DWARF-GROWING PLANTS 



Gypsophila. — G. cerastoides and G. repens are two low 

 growing species of easy culture with white flowers, 

 doing well in gritty soil in full sunshine. 



Helianthemum. — Sun Rose. Plants that make a 

 brilliant display in the late spring and early summer, 

 and are seen at their best when allowed to hang over a 

 rock-face. They may also be naturalised on banks or 

 associated with dwarf Heaths on sandy or peaty slopes. 

 They are to be obtained in many colours, namely pale, 

 yellow, golden, salmon, buff, Bronze Queen yellow 

 with orange-red centre, pink, crimson, and double 

 crimson. 



Hutchinsia. — H. alpina is a small-leaved Alpine plant 

 bearing quantities of little white flowers. It grows 

 about an inch in height and spreads rapidly in gritty 

 soil. Excellent for growing in horizontal crevices 

 between rocks. 



Hypericum. — Dwarf species such as H. coris and H. 

 repens are pretty on a dry rocky bank, where they show 

 off their small golden flowers to advantage. Gritty soil 

 and a southern exposure in front of a rock induce a free- 

 flowering habit. 



Iberis. — Candytuft. These are useful plants for 

 rough stony banks, chinks in rock walls or any dry and 

 sunny position where their flowers will form sheets of 

 white in the spring. /. correafolia and /. sempervirens 

 are the most usually grown, flourishing in any unshaded 

 position. /. gibraltarica, with large light - lavender 

 flowers nearly three inches across, which forms huge 

 bloom-covered clumps on the perpendicular cliffs at 

 Gibraltar, does best if planted in very gritty compost in 

 a vertical crevice in the rock, the soil being rammed in 

 as tightly as possible. 



Linaria. — Toadflax. One of the loveliest dwarf 

 species is L. alpina with narrow, grey-green foliage and 

 flowers of a deep violet with a bright orange lip. It is 



