Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula portenschlagiana
Family: (Campanulaceae)
Perennial to 4″. Dalmatian Bellflower. Native to the Dalmatian mountains in Croatia. Small rounded dark green leaves form a closeknit, nearly evergreen mat beneath the long blooming summer display of five-petalled, bell-shaped, violet-blue flowers perched on wiry short branching stems. It gradually spreads via rhizomes. A real charmer that can tumbles down slopes or containers and soften any rock’s hard edges. Sun/partial shade in moist, well-drained soil. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Schivereckia doefleri (syn. Draba doerfleri)
Family: (Brassicaceae)
(P) to 6”. Eastern Europe. A tough and attractive dwarf cushion with grey-green loose rosettes of oblanceolate, slightly toothed leaves. Four-petalled white flowers in terminal racemes of up to fifteen in late spring. Long-lasting, buff-coloured seedheads follow. Sun. 3 & T1
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Armeria juniperifolia
Family: (Plumbaginaceae)
(P) to 3″. Dwarf Spanish Thrift. Europe. This alpine form makes a very dense bun or cushion of greyish green, needle-like leaves with soft pink, globe-shaped, five-petalled flowers with papery bracts which are held just above the foliage. Sun, well-drained soil. 3 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Jasione laevis
Family: (Campanulaceae)
(B/P) to 12″. Shepherd’s Scabious. Western Europe. Globose, terminal heads of pale blue, narrow-petalled, pincushion-like flowers on slender stalks arise from densely tufted rosettes of lanceolate, wavy-edged foliage. Blooms midsummer. A plant of dry, open grassland and rocky cliffs. May prove to be biennial, so allow to self-sow. A charmer. Well-drained soil. Sun. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Saponaria ocymoides
Family: Caryophyllaceae
(P) to 6”. Rock Soapwort. Native to Europe and SW Asia found in meadows and rocky areas. A nice sprawling plant that forms an attractive carpet of semi-evergreen foliage. Grows nicely over rock walls, in crevices, or between stepping stones. Sprays of ½-inch, pink flowers appear in early summer. Readily seeds and a vigorous grower. Cut back after flowering to maintain compact form. Prefers full sun to part shade. 4 & 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): Sedum kamtschaticum
Family: (Crassulaceae)
(P) to 8″. Japan to Kamchatka. Spreading clumps of fleshy, obovate, bright green foliage with irregularly scalloped margins create a thick mat for sunny areas. Unbranched flower stalks produce flattened cymes of deep yellow, starry flowers appearing as a veritable carpet of gold. Beautiful when creeping along the edge of a pathway or spilling out of a crevice. Mid to late summer. Accommodating and tough. Well-drained soil. Sun. 4 & T1