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

 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M O P R S T V W Y Conifers

click on small image to view larger

Photo

Name

Size

Description

Culture

Price

IMGP1610

Oenothera caespitosa (Onagraceae)

Tufted Evening Primrose

 3” x 4”

Large white blossoms that open in the evening then fade to pink are produced for several weeks in early summer over attractive tufts of hairy gray-green foliage. mid-west USA. Very limited supply 

S-X

Currently unavailable

 

Oenothera fremontii

Fremont’s Evening Primrose

8” x 24”

Lemon yellow fragrant flowers on a sprawling mat of narrow silver-green foliage. KS, NE.

S-F

$5.00

IMGP1694

Oenothera macrocarpa v. macrocarpa

8” x 10”

Impressive lemon yellow bowl-shaped flowers top mounds of broad foliage on rambling stalks. N. America 

 S-P-X

Currently unavailable

t Opuntia basilaris v. aurea

Opuntia basilaris v. aurea (Cactaceae)

2“ x 1”

A glorious miniature with nice yellow flowers atop this small ‘beavertail’ prickly pear. UT, AZ

S-X

Currently unavailable

 

Opuntia polyacantha 

Prickly Pear

 4” x 3”

Low and sprawling with beautiful yellow or strawberry-red flowers in early summer. “Polyacantha” is Greek for “many thorns”. w USA

S-X

Currently unavailable

 

Origanum sipyleum

Showy Pink Oregano

1’ x 1’

Very ornamental and fragrant with slightly bluish oval leaves and expressive chartreuse-pinkish papery flowers. Turkey.

S-F

$6.00

t Orostachys spinosa

Orostachys spinosa

(Crassulaceae)

1” x 4”

Low globose gray-green rosettes have a fascinating symmetry. Small insignificant yellow flowers are produced after about 5 years when centers swell into upside down cones. Siberia, Asia

S-X-T

$5.00

Picture27

Osteospermum barberiae ‘Compactum’

(Asteraceae)

African Daisy

 8” x 16”

Tufts of narrow, rather leathery, aromatic leaves over which hover captivating, large daisy-flowers of bright rosy-purple in summer. S. Africa.

S-P

Currently unavailable

IMGP1985

Oxytropis besseyi v. besseyi (Fabaceae)

 4” x 8”

An attractive combination of silver foliage and fuzzy clusters of white pea-flowers. w N. America. 

S

$6.00

 

Oxytropis crassicarpus

6” x 6”

Soft gray-green flannel-textured leaves compliment bright pink-purple flowers nicely.

S

Currently unavailable

 

Oxytropis cyanea

4” x 4”

Blue-violet flowers on compact tufts of hairy gray-green, pinnate leaves. Russia, Caucasus

S

Currently unavailable

IMGP0296

Oxytropis lambertii

 8" x 8"

Bushels of vivid ruby-purple pea flowers are borne over tufts of silky haired leaves. This beautiful local native carpets our foothills in early summer. w USA

S-C

Currently unavailable

IMGP0098

Oxytropis multiceps

Miniature Locoweed

2" x 5"

Purple-pink pea flowers are nestled into softly hairy pinnate leaves in early summer. Cute! Rocky Mts.

S-X-C

$5.00

Oxytropis parryi t

Oxytropis parryi

 

 4” x 6”

Small compact tufts with a fine silky pubescence coating the pinnate foliage bear pink-purple blooms in late summer followed by leathery seedpods. w USA, montane to alpine

S-C

Currently unavailable

 

Oxytropis rishiriensis

4” x 6”

Couldn’t find much information on this one. Should have soft yellow flowers. Japan

S

Currently unavailable

Oxytropis shokanbetsuensis

Oxytropis shokanbetsuensis

 3" x 6"

Tufts of whitish hairy leaves and prostrate stems bear scapes of ruby-rose flowers throughout the summer. Rare and easy to grow in a sunny well drained site in the rock garden. Japan. 

S

Currently unavailable

Oxytropis splendens t

Oxyropis splendens

8” x 6”

Whorled silky-hairy leaves and dense spikes of wooly hot pink flowers through summer. Splendid!       nw N. America.

S-C

Currently unavailable

 

Oxytropis urumovii

6" x 8"

Upright rosettes of silver-gray pinnate leaves covered in velvety hairs with late spring flowers of soft yellow, soon flushing reddish at the tips. Balkans

S

Currently unavailable

Oxytropis visida t

Oxytropis viscida

 8" x 9"

Small upright sheaves of sparsely hairy leaflets and pretty red- purple flowers on graceful arched stems held just above the foliage in late summer. w USA.

S-C

 Currently unavailable

t Oxytropis yezoensis

Oxytropis yezoensis

4” x 5”

White wooly leaves and purple pea flowers. Japan

 

S

Currently unavailable

P

 
[Home] [Plant Catalog] [Order Form]