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Rock Garden Plants
In the following list, showing the height to which they grow and the months of their bloom, are a few of the hardy perennial garden rock plants from which one may make a choice:White
Anemone sylvestris; 9 in.; May, June.
Aquilegia vulgaris niveo; 3 ft.; May, June.
Arabis alpina (Rock Cress); 5 in.; April, May.
Arenaria montana (Sandwort); 4 in.; April, May.
Asperula odorata (Sweet VVoodruff); 7 in.; May, June.
Aster alpinus albus; 6-12 in.; May, June.
Campanula carpatica alba; 5-7 in.; July, August.
Cerastium tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer); 6 in.; May, June.
Chrysanthemum arcticum (Arctic Daisy); 12-18 in.; September, November.
Delphinium grandiflorum chinense album; 12-18 in.; June, September.
Dianthus deltoides alba; 8 in.; May, June.
Draba fladnizensis (Whitlow Grass) ; 2-3 in.; May, June.
Hutchinsia alpina; 6 in.; May.
Iberis sempervirens; 10 in.; April, May.
Linaria pilosa; 3 in.; May, June. Nierembergia rivularis (White-cup); 8 in.; June-August.
Polygonatum multiflorum (Solomon's Seal); 2 ft.; May, June.
Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot); 6 in.; April, May. Saxifraga umbrosa; i ft.; June, July.
Sempervivum; in variety.
Silene maritima, fl.-pl.; 6 in.; most of the season.
Thymus serppllum; 3-4 in.; June, July.
Trillium grandiflorum (Wake Robin) ; 1 ft.; May.
Yucca filamentosa (Adam's Needle) ; 4-6 ft.; June, July.
Yellow Shades
Achillea tomentosa (Woolly Yarrow) ; 3 in.; June.
Adonis amurensis (Bird's-eye); 1 ft.; April, May.
Adonis vernalis (Ox-eye); 1 ft.; April, May.
Alyssum saxatile (Golden Tuft) ; 1 ft.; April, May.
Draba bruniaefolia; 3 in.; May, June.
Epimedium pinnatum colchicum; 9 in.; May, June.
Hypericum calycinum (Aaron's Beard) ; 1 ft.; August.
Lysimachia nummularia (Moneywort); 2-3 in.; June July.
Oenothera missouriensis; Io in.; June-August.
Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy); 1 ft.; May-August.
Primula auricula; 6 in.; May.
Ranunculus repens, fl.-pl.; 1 ft.; May, June.
Sedum acre (Golden Moss) ; 2-3 in.; May, July.
Viola gracilis; 1 ft.; all season.
Pink Shades
Aceranthus diphyllus roseus; 9 in.; May, June.
Androsace lanuginosa; 6 in.; May, June.
Aster alpinus; 9 in.; May, June.
Centaurea dealba.ta; 1-2 ft.; July, August.
Crucianella stylosa (Crosswort); 6-9 in.; June-September.
Dianthus deltoides (Maiden Pink) ; 8 in.; May, June.
Dicentra formosa (Bleeding Heart) ; 1 ft.; May-August.
Epigaea repens (Trailing Arbutus); 2-4 in.; April, May.
Heuchera brizoides (Alum Root); 1.5 ft.; May-September.
Incarvillea delavayi; 18 in.; June.
Lychnis alpina; 6 in.; April.
Lycoris squamigera; 2 ft.; July.
Phlox amoena; 4-6 in.; April, May.
Phlox subulata; 3-6 in.; April, May.