Laporte Avenue Nursery Fort Collins Colorado Plants for Alpine and Rock Gardens

Over 350 Species of choice and unusual plants for rock and alpine gardens.

Alpine and Rock Garden Plants

 

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Name

Size

Description

Culture

Price

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Baptisia australis

(Fabaceae)

Blue False Indigo

 

3’ x 3’

Racemes of blue-violet lupine-like flowers in early summer over handsome blue-green foliage. USA. indigo blue. USA

S-P

currently unavailable

t Baptisia australis v. minor

Baptisia australis v. minor

18” x 18”

More compact and smaller leaves than B. australis with lupine-like spires of violet-blue. Well adapted to low fertility soils and perhaps a better choice for the smaller garden. TX.  

S-P

 $5.00

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Baptisia leucophaea

Longbract Wild Indigo

1-2’

A spectacular specimen for the garden with finely pubescent thick stems that carry a drooping raceme of large creamy yellow pea flowers in May-June. Central USA.

S-P-X

$6.00

t Baptisia spaerocarpa

Baptisia spaerocarpa

Yellow Wild Indigo

2-3’

Spikes of glowing bright yellow flowers over a compact bundle of neat trifoliate blue-green foliage. MO.AR

S-P-X

$6.00

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Bellium bellidioides

(Asteraceae)

1” x 6”

Tiny round leaves form tight pads spreading by short stolons with cute tiny white daisies from mid summer to autumn. Mediterranean, in damp, shady habitats.

P-T

 $5.00

t Berkheya purpurea

Berkheya purpurea

(Asteraceae)

15” x 12”

A thistle with rosettes of large prickly green leaves with white cobwebby undersides and large mauve, daisy-like flowers with dark purple centers in summer. Fast growing and long lived, S. Africa. 

S-X

 Currently unavailable

Bolax glebaria

Bolax glebaria

(Apiaceae)

Plastic Plant

1/2” x 6”

Tight glossy mats of stiff rosettes invite an exploratory touch and feature tiny yellow flowers in summer. Falkland Islands.

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$6.00

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