Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Draba rigida var. imbricata

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 2″.  Caucasus.  A real treasure forming the tightest of neat, mounded cushions from tiny, pointed, dark green leaves.  Bright, golden yellow blooms appear atop short, slender stems in April.  Thrives in our Alpine House but will also withstand a Zone 5 winter.  Worth trying in a trough or raised bed.  Well-drained soil.  Sun.  3 & T1

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula raddeana

Family: (Campanulaceae)

(P) to 8”.  Caucasus.  Compact and clump-forming with leathery, glossy, ovate to heart-shaped, toothed, dark green leaves.  Wiry, branching, red or purple-flushed stems bear clusters of large, nodding, open bell-shaped, deep violet flowers in summer.  Reminiscent of fairy-caps.  Sun.  4 & T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Aethionema schistosum

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 6″.  Turkish Stone Cress.  Turkey and Lebanon.  Erect, woody stems with narrow, blue-green foliage produce rounded heads of rosy lilac, four-petalled flowers in early summer.  Interesting multi-coloured, flat seed capsules follow and persist.  A welcome self-sower.  Sun.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula rigidipila

Family: (Campanulaceae)

(P) to 12″.  This rare plant is the world’s most southerly occurring Campanula from Ethiopia and the Kenyan highlands.  From a clump of thick, triangular, hairy, grey-green leaves, arise strong, erect stems carrying pale buds that open to lovely, clear blue bells with flared tips edged with white hairs.  Summer-blooming.  Sun.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Schivereckia podolica

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 6”.  Eastern Europe.  A delightful, textured, ground-hugging mound for the rock garden.  Tight rosettes of grey-green, lanceolate foliage producing corymbs of brilliant white, four-petalled flowers.  Sun.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Euphorbia myrsinites

Family: (Euphorbiaceae)

(P) to 6″.  Southern Europe.  Trailing, robust 12-inch stems with spiraling, blue-green, glaucous foliage.  Stems terminate in large heads of many greenish yellow bracts enclosing tiny, yellow flowers.  A perfect plant for a dry wall or sunny rock garden.  Blooms early summer.  Well-drained soil.  Self-seeds for us.  Sun.  3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Hornungia alpina (syn. Hutchinsia alpina)

Family: Brassicaceae

(P) to 3″.  Chamois Cress.  South and central Europe.  This charming little creeper forms neat spreading mats of bright green, pinnate, fern-like foliage, topped with dense clusters of tiny, four-petalled, white flowers from spring to autumn. Even out of flower, this Cress makes a sweet impression. Sun and well-drained soil. 3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Dianthus turkestanicus

Family: (Caryophyllaceae)

(P) to 12″.  China and Kazakhstan.  This gem forms mats of blue-green, fine foliage.  Fringed, pale pink, scented flowers cover the plant in mid-May.  Sun and well-drained soil.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Saponaria caespitosa

Family: (Caryophyllaceae)

 (P) to 6”.  Pyrenees.  Densely tufted, dark green foliage forms a mat, bursting forth with a blanket of pink, five-petalled flowers in late summer.  Great for the rock garden.  Tough.  Sun.  4 & T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Antennaria dioica var. rosea

Family: (Asteraceae)

(P) to 4″.  Pink Pussy-Toes.  Europe, North America.  A rock garden stalwart with a tight clusters of beautiful rose-pink flowers from a basal rosette of fuzzy-grey, evergreen leaves with white tomentose below.  Midsummer.  Sun.  3 & T2