Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Inula ensifolia
Family: (Asteraceae)
(P) to 18″. Swordleaf Inula. Eastern Europe. A sturdy little plant with narrow, stalkless 4″ leaves on erect branching stems carrying terminal, solitary golden yellow daisies. Very likable. Blooms mid-summer onwards. Sun. 4 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Hypericum buckleyi
Family: (Hypericaceae)
Dwarf shrub to 6″. Blue Ridge St. John’s Wort from the mountains of North Carolina and Georgia. Small, golden yellow flowers with five reflexed petals and a central tuft of prominent stamens adorn the branch tips of this low, spreading alpine shrublet. Small bluish green, elliptical leaves have paler undersides and turn a nice reddish colour in the autumn. Summer blooming. Moist, well-drained soil. 4 & 7 for 4 weeks then T2
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Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Cyclamen graecum
Family: (Primulaceae)
(TP) to 5″. Greece. Light pink flowers with darker pink veins and blotches at the base of the petals. Very variable, finely toothed leaves with prominent veining of silver-grey colouration. Grows well in a cool greenhouse in gritty soil. Blooms October through November. Partial shade. 3, D & T1
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila f. rosea
Family: (Ranunculaceae)
(P) to 6″. Fan Columbine. A Japanese garden treasure with short-spurred, pale pink, nodding flowers in spring. Biternate to triternate, blue-green foliage is somewhat suggestive of meadow rue. The leaflets of this species are rounded and fan-shaped, hence the common name. Adorable. Sun. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Cyclamen hederifolium
Family: (Primulaceae)
(P) to 6″. Ivy Leaved Sowbread. Attractive, ivy-shaped leaves are grey-green with silver-marbled markings. Orchid-pink, highly reflexed, Dodecatheon-like flowers have a magenta spot at the base of the petal. Beautiful. As the flowers fade after pollination the stems curl up, spiraling down to ground level. The seed case expands, protected by the emerging leaves, then splits open exposing the seeds. Each seed has a starchy coating that changes to sugar and attracts ants, thus aiding in the dispersal of seed by ants (myrmecochory). Simply fascinating. Partial shade. 3, D & T1
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Alyssoides utriculata
Family: (Brassicaceae)
Subshrub to 14″. Bladder Pod. Mountains of Europe. Alpine with succulent, matte green leaves and panicles of fragrant, bright yellow, mustard-like flowers, which bloom with Phlox, Alyssum and Saxifraga moschata. Later on, interesting ovoid, inflated seedpods emerge and eventually fall apart to reveal their inner, translucent septum with seeds attached resembling a miniature Honesty plant. Sun. 4 & T2
Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
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
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Aquilegia viridiflora
Family: (Ranunculaceae)
(P) to 12″. Eastern Siberia to Northwest China. This unique Columbine has long, spurred petals of a deep, purplish brown colour and smaller, shorter sepals that are a definite green. Prominent, yellow central cone of pistils and stamens add a nice contrast. Tight clumps of basal foliage are biternate and a finely pubescent, bluish green, with the nodding, fragrant flowers held on short, sturdy, upright stems. Whilst like all Columbines, a relatively short-lived perennial, this one has a distinctive appeal. Sun/partial shade. 4 & T2
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Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula carpatica
Family: (Campanulaceae)
(P) to 8″. Tussock Bellflower. Carpathian Mountains. This mat-forming Campanula yields large, purple, solitary, five-petalled, up-facing, bell-shaped flowers with bright green folia. Most welcome as it flowers when most other Campanula blooms are over. Sun. 4 & T2
Category: Rarium | Sub-Category: Alpine and Rock Garden
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Centaurium scilloides
Family: (Gentianaceae)
(P) to 6″ . Perennial Centaury. Europe. This charmer has neat tufts of small, dark green, pointed, glossy leaves. Erect stems carry clear pink, five-petalled flowers with prominent yellow anthers in dense clusters. Blooms late summer. Short-lived but self-sows gently. Sun/partial shade. 3 & T1 & Δ