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Name
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Size
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Description
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Culture
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Machaeranthia pattersonii
(Asteraceae)
Purple Tansy Aster, Sticky Aster
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8” x 6”
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Masses of lustrous violet-purple daisy-like flowers in late summer-fall. Rocky Mts.
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S-C
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Currently unavailable
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Maihuenia poepiggii
(Cactaceae)
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3” x 8”
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Showy multi-petalled bowl-shaped yellow flowers with a silky sheen are born in late spring to summer on erect spiny cushions covered in cylindrical fleshy leaves. Chile, Argentina at high altitude in volcanic ash fields.
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S-A
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Currently unavailable
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Marrubium globosum
(Lamiaceae)
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6” x 12”
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Soft sea-green leaves with scalloped edges covered in white furry felt have an appeal all of their own with insignificant yellow flowers in summer. Turkey.
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S-P
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$5.00
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Marsilea mucronata
Shamrock Fern
(Marsileaceae)
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6” x 12”
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A fast spreader with delicate shamrock-shaped fronds and ornate, hairy, nutlike sporocarps that become conspicuous in late summer. Surprisingly, this fern has performed as well in our dry sunny rock garden as in moist shade. TX, CO, on the plains.
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S-P-W-C
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Currently unavailable
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Marshallia grandiflora
(Asteraceae)
Barbara’s Buttons
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18” x 10”
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Pinkish-mauve scabiosa-like flowers over clumps of glossy bright evergreen leaves in early to mid summer. e USA.
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S-P-W
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Currently unavailable
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Matthiola montana
(Brassicaceae)
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6” x 9”
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Compact tufts of white downy leaves present fragrant violet flowers in summer followed by slender two-horned seed pods. Turkey.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Mertensia alpina
(Boraginaceae)
Alpine Bluebells
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5” x 4”
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A choice small alpine plant with terminal clusters of slender bright blue tubular flowers with flaring petals Rocky Mts.
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S-P-C
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Currently unavailable
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Mertensia maritima
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3” x 12”
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Dense clusters of bright blue flowers, pink in bud, dangle from low sprawling stems carrying lovely steely blue leaves. n USA
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Mertensia viridis v. cana
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5” x 9”
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Beautiful compact clusters of fragrant nodding sapphire flowers terminate stems dressed in narrow gray-green leaves. Rocky Mts.
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P-F-C
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Currently unavailable
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Mimulus lewisii
(Scrophulariaceae)
Monkeyflower
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to 2’ x 1’
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Bicolored flowers of rose-pink and yellow are borne in late summer over colonies of wavy-edged, finely toothed foliage. w USA
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P-W-C
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$5.00
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Mimulus primuloides
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2” x 5”
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Bright yellow, red speckled flowers on short slender stems emerge from vigorous mats of small hairy rosettes. w USA.
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S-P
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$5.00
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Monarda fistulosa
(Lamiaceae)
Bee Balm, Wild Bergamot
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1-3‘ x 2’
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Spicy scented pink-lavender flowers with distictive bracts underneath, attract multitudes of butterflies and bees throughout summer. USA
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S-P-F
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Currently unavailable
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