-summer and into the autumn when flowers are dead-headed.  Sun.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Erigeron karvinskianus

Family: (Asteraceae)

(TP) to 18″. Santa Barbara Daisy. South America, Mexico. A delightful daisy that quickly forms a spreading mat in a cool greenhouse or makes a nice groundcover under a standard in pots. Flowering is strongest in the late spring and early summer. Golden yellow disc florets are surrounded by a fringe of up to 80 white to pinkish ray florets, becoming pinker in colour as the flowers mature. Flowers are about a third of an inch in diameter. The clusters of hairy, grey-green, Chrysanthemum-shaped leaves are arranged alternately along the stem and emit a pleasant scent when crushed. Sun and well-drained soil.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Dodecatheon meadia

Family: (Primulaceae)

(P) to 18″. American Shooting Star. North America. Umbels of 8-20, Cyclamen-like, lavender-pink flowers nod atop reddish flowering stalks. Each flower has five lilac, totally reflexed petals with white to yellow bases, which converge to form a tube revealing the pointed cluster of stamens. Basal foliage occurs in a tidy clump of oblong to ovate, pale green leaves to 10 inches long. Very beautiful in May. Summer dormant. Partial shade. 3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Datisca cannabina

Family: (Datiscaceae)

(P) to 7′. False Hemp. An imposing herbaceous plant from India with graceful arching stems and finely divided foliage. A midsummer bloomer with ornamental tassel-like yellow flowers in racemes. This herb yields a yellow dye often used for silks. We have enjoyed it in a pot and now love it in the garden. Sun. 3 & T2