Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Symphoricarpos albus

Family: (Caprifoliaceae)

Deciduous shrub to 6′.  Snowberry.  This North America native is thicket-forming, with wiry branches and oblong-elliptic to rounded, opposite, green leaves.  Tiny, bell-shaped, pink flowers bloom in clusters in the leaf axils.  The flowers are followed by bunches of globose berries that begin pale green in colour but ripen to snow-white by late summer to early autumn.  The attractive fruits last into winter, creating a dramatic effect of white berries perched on leafless branches.  Grows naturally on dry, rocky, woodland slopes, banks, and barrens.  Sun.  3 & 6A & Δ

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Trachelium caeruleum

Family: (Campanulaceae)

(A or TP) to 3′.  Blue Throatwort.  Mediterranean.  Large, umbellate clusters on upright stems bear many small, five-petalled flowers dotted with a white exserted style that looks like a tiny white pin.  The flowers are a vibrant violet and lightly scented.  Attractive dark foliage is toothed with purple veins. A long bloomer that makes a great cut flower.  Sun with afternoon shade.  Well-drained soil.  4 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Azorina vidalii

Family: (Campanulaceae)

(TP) to 18″.  Azores Bellflower.  Azores.  Particularly interesting for the cool greenhouse. Thick fleshy deep green leaves give rise to a candelabra of two-inch waxy, dusky pink bells. Sun. 4 & T3

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Anthericum ramosum

Family: (Asparagaceae)

(P) to 3′.  Branched St. Bernard’s Lily.  Western and Central Europe.  White, trumpet-shaped, star-like flowers with showy yellow anthers appear in spike-like clusters atop 3 foot tall stems rising well above a clump of narrow, grass-like, grey-green leaves. Flowers resemble miniature lilies and bloom in mid to late spring.  Sun.  3, 7 for 4 weeks, T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Linaria triornithophora

Family: (Plantaginaceae)

(P) to 3′.  Three-Birds-Flying.  From Spain and Portugal.  Fascinating long single-spurred lilac-purple flowers are speckled and etched with purplish black and a dab of yellow.  Broad, grey-green, ribbed foliage clasps the stem.  Sun.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Cardamine heptaphylla

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 15″.  Seven-leaved Toothwort.  Central and Western Europe.  This woodland charmer is characterized by the smooth, erect, unbranched stem with few but large ovate-lanceolate and irregularly toothed leaves.  The stem is topped with an inflorescence composed by a cluster of four cup-shaped, broad flowers carried by a long pedicel.  Flowers may be white, pink, or purplish with petals that are somewhat wrinkled.  Blooms from April to July.  Partial shade.  Prefer moist, humus-rich soil. 3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula portenschlagiana

Family: (Campanulaceae)

Perennial to 4″.  Dalmatian Bellflower.  Native to the Dalmatian mountains in Croatia.  Small rounded dark green leaves form a closeknit, nearly evergreen mat beneath the long blooming summer display of five-petalled, bell-shaped, violet-blue flowers perched on wiry short branching stems.  It gradually spreads via rhizomes.  A real charmer that can tumbles down slopes or containers and soften any rock’s hard edges.  Sun/partial shade in moist, well-drained soil. 4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Aristea ecklonii

Family: (Iridaceae)

Tender bulb to 2′.  South Africa.  Beautiful star-shaped flowers of a deep, pure blue on tall branching stems that appear from June onward.  Evergreen, sword-shaped foliage.  Choice and unusual, a star attraction that summers on our Deck.  Moist, rich soil.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Schivereckia doefleri (syn. Draba doerfleri)

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 6”.  Eastern Europe. A tough and attractive dwarf cushion with grey-green loose rosettes of oblanceolate, slightly toothed leaves. Four-petalled white flowers in terminal racemes of up to fifteen in late spring.  Long-lasting, buff-coloured seedheads follow.  Sun.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Geranium pratense White

Family: (Geraniaceae)

(P) to 2′.  White Meadow Cranesbill.  Europe.  A delightful white-flowered form of the Meadow Cranesbill.  Strong, upright, many branching stems with pure white flowers up to one-inch in diameter from early to midsummer.  The large, deeply divided, lobed foliage forms a handsome, bushy clump and develops good autumn tints.  It will self-sow and while mainly white, you may find a few pinks and blues among the seedlings. Well-drained soil.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & T1