ROCK AND WALL PLANTS COMPARATIVELY EASY TO GROW


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Common Alpines For Your Garden Here is a full listing of plants and their enviroments to support your rock and or alpine garden.
Rock Plants for:	Acid soil Lime soil Winter Protection No Protection Rock Walls Evergreens Easy Growing
Blooming:	Spring Late Spring Summer Autumn

*ROCK AND WALL PLANTS COMPARATIVELY EASY TO GROW (Some will spread too rapidly)* EXPLANATION OF SYMBOLS INDICATING SOIL AND SITUATION REQUIREMENTS A - Plants which do well in garden loam, and need no special soil mixture. They are not particular as to chemical content of soil, and need only ordinary care. B - Shade-loving plants, preferring a soil rich in humus, porous and well drained. Leafmold mixed with loam makes the best soil for this group. C - Plants which thrive in really wet, marshy soil, with sphagnum moss mixed with loam. D - Plants that will do well in the crevices of the wall. E - Rock plants which require the mixture of sand, loam and humus. They need perfect drainage, full sunshine, and require very little care. In dry climates, sphagnum with the soil is advisable.
SCIENTIFIC NAME	COMMON NAME	SEASON OF BLOOM	HEIGHT IN INCHES	COLOR	SOIL AND SITUATION (SEE KEY)
Achillea Clavennx	Silver Alpine Yarrow	May-June	4	White	E
Achillea tomentosa	Woolly Yarrow	June-Sept.	4	Bright yellow	A
Ajuga reptans	Carpet Bugle	May-June	6	Blue	A
Alyssum saxatile	Goldentuft	April-June	12	Bright yellow	A
Alyssum Sax. compactum	Dwarf Goldentuft	May-Sept	. 12	Yellow	A-D
Alyssum argenteum	Silver Alyssum	May-Sept.	15	Yellow	A
Anemone pulsatilla,	European Pasqueflower	March-April	10	Purple	A or B
Antennaria dioica	Common Pussytoes	May-June	4	Pink, white, carmine	A
Aquilegia caerulea	Colorado Columbine	May-June	14	Azure	A or D
Aquilegia canadensis	American Columbine (shade)	May	10	Red	A or D
Arabis albida	Wallcress	March-April	8	White	A-D
Arabis alpina	Alpine Wallcress	March-April	6	White	A-D
Arenaria grandiflora	Showy Sandwort	June-Sept.	4	White	A
Aster alpinus	Rock Aster -	May-July	10	Purple and yellow	A
Aster Mauve Cushion	Japanese Hardy Aster	September	9	Mauve	A
Aubrietia deltoidea	Aubrietia	May-June	8	Bright purple	A-D
Campanula carpatica	Carpathian Harebell	June-Oct.	8	Lilac blue	A-D
Campanula rotundifolia	Harebell, Bluebell	June-Oct.	8	Lilac	A-D

Centaurea montana	Mountain Bluet	May-Sept.	12	Dark blue	A
Cerastium Biebersteinn	Taurus Cerastium (spreads)	May-June	8	White	A-D
Cerastium tomentosum	Snow-in-Summer (spreads)	June-July	6	White	A-D
Convallaria majalis	Lily-of-the-Valley	May-June	8	White	A-B
Dianthus plumarius	Grass Pink	May-Oct.	8	Rose	A-D
Dianthus deltoides	Maiden Pink	May-Sept.	4	Bright carmine	A-D
Dicentra eximia	Fringed Bleeding-heart	May	10	Rose	A
Doronicum caucasicum	Caucasian Leopards-bane	May	10	Yellow	A-B
Geranium macrorrhizum	Bigstem Cranesbill	June-Oct.	12	Bright pink	A
Geranium maculaturn.	Wild Geranium	July	8	Pale pink	A
Gypsophila repens	Creeping Baby's-breath	May-Oct.	4	Pink-white	A-D
Helleborus niger	Christmas Rose	Jan.-March	10	Rose, white	A-B
Heuchera sanguinea.	Coral Bells, Alum Root	June-Sept.	12	Coral rose	A
Heuchera Rosmondi		June		Coral pink	A
Hypericum Moserianm	St. John's-Wort	July-Sept.	10	Yellow and Red	ABD
Iberis sempervirens	Evergreen Candytuft	April-June	8	White	A-D
Tenoreana	Tenore Candytuft	April-May	4	White	A-D
Iris cristata	Crested Iris	May-June	4	Lilac-blue	E
Iris pumila	Dwarf Crimean Iris	May-June	4-8	Lilac-blue, yellow	A-D
Iris verna	Vernal Iris	May	4	Blue-lilac	A
Linum alpinum	Alpine Flax	May-Sept.	6	Light blue	A
Linum perenne	Perennial Flax	May-Sept.	20	Azure blue	A
Lewisii	Prairie Flax	July	10	Blue	A
Myosotis palustris semperflorens	Forget-me-not	May	10	Azure blue	A-C

Nepeta Mussini	Nepeta	July	20	Blue	A
Penstemon alpinus	Alpine Penstemon (Beardtongue)	July	10	Blue and white	A
Penstemon glaber	Blue Penstemon	July-Oct.	10	Blue	A-C
Phlox amcena	Dwarf magenta Phlox	May	10	Magenta pink	A
Phlox divaricata.	Blue Phlox	April	8	Lilac-blue	A
Phlox pilosa	Downy Phlox (Prairie Phlox)	June	12	Bright pink	A
Phlox Stellaria,	Mauve Phlox	June	8	Pale blue	A-D
Phlox stolonifera	Creeping Phlox	May	6	Carmine	A
Phlox subulata	Moss Phlox	April	4	Blue or pink	A-D
Phlox s. alba		April	4	White	A-D
Plumbago Larpentx	Leadwort	Aug.-Sept.	10	Bright blue	A
Potentilla alba	Cinquefoil	April	4	White	A-B
Potentilla pyrenaica	Pyrenees Cinquefoil	May	4	Bright yellow	A
Potentilla nitida		May	2	Light rose	D E
Saponaria ocyrnoides	Rock Soapwort	April-July	10	Bright pink	A-D
Saxifraga caespitosa	Saxifrage	May-June	3	White and pink	A
Saxifraga cordifolia		April-May	12	Flesh-rose. Part shade	A

Sedum acre	Stone Crop	June-Sept.	3	Yellow	A-D
Sedum album		June-Oct.	4	White and pink	A-D
Sedum altissimum		June-Sept.	10	Pale yellow	A-D
Sedum reflexurn.		June-Sept.	6	Yellow	A-D
Sedum rupestre		June	10	Yellow	A-sand
Sedum sarmentosum		June-July	4	Yellow	A-D
Sempervivum (many species)	Hen-and-Chickens or Houseleek	May-June	4	Yellow or red	A-sand
Silene maritima	Sea Campion	June	2	White	D-E
Thalictrum dioicum	Early Meadowrue	May	6	Whitish	A
Tunica saxifraga,	Saxifrage Tunicflower	May-Nov.	4	Pink or white	A-D
Veronica rupestris	Cliff Speedwell	June-Aug.	8	Blue	A
Viola cornuta	Tufted Pansy	May-Oct.	10	Dark Lilac	A

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