Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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