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Name
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Size
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Description
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Culture
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Price
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Oenothera caespitosa (Onagraceae)
Tufted Evening Primrose
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3” x 4”
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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
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Oenothera fremontii
Fremont’s Evening Primrose
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8” x 24”
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Lemon yellow fragrant flowers on a sprawling mat of narrow silver-green foliage. KS, NE.
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S-F
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Currently unavailable
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Oenothera macrocarpa v. macrocarpa
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8” x 10”
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Impressive lemon yellow bowl-shaped flowers top mounds of broad foliage on rambling stalks. N. America
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S-P-X
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Currently unavailable
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Onosma echioides
(Boraginaceae)
Lemon Drops
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to 1’ x 8”
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Pretty dangling yellow flowers over a long period make this unusual xeric perennial a standout, good bee plant, deer proof. LSO
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S-X
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$5.00
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Opuntia basilaris v. aurea (Cactaceae)
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2“ x 1”
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A glorious miniature with nice yellow flowers atop this small ‘beavertail’ prickly pear. UT, AZ
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Opuntia polyacantha
Prickly Pear
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4” x 3”
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Low and sprawling with beautiful yellow or strawberry-red flowers in early summer. “Polyacantha” is Greek for “many thorns”. w USA
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Origanum sipyleum
Showy Pink Oregano
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1’ x 1’
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Very ornamental and fragrant with slightly bluish oval leaves and expressive chartreuse-pinkish papery flowers. Turkey.
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S-F
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Currently unavailable
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Orostachys japonica
(Crassulaceae)
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3” x 6”
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Extreme clusters of succulent rosettes with intense red edges and tiny soft yellow flowers. Biennial. Japan.
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S
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$5.00
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Orostachys spinosa
(Crassulaceae)
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1” x 4”
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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
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S-X-T
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$5.00
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Osteospermum barberiae ‘Compactum’
(Asteraceae)
African Daisy
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8” x 16”
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Tufts of narrow, rather leathery, aromatic leaves over which hover captivating, large daisy-flowers of bright rosy-purple in summer. S. Africa.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis besseyi v. argophylla
(Fabaceae)
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3” x 7”
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An attractive combination of silver foliage and fuzzy clusters of bright red-violet pea-flowers. MT.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis besseyi v. besseyi (Fabaceae)
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4” x 8”
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An attractive combination of silver foliage and fuzzy clusters of white pea-flowers. w N. America.
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis crassicarpus
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6” x 6”
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Soft gray-green flannel-textured leaves compliment bright pink-purple flowers nicely.
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis cyanea
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4” x 4”
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Blue-violet flowers on compact tufts of hairy gray-green, pinnate leaves. Russia, Caucasus
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis lambertii
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8" x 8"
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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
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S-C
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis multiceps
Miniature Locoweed
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2" x 5"
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Purple-pink pea flowers are nestled into softly hairy pinnate leaves in early summer. Cute! Rocky Mts.
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S-X-C
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$5.00
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Oxytropis nana
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5” x 6”
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Cushions of soft green pinnate leaves and congested clusters of light lavender flowers with purple spots on their keels. WY.
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S-T-X
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis parryi
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4” x 6”
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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
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S-C
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis podocarpa
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1” x 4”
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White silky mats of finely dissected leaves bear lavender-purple flowers followed by large inflated bubble-like pods. w USA.
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S-C
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$6.00
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Oxytropis rishiriensis
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4” x 6”
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Couldn’t find much information on this one. Should have soft yellow flowers. Japan
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis sericea v. sericea
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9” x 7”
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Spikes of showy pure white pea flowers over velvety tufts of softly hairy silver foliage.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis shokanbetsuensis
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3" x 6"
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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.
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Oxyropis splendens
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8” x 6”
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Whorled silky-hairy leaves and dense spikes of wooly hot pink flowers through summer. Splendid! nw N. America.
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S-C
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis urumovii
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6" x 8"
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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
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Oxytropis viscida
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8" x 9"
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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.
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S-C
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$5.00
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Oxytropis yezoensis
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4” x 5”
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White wooly leaves and purple pea flowers. Japan
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S
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Currently unavailable
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