Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Thalictrum chelidonii

Family: Ranunculaceae

(P) to 6′.  Himalayan Meadow Rue.  A tall and elegant Thalictrum with cupped, pale purplish pink flowers bearing prominent stamens with yellow anthers.  Lovely, purple burnished foliage with variable ovate leaflets.  Great in dappled sun to part shade.  Best in rich, humusy soil.  3 & T1 & Δ

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Solidago ptarmicoides

Family: Asteraceae

(P) to 2′.  Upland White Goldenrod.  North America.  This unique Goldenrod is such a charmer, with delicate white Aster-like blooms and narrow linear grasslike, dark green foliage.  Sporting blooms that persist in late summer to fall, this is a great pick for a meadow or full-sun garden. Goldfinches love to eat the seed!  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Globularia nudicaulis

Family: Plantaginaceae

(P) to 5″.  Naked-stemmed Globe Daisy. Northern Spain to Pyrenees.  A “must have” carpet-forming alpine for the rock garden.  Rosette-forming in habit with oblong to spoon-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves.  Round, one-inch wide, light blue flower heads with delicate grayish hues are borne on three-inch long dark green stems.  Spring-blooming with persistent seedheads that follow.  Full sun and well-drained soil.  3 & T2 & Δ

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Veratrum nigrum

Family: Melanthiaceae

(P) to 5’. Black False Hellebore. Central Asia to southern Europe.  A stately, back of the border plant with large, parallel-veined, pleated leaves arranged spirally around erect stems.  Narrow branched panicles of small, six-tepaled, star-shaped flowers are dark purple to black.  Best in part shade. All parts of this plant are poisonous.  July to August.  3 & T1& Δ

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Sedum fosterianum subsp. elegans

Family: Crassulaceae

(P) to 8″. Stonecrop. NW and SW Europe. Lovely hardy sedum with blue-green, needle-like foliage. Prolific midsummer bloomer with attractive corymbs of star-shaped, yellow flowers and persisting attractive flat seedheads. Perfect for the sunny rock garden.  4 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Fagopyrum esculentum Pink

Family: Polygonaceae

(A) to 3′.  Pink Common Buckwheat.  Asia.  Cultivated for its grain-like seeds and as a cover crop, this lovely pink version is an eye-catcher in the meadow at Stonecrop.  It is somewhat erect but has a tendency to sprawl in the absence of support. The stems become ribbed and reddish green with maturity. The alternate, cordate leaves are up to four-inches long and 3-inches across with a slightly undulated edge. One or two racemes of flowers develop from the axils of the upper leaves; some of these racemes may be terminal. The racemes are one to three inches long, and densely crowded with whorls of flowers. Each flower is up to ½-inch across, consisting of five petal-like, rosy-pink sepals that become green toward the throat of the flower. Long bloom period and a pleasant floral scent. Each flower is replaced by a winged achene with three sides. Primarily bees and ants visit the flowers for their abundant nectar. When honeybees visit the flowers of Common Buckwheat in fields, they produce a distinctive honey.  Self-sows.  Prefers moist, rich soil.  Direct sow or 3 & 7 for 3 weeks then T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Rudbeckia hirta

Family: Asteraceae

(B) to 4′.  Black-eyed Susan.  Cheery, golden-yellow daisies with dark, purple-brown, cone-shaped centres.  A short lived perennial and reliable bloomer that has become popular as a bedding annual, but will opportunistically self-sow where happy.  Blooms mid to late summer.  Well-drained soil.  Sun.  3 & 7

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Rubus odoratus

Family: Rosaceae

Hardy shrub to 6′.  Thimble Berry.  North America.  A showy, native raspberry with arching, thornless canes and a suckering habit.  Large, mauve-pink, rose-like flowers in summer followed by squat, pink-red berries, which give the plant its common name.  The light, grey-green leaves are large, broad-lobed and softly hairy.  Ideal shrub for the wild or woodland garden.  Moist soil.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & T2 & Δ

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Baccharis halimifolia

Family: Asteraceae

Hardy shrub to 12′.  Cottonseed Tree.  Americas.  Multi-branched, deciduous shrub with soft grey-green, toothed, resinous leaves.  Clustered white flowers give way to white fruits that appear as silky froths of hairs.  Blooms in September.  Salt tolerant.  Sun.  3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Tiarella cordifolia

Family: Saxifragaceae

(P) to 12″.  Foam Flower.  North America.  A creeping groundcover with attractive, rich green, maple-shaped leaves heavily puckered and creased along the main veins.  Racemes of small, starry, fluffy white flowers rise above the foliage.  Partial shade/shade.  4 & T1