Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Leontopodium ochroleucum var. campestre

Family: (Asteraceae)

(P) to 12″. Central Asia to Tibet. The classic “Edelweiss” flower head has tight terminal clusters of small, white, star-shaped flowers surrounded by white, petal-like, woolly bracts. This species has a small, tufted, basal clump of linear leaves and upright flower stems with large, inch-wide, star-like, yellow centres. Grows well for us outside, on top of our tufa beds. Well-drained soil. Sun. 4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Gypsophila tenuifolia

Family: (Caryophyllaceae)

(P) to 8″. Caucasus. Charming alpine Baby’s Breath with many delicate, open sprays of small, white to pink, five-petalled blooms in summer. Tight mats of slender, deep green foliage. Needs a well-drained, limey soil. Ideal specimen for the rock garden. Sun. 4 & T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Erysimum hungaricum

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 2′.  Hungarian Wallflower.  Carpathian Mountains.  A central European native producing a gorgeous show of sweet-smelling, lemon yellow, four-petalled blooms.  Summer bloomer.  Self-sows.  Well-drained soil.  Sun. 3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Erinus alpinus 'Pikos de Europa'

Family: (Plantaginaceae)

(P) to 4″. Spanish Alpine Foxglove. A pretty, carpeting rock garden plant for walls and crevices with small, terminal corymbs of light pink, lipped flowers. Tiny, dense rosettes of oblanceolate to crenate-serrate, sticky leaves. Irresistible self-sower. Sun. 4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Erinus alpinus var. albus

Family: (Plantaginaceae)

(P) to 4″. White Fairy Foxglove.  C & S Europe.  An adorable alpine. Evergreen mats are covered in spring with crisp, white, notched, hooded flowers in terminal racemes. A low maintenance rock garden classic. Sun 4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Draba rigida

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 4″. Armenia. Cushion-forming, rock garden plant with tiny, green foliage rosettes. Tiny, four-petalled, yellow flowers appear at the end of delicate, two to three-inch flower stalks. Performs well in a glass house, but also lives happily outside in our Zone 5 Tufa Bed. A cheerful April/May bloomer. Sun. 3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula alliariifolia

Family: (Campanulaceae)

(P) to 2′. Ivory Bellflower. “A clump-forming plant with attractive, heart-shaped green leaves forming a base to the erect wiry stems from which shapely cream bells nod along their entire length.” (GST**). We love this plant in our Gravel Garden. Sun. 4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Arabis ferdinandi-coburgii

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 4″. Rockcress. Southeastern Europe. An easy growing, mat-forming perennial spreading up to 12 inches wide. Flowering white in clusters in early spring on five-inch stalks. A plant for sun or part shade in well-drained soil. 4 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 12″. Japan. Short-spurred, pale lilac-blue flowers, often with paler or white markings. Rather compact growth and rounded, glaucous foliage. Sun. 4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Anthyllis vulneraria var. coccinea

Family: (Fabaceae)

(P) to 6″. Kidney Vetch. Basal rosettes of deep green, paddle-shaped leaves with very light margins. Flowers are clustered, each containing a pale yellow tube with red lips. Flower stalks to eight inches tall and pale purple in colour. Blooms in May and June. Self-sows. Sun. 2B & 3 & 7 for 4 weeks, then T1