ROCK GARDENS
Alpines in Rock
Gardens 2
SOME PLANTS THAT
THRIVE ON THE MORAINE
Name |
Common
Name |
Colour |
Flowering
Period |
Height
in
Inches |
Gentiana
bavarica |
Gentian |
Blue |
June |
3-4 |
Gentiana
saxosa |
Gentian |
Ivory White |
June-July |
4 |
Gentiana
verna (also |
|
Deep
Blue, and |
April-May |
3 |
var.
alba) |
|
White |
|
|
Geranium
(various) |
Crane's
Bill |
White,
Pink, Red,
etc. |
June-Sept. |
4-9 |
Geum
montanum |
Avens |
Yellow |
April-Oct. |
6 |
Helichrysum
bellidioides |
Everlasting
Flowers |
White |
July-Oct. |
5 |
Hypericum
Coris |
St.
John's Wort |
Yellow |
June-Sept. |
3 |
Lewisia
(various) |
Bitter-root |
Rosy-pink
and
White |
June |
2-12 |
Linaria
alpina |
Toad Flax |
Violet,
blotched
Orange |
June-Sept. |
3-4 |
Lithospermum
Gastonii |
Gromwell |
Blue |
June-July |
3 |
Lithospermum
(various) |
Gromwell |
Blue |
June-July |
4 |
Lychnis
alpina |
Campion
(alpine) |
Rose-pink |
May
and
June |
4-5 |
Lychnis
Lagascx |
— |
Rose
and White |
June-July |
4 |
Mazus
rugosus etc. |
Dwarf
Mimulus |
Blue-mauve |
May-June |
4 |
Mertensia
prin~uloides |
Lungwort |
Blue,
Yellow
Centre |
June
and
'July |
6 |
Morisia
hypogcea |
Mediterranean
Cress |
Golden
Yellow |
April-May |
2-3 |
Omphalodes
Lucilix |
Rock
Forget-me-not |
Lilac-blue |
June-Sept. |
6 |
Oxalis
enneaphylla |
Wood
Sorrel |
White |
May-Sept. |
6 |
Papaver
alpinum |
Poppy |
Yellow,
Salmon,
White,
and
Orange |
May-Sept. |
4-12 |
Papaver
trinimfolium |
— |
Silver
Foliage |
July-Aug. |
4-12 |
Petrocallis
pyrenaica
Pinks: |
Draba |
Pale
Blue to
White |
April-May |
2 |
Dianthus
alpinus |
Pink |
Pink
or White |
June |
5 |
D.
Freynii |
|
Pink |
June |
3 |
D.
neglectus, etc. |
|
Reddish-pink |
June |
3 |
Potentilla
nitida |
Cinquefoil |
Pale
Pink |
May-Sept. |
4 |
P.
nitida alba
Primulas
(various), see |
Cinquefoil
List,
p. 197. |
White |
May-Sept. |
4 |
Ranunculus
alpestris,
etc.
Saxifraga: |
— |
White |
May-Aug. |
4 |
The
Kabschia
Group |
"Cushion" or
Tufted
Saxifrages |
White,
Yellow,
Rose |
March-May |
2-5 |
ThePorphyrion |
— |
White,
Rose, |
March-May |
2-10 |
Group |
|
Purple |
|
|
Silene
acaulis |
Cushion
Pink |
Pink |
June-Aug. |
2 |
SileneSchafta |
Cushion
Pink |
Magenta |
August |
5 |
Soldanella
pyrolxfolia |
Moonwort |
Lilac |
March |
6 |
Tunica
Saxifraga |
— |
Rose
or White |
June-Aug. |
Trailer |
Viola
(some vars.) |
Alpine Pansies |
Various |
April-Aug. |
4-6 |
Wahlenbergia
Pumilio |
Tufted
Harebell |
Lilac |
June-Aug. |
3 |
W.
serpyllifolia |
— |
Violet-blue |
June-Aug. |
3 |
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