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...
Alpine Snow in Summer
Botanical Name: Cerastium alpinum ssp lanatum Common Name: Alpine Snow-In-Summer Native Region: US Native Sun Exposure: Full Sun Description: A fuzzy cushion of gray foliage produces a profusion of white blossoms from May to July. An excellent rock garden perennial requiring well-drained soil that withstands light traffic, thrives in the sun and is drought tolerant...
Cushion Spurge
Botanical Name: Euphorbia polychroma Common Name: Cushion Spurge Native Region: Eastern Europe Sun Exposure: Full Sun Note: Skin and eye irritant Toxic if eaten. Description: A fantastic early blooming perennial that blooms with the bulbs. Outstanding displays of chartreuse yellow flowers over a cushion of lime green leaves. Great plant for borders, edging or in...
Foamflower
Botanical Name: Tiarella wherryi Common Name: Foamflower Native Region: Eastern North America Sun Exposure: Part Shade Description: Creamy white sprays of flowers appear above striking, maple leaf shaped foliage in early spring. Most striking if planted en masse where the flower clusters seem to rise in a foam above the plant – giving rise to...
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...
