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Plant Name
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Calceolaria biflora
(Scrophulariaceae) Slipperflower
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12” x 10”
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Pairs of bright yellow flowers in the shape of small pouches in summer over evergreen foliage.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Calceolaria filicaulis
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4” x 6”
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Enchanting baggy pouches of yellow, freckled with red are produced in summer over dark green foliage. Patagonia.
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S-P
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$5.00
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Campanula alpestris (allionii)
(Campanulaceae)
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3” x 8”
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An outstanding species; slowly forms a dense mat of small gray-green rosettes topped by large blue bell-shaped flowers appearing in early summer. sw Alps.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula anomala
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3” x 12”
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Large solitary bright blue bells that face upwards over compact turfs of narrow, lightly hairy foliage in summer. Caucasus.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula argyrotricha
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6” x 6”
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Mounds of softly hairy, oval leaves on spreading stems and numerous lovely purple stars. Himalayas.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula aucheri
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4” x 6”
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Lustrous dark green leaves form compact tufts that support large striking blue bells in late spring into summer. Ideal crevice plant. Turkey.
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S-P
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$6.00
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Campanula bellidifolia
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3” x 5”
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Vibrant violet-blue star-shaped blooms in spring over dense little tufts of daisy-leaved foliage. Caucasus
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula besenginica
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3” x 6”
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Large violet flowers in early summer over small tight compact tufts of shiny deep green leaves. Caucasus
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S-P-T
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula betulifolia
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4” x 12”
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Clusters of elegant white bells, pink in bud, hang on trailing stems over dark green, purple-backed leaves in summer. Long lived & easy. Turkey.
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P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula biebersteiniana
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3” x 3”
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Dwarf rosettes of spoon-shaped, glossy leaves and large wide open dark blue cups. Caucasus, on screes
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S-P-T
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula ‘Birch Hybrid’
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6” x 8”
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A choice crevice plant with a profusion of nodding purple-blue fluted bells that cover evergreen foliage from late spring to mid-summer.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula chamissonis
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4” x 12”
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Attractive spreading mats of bright green glossy foliage festooned with large showy lavender-blue, white-centered flowers in spring. One of the best! Far East.
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S-P
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$6.00
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Campanula choruhensis
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4” x 6”
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An exquisite crevice dweller with pink buds that open to large pearl-white open bells in spring over diminutive tufts of gray-green toothed leaves Turkey
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula collina
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12” x 8”
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Upright racemes of satiny dark purple-blue bells on tight tuffs of downy foliage in summer. Caucasus.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula coriacea
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5” x 4”
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Masses of lilac-blue bell-shaped blooms over tufts of gray-green toothed foliage. Turkey.
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S-P-T
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula excisa
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3” x 8”
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Mid-summer blossoms of pendant funnel-shaped lilac-blue beautify mats of attractive linear foliage. Choice! Alps.
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P-T
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$6.00
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Campanula formanekiana
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8” x 8”
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Rosettes of wavy gray-downy leaves carry short stout spikes bearing large light blue pendulous bells. Biennial, but plentiful seed is set for succeeding years. Balkans.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula fragilis
Italian Bellflower
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trailing to 1’
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Beautiful open mid blue bells with a dark ring at the base have a prominent style that protrudes well beyond the petals over tufts of handsome deep olive-green, hairy foliage. Italy.
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P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula grosshiemii
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to 2’
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Best suited for the wildflower garden given its size, with showy, long lasting blue bells throughout the summer. Long-lived and thrives in dry shade and self sows freely.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula hakkiarica
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3” x 5”
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Blue-violet nodding bells over small rosettes of oval leaves. Turkey.
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula incurva
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8” x 12”
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Compact clumps of large heart-shaped, softly hairy leaves and panicles of huge bells in a delicate shade of pale blue in summer. Has a tendency to be monocarpic but ours have been in the garden for over 3 years. Stunning and easy. Greece.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula makaschvilii
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18” x 12”
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Small heart-shaped leaves and pretty flaring white bells frosted pink, are borne along arching stems in summer. Caucasus.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula oreadum
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4” x 6”
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Magnificent long blue flowers over tiny tufts of glossy round foliage. Mt. Olympus, Greece.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula raineri
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3” x 10”
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An exquisite miniature alpine with gray-green leaves and upturned bells of china blue in summer. Italy, on limestone screes.
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S-P-T
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$6.00
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Campanula rotundifolia
Mountain Harebell
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6” x 8”
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Rosettes of heart-shaped leaves support wiry narrow-leafed stems festooned throughout summertime with dainty pendant blue bells. A common Colorado harebell but still worthy of praise. n N. America.
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S-P-C
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula sarmatica
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9” x 9”
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Soft gray-blue bells are born over rosettes of dark green hairy leaves. Caucasus.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula saxifraga
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3” x 6”
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A choice bellflower with large up-facing violet-blue bells over domes of bright green spathulate leaves. Caucasus.
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S-P
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$6.00
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Campanula scabrella
Rough Bellflower
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3” x 6”
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A breathtaking flower display of bright blue-violet, upward-facing flowers over dense rosettes of stiff, narrow foliage. Grow lean to keep tight form. CA,WA,ID MT. in subalpine to alpine.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula sp.
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4” x 3”
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A scree dweller with narrow toothed leaves and many china-blue flowers. Caucasus, Russia
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula tomentosa (syn. C. celsii)
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1’ x 6”
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Compact tufts of beautiful silvery gray, hairy foliage and branched stems that carry several tubular lilac-blue open flowers in summer. Greece.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula tridentata
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4” x 6”
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This desirable dwarf features astonishingly large purplish-blue erect blooms over compact tufts of hairy 3-toothed leaves in summer. Caucasus.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula trogerae
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3” x 6”
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Large waxy ivory stars emerge from soft pink buds in midsummer over mounds of attractive gray-green foliage. A choice Turkish beauty.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Campanula waldsteiniana
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6” x 8”
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An array of solitary lilac-violet, upturned stars cover superb dwarf cushions. A gem and quite hardy. Croatia, in limestone crevices.
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S-P-T
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Currently unavailable
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Carex appalachica
(Cyperaceae)
Appalachian Sedge
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8” x 12”
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The perfect substitute for thin ugly lawn in shaded areas, will take light foot traffic. Fine-textured bright lime-green low mounds, great interplanted with bulbs.
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P-W
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3 1/2”-$7.00
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Carex caryophyllea ‘Beatlemania’
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6” x 24”
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A garden sport recently introduced by Alan Tower, with a mop head appearance similar to that of the Beatles. Soft narrow dark green arching evergreen leaves are edged with gold. Spreads slowly, an extremely cute sedge
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P
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$5.00
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Carex firma v. variegata
Dwarf Striped Sedge
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2” x 3”
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Tiny tight tufts spreads slowly of narrow variegated foliage of green and cream. About as small a sedge as they come. Alps.
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S-P
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$5.00
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Carex muskingumensis Palm Sedge
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2-3’ x
2-3’
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A dense, clump-forming sedge with grass-like, light green radiating leaves (that resemble palm fronds) from the tops of rigid erect stems. Nice yellow fall color. w N. Amer.
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S-P
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3 ½”-$7.00
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Carlina acaulis
Asteraceae
Siver Carline Thistle
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6” x 12”
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Large, stemless, shiny-white or purple-brown daisies are nestled in a rosette of hairy, spiny leaves. Europe, in alpine areas.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Catanche coerulea
(Asteraceae)
Cupid’s Dart
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2-3’ x 1’
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Clumps of gray-green, grass-like, hairy leaves and blue to lilac-blue flowers with dark centers. sw Europe, n Africa, Italy.
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Centauria rothrockii Rothrock’s Knapweed
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to 4’ x 2’
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Spectacular thistle-like flowers (5” across!) have cream colored centers and pink-blue tipped petals. Attractive seed heads resemble woven baskets. AZ, NM.
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S
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3 ½”-$7.00
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Centaurium scilloides
(Gentianaceae)
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3” x 3”
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Like a pink Gentiana verna these tufts of small shiny green leaves carry warm rose-pink flowers in dense clusters in late summer. Short-lived but self sows nicely. A cutie that should be in everyone's garden! Europe.
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P-T
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Currently unavailable
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Cerastium werrianum
(Brassicaceae)
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3” x 8”
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A great foliage plant forming mats of gray-green foliage and white flowers in summer.
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P-T
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Currently unavailable
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Chaenactis alpina (Asteraceae)
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4” x 12”
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Ground hugging with lacy gray-green leaves and cream to pale pink blooms produced towards summers end. w N. America, subalpine, alpine.
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Chaenorrhinum origanifolium
(Scrophulariaceae)
Fairy Snapdragon
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6” x 10”
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Tiny violet-blue snapdragons dance over low mounds of dark green foliage for most of the summer. Pyrenees.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Cheilanthes distans
(Sinopteridaceae)
Wooly Cloak, Rock Fern
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6” x 4”
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A charming dryland fern with dark evergreen fronds with silver hairs, and tawny scales underneath. Easily grown in cultivation (zones 8-10) with good drainage. Pot culture is ideal in our climate, although we have not yet tested it in the open garden here. Avoid winter wet. Australia, New Zealand.
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P-A
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Currently unavailable
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Chrysanthemum alpinum v. maritimum
(Asteraceae)
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6” x 8”
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Large, yellow-eyed, white daisies atop finely-cut, gray-green foliage throughout spring and summer. Alps.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Chrysanthemum weyrichii ‘Alba’
(Acteraceae)
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6” x 18”
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A handsome spreading mat of leathery rounded leaves dressed in late summer with large snow-white daisies. Japan, among seashore rocks.
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S-P
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$5.00
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Chrysanthemum weyrichii ‘Pink’
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6” x 18”
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Similar to the above with surprisingly large parcelain pink daisies in fall.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Chionophila jamesii
(Scrophulariaceae)
Snowlover
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2” x 2”
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Rosettes of thick-textured spoon-shaped leaves produce dainty lavender-tinged, white snapdragon-like flowers on slender racemes in summer. WY, CO alpine levels, on gravely slopes.
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S-C
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Currently unavailable
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Clematis columbiana v. tenuiloba
(Ranunculaceae)
Rocky Mountain Clematis
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scrambler, to 3’
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Scrambling stems, to 3’, with pendulous violet-blue flowers in early summer that flare outward to reveal a cluster of yellow stamens. Choice! nw N. America.
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S-P-C
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3 1/2”- $10.00
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Clematis fremontii
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18” x 18”
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A strong-growing non-vining prairie species with broad leathery textured leaves capped in early summer with nodding creamy white, blue-tinged urn-shaped flowers. KS, NE, MO, on rocky hillsides.
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Currently unavailable
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Clematis fruticosa
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2’ x 3’
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A nice dwarf shrubby bush clematis clothed in rubbery dark green foliage and bright lemon yellow, semi-nodding, bell-shaped flowers in late summer. Needs excellent drainage. China , Mongolia.
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P
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Currently unavailable
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Clematis fusca
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climber, to 10’
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A cute little oddity with small violet flowers that are strongly covered in brown fur-like hairs. ne Asia.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Clematis hexapetala
(Ranunculaceae)
Mongolian Snowflakes
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to 3’ non-vining habit
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A robust grower from China with dark green leathery leaves and masses of long-blooming white snowflake-like flowers in summer. Attractive to bees and butterflies.
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S-P-F-X
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Currently unavailable
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Clematis hirsutissima ‘Bergen Park Form’
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12” x 15”
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This high altitude form is slightly smaller and has brighter blue flowers. CO.
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S-X-C
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Currently unavailable
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Clematis hirsutissima ‘Lone Pine Form’
Sugarbowls
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15” x 18”
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Distinctive nodding vase-shaped plum-colored bells backed with silky hairs are produced late spring atop bushy clumps of finely divided foliage. Choice! CO, foothills to montane.
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S-X-C
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$6.00
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Clematis integrifolia
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24” x 24”
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From a slowly expanding clump rises a mass of thin stems each terminating in a solitary nodding bell of blue-violet in summer. Plants stand erect in most cases but occasionally flop or weave themselves through whatever happens to be nearby. s Europe.
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Currently unavailable
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Clematis scottii
Scott’s Sugarbowls
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12” x 18”
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An extremely good compact form with non-vining upright stems, narrow blue-green foliage and rich purple-blue turban-shaped flowers followed by pretty silky-haired seed heads. Long-blooming in spring through summer. CO, WY.
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S-C-X
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$6.00
3/$15.00
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Clematis scottii ‘Hybrid’
(C. scottii x C. fremontii)
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18” x 18”
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This garden hybrid is a strong-growing non-vining prairie species with broad leathery textured leaves taking the form and foliage of C. fremontii with the pretty nodding purple-blue flowers of C. scottii.
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$6.00
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Clematis x texensis
Coral Leather Flower
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climber, to 5’
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A Texas native but bone hardy here, this is the straight species, not a hybrid. This xeric coral-red clematis blooms from June until frost, is favored by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and is not rampant like some other clematis.
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S-P-X
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3 ½”- $10.00
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Clematis texensis ‘Hybrid’
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climber, to 5’
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Similar to the above but with dark green, deeply cut leaves and varied shades of pink, mauve and reddish urn-shaped flowers, not quite as xeric.
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S-P
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$7.00
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Codonopsis clematidea
(Campanulaceae)
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18” x 15”
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A semi-twiner with soft blue, nodding bonnet-shaped flowers in summer. The inside of the blooms have intricate yellow markings surrounded by bright purple rings. Asia
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Corydalis flexuosa ‘Blue Panda’
(Papaveraceae)
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8” x 12”
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A profusion of clear blue tubular blooms emerge in late spring to early summer over soft mounds of delicate green foliage that turns bronzy-green in fall.
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P-N-W
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2 1/2”- $6.00
3 1/2”- $7.00
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Cotula hispida
(Asteraceae)
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3” x 9”
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Soft silky tufts of silvery foliage carry wiry stems of long lasting bright yellow hatpin-like flowers in summer. S. Africa.
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$5.00
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Crassula sarcocaulis ssp. rupicola
(Crassulaceae)
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8” x 12”
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Multi-branched succulent shrub with fragrant white-pink flowers. S. Africa, montane grasslands among rocks.
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S-F
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Currently unavailable
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Cryptantha paradoxa (Boraginaceae)
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2” x 4”
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A lovely plant with hairy leaves and pure white flowers with a bright yellow center. CO, UT, NM.
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S-C-X-T
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Currently unavailable
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Cyclamen purpurascens
(Primulaceae)
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6” x 6”
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A true gem with very sweetly scented, slightly twisted rose-pink flowers in summer above evergreen satiny heart-shaped leaves with a burgundy reverse. One sniff and you’ll be captivated! Thrives in dappled shade. The hardiest cyclamen species. Europe.
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N-P-F-T
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$7.00ea
3/$18.00
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Cystopteris fragilis
(Dryopteridaceae)
Brittle Bladder Fern
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6” x 12”
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A small delicate bright green, deciduous, native fern with short creeping rhizomes and thrice-cut, lacy fronds. Grows easily in dappled light. Circumpolar, growing from plains to alpine in rocky places.
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P
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Currently unavailable
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Cytisus x kewensis
(Fabaceae)
Kew Broom
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1’ x 3’
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Evergreen shrub with semi-prostrate habit, dense arching stems and masses of creamy pale yellow pea flowers in late spring.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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