PLANTS FOR THE ALPINE GARDEN 37I 



PLANTS FOR THE ALPINE GARDEN — Continued 



NAME 



HEIGHT 



IN 

 INCHES 



FLOWBRING 

 PERIOD 



COLOUR 



Lithospermum prostratum 





May — July 



Blue 



Lobelia cardinalis 



20-40 





Red 



syphilitica 



20-30 





Blue 



Lychnis alpina 



4 



April — June 



Rose 



Majus pumilo 



3 



June 



Violet 



Mertensia pulmonarioides 



12-20 



May 



Blue 



Myostis sylvatica, var. alpestris 



3-8 



Summer 



Blue 



palustris 



6-18 



May — June 



Blue 



Nierembergia rivularis 



3 



June — Sept. 



Bluish 









white 



Papaver alpinum 



6-10 



Summer 



White 



nudicaule 



8-12 



Summer 



Various 



Pentstemon glaber 



9 



June — July 



Violet 



Phlox subulata 



4 



April — May 



Rose 



Polemonium caruleum 



12-30 



June — July 



Blue 



Polygonum afine 



8 



July — Oct. 



Rose 



Pulmonaria officinalis 



6-12 



April 



Blu^ 



Pyxidanthera barbulata 



2-5 



March — May 



Pinkish 









white 



Ramonda Pyrenaica 



2-4 



Spring 



Purple 



Ranunculus amplexicaulis 



8 



April — June 



White and 









gold 



Sabbatia lanceolata 



12-30 



May— Sept. 



White 



Sagino subulata 



2-5 



July — Sept. 



White 



Salvia pratensis 



10-20 



June — Aug. 



Blue 



Santolina Chamcecyparissus 



18-24 



Summer 



Yellow 



Saponaria ocymoides 



6 



All season 



Rose 



Saxifraga (various) 



3-18 



March— July 



Various 



Scabiosa graminifolia 



12 



June — Oct. 



Blue 



Sedum (various dwarfs) 



2-20 



Summer 



Various 



Sempervivum arachnoideum and 









many others 



3-5 



July 



Red 



Shortia galacifolia 



3-8 



May 



White 



Silene acaulis 



2 



May — Aug. 



Pink 



Pennsylvanica 



6-9 



April — May 



Rose or 









white 



Virginica 



12-20 



May — Sept. 



Crimson 



Spigelia Marilandica 



12-20 



May — July 



Scarlet 



Thalictrum aquilegifolium 



12-30 



May — July 



White 



