Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Chrysanthemum weyrichii

Family: Asteraceae

(P) to 12″.  Japan and Kamchatka.  A welcomed fall bloomer with its large light pink, yellow-eyed daisies on branched stems.  An added bonus are the fleshy, deep green mats of palmately divided, five lobed foliage.  A loose, cushion-forming ground-cover for the rock garden.  Late summer to fall blooming.  Full sun and well-drained soil.  3 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Lysimachia japonica var. minutissima

Family: Primulaceae

(P) to 1″.  Minute Loosestrife.  East Asia.  Lovely little mat-forming ground-cover with tiny star-shaped, bright yellow flowers, nestled in the miniature ovate foliage.  Spreads attractively amongst rocks and paving stones.  Moist, well-drained soil.  Sun/partial shade.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula zangezura (syn. Symphyandra zangezura)

Family: Campanulaceae

(P) to 10″.  Armenia.  A delightful, short-lived perennial for the rock garden.  Slender, wiry stems with pendulous, violet-blue bells in sparse terminal racemes.  Dark green serrated foliage.  Sun/partial shade.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Hutchinsia alpina (syn. Hornungia 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): Arenaria sajanensis (syn. Minuartia obtusiloba)

Family: (Caryophyllaceae)

(P) foliage to 3″, flowers to 6″.  Alaska to Oregon.  Bright green, mossy mat of fine, needle-like foliage.  Five-petalled, starry, white flowers with green veining cover the mat.  Tough and attractive rock garden plant.  Sun.  4 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Draba rosularis

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 2”.  An unusual tufted species, native to Turkey.  The grey-green leaves are covered with silvery hairs.  Bright yellow four-petalled flowers, ¼ -inch across, are spread across the bun on four-inch stems.  Sun.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Fibigia clypeata

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 16″.  Europe to Iran.  We grow this rock garden charmer for its attractive, furry, ornamental seedpods that persist well into winter.  Lightly felted, grey-green leaves are nice, too.  The yellow mustard-like flowers are spring blooming.  An easy and rewarding plant.  Well-drained soil.  Sun.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Horminum pyrenaicum

Family: (Lamiaceae)

(P) to 9″.  Dragon-mouth.  A native of the Pyrenees to the Tirol with bronzy, quilted and scalloped basal foliage resembling Ramonda.  Upright spikes of hooded, blue-violet flowers with fish-like mouths with purple and white interior striping.  A beauty.  Blooms early summer.  Well-drained soil.  Sun.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Antennaria plantaginifolia

Family: (Asteraceae)

(P) to 10″.  Ladies’ Tobacco.  North American native.  Mat forming, with ovate-elliptic, deeply veined, grey-green foliage that is sparsely woolly above, silver-grey and extremely woolly below.  The flowers are in dense, terminal clusters, white to pale pink, resembling “Pussy-Toes.”  Male and female parts are produced on different heads on different plants, with the female flowerhead often fluffier and the male flowers typically appearing on shorter flower stalks.  This “Pussy-Toe” packs a punch.  Blooms early spring.  Sun.  3 & T2