Purple Rockcress
Botanical Name: Aubrieta deltoidea ‘Purple Gem’ Common Name: Purple Rockcress Native Range: Europe Sun Exposure: Full Sun Description: Rockcress is a ‘gem’ of a ground cover, particularly beautiful in a rock garden – flowing from crevices and over rocks. The purple, four-petaled blooms appear prolifically above gray-green foliage in the spring and then again, more...
Woodland Phlox
Botanical Name: Phlox divaricata ‘London Groves Blue’ Common Name: Woodland Phlox or Wild Sweet William Native Region: Eastern US Sun Exposure: Full Shade to Part Shade Description: This shade perennial blooms early with masses of small, star-shaped, periwinkle blue flowers. Grows best in rich, moist soil and can spread rhizomatically, forming a mats of 12″...
Corsican Violet
Botanical Name: Viola corsica Common Name: Corsican Violet Native Region: Corsica Height: 6″-8″ Description: A perennial viola that grows best in partial shade to full shade and produces violet-blue flowers beginning in early spring and throughout the growing season. They perform best in fertile, moist soil but can adapt to clay, gravelly soils and drought...
Bergenia cordifolia
Botanical Name: Bergenia cordifolia ‘Winterglut’ Common Name: Pigsqueak Native Region: Central Asia Height: 10″-15″ Special Notes: It’s common name comes from the sound made when its leaves are rubbed vigorously between thumb and forefinger. Description: An evergreen perennial that prefers partial shade. In early spring, it produces rosy-red blooms above thick, green, glossy leaves. In...
Anemone sylvestris ‘Snow Drop’
Botanical Name: Anemone sylvestris ‘Snow Drop’ Common Name: Snowdrop Anemone Native Region: Caucasus Height: 18-24″ wide by 24-36″ tall Special Notes: Poisonous. This plant should resist being consumed by rabbits and deer. Description: The Snowdrop Anemone is a delicate-looking, early-spring blooming perennial. It prefers light shade, acidic soil and regular water. The buds dangle from...
Siberian Bugloss
Excellent foliage and delicate, beautiful periwinkle make this plant stand out in the shade. Botanical Name: Brunnera macrophylla ‘Jack Frost’ Common Name: Siberian Bugloss, False Forget-Me-Not Native Region: Eastern Europe Sun Exposure: Part Shade Description: This low-maintenance, clump forming perennial produces periwinkle blue forget-me-not like blooms in the spring above variegated heart-shaped foliage, growing between...
