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): 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

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): Pulsatilla patens

Family: (Ranunculaceae)

(P) to 12″.  Eastern Pasque Flower.  Native to Europe, Russian, China, Canada and US.  Blooming in April at 4″ high, before the leaves develop, the ethereal, open, bell-shaped, flowers command attention.  The solitary, two-inch flower has six blue-violet, petal-like sepals and a ring of many yellow staminodes that surround a light green central boss of stamens. The sepals are pointed at the tip and lined with many parallel veins.  Flowers, stems and foliage are all covered in fine, silky, whitish hairs.  The flowers are followed by plume-like seed heads (reminiscent of some Clematis and Geum) that have good ornamental interest.  Deeply divided basal foliage grows to 12 inches tall after the flowers have faded.  A great rock garden plant and the state flower of South Dakota.  Grows best in drier, sandier soil.  Sun.  3 & T2 & ∆

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

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): Draba oligosperma

Family: (Brassicaceae)

(P) to 4”.  Rocky Mountains.  Tufted clumps of linear, grey-green, hairy foliage bearing racemes of yellow, four-petalled flowers.  Blooms late spring and early summer.  Easy.  Sun.  3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Campanula rotundifolia

Family: (Campanulaceae)

(P) to 18″.  Harebell.  Charming native wildflower throughout much of the northern hemisphere.  Graceful, branched stems with narrow, thread-like leaves arise from the basal rosette.  Many small, bright blue, pendulous, bell-shaped flowers abound from late spring to early summer.  Sun.  4 & T2