372 GARDEN PLANNING 



PLANTS FOR THE ALPINE GARDEN — Continued 



NAME 



HEIGHT 



IN 

 INCHES 



FLOWERING 

 PERIOD 



COLOUR 



Thymus Serpyllum (varieties) 



3 



June — Aug. 



Lilac 



Tiarella cordifolia 



6-12 



April — June 



White 



Tunica saxifraga 



6-10 



June — Aug. 



Pink 



Veronica (various) 



2-1 8 



May — Sept. 



Various 



Viola cornuta 



S-8 



Spring 



Pale blue 



Wahlenbergia grandiflora 



3 



June — Oct. 



Blue 



Zauschneria Calif or tiica 



8-20 



Aug. — Sept. 



Vermilion 



ALPINE FLOWERS FOR SIX AIONTHS 



FOR SUNNY LOCATIONS 



BOTANICAL NAME 



common name 



HEIGHT 



IN 

 INCHES 



COLOUR 



For April 









Adonis vernalis 



Spring Adonis 



10 



Yellow 



Alyssum saxatile, var. 









compactum 



Golden tuft 



12 



Yellow 



Aquilegia argeiiteum 



Silver tuft 



8-15 



Yellow 



Canadensis 



Columbine 



I2-20 



Red 



Arahis alhida 



Rock cress 



6 



W^hite 



Cerastium tomentosum 



Woolly-leaved chick- 









weed 



3 



White 



Iheris sempervirens 



Candytuft 



6-i8 



White 



Myosotis palustris 



Forget-me-not 



8 



Blue 



Phlox subulata 



Moss pink 



4 



Pink 



Saxifraga crassifolia 



Thick-leaved saxi- 









. frage 



10-16 



Pink 



For May 









Ajuga reptans 



Bugle weed 



6-12 



Blue 



Armeria maritima 



Sea pink 



2-12 



Pink 



Leontopodium alpinum 



Edelweiss 



3-6 



White 



HeucJiera sanguinea 



Coral bells 



12-18 



Scarlet 



Papaver nudicaule 



Iceland poppy 



8-12 



Yellow 



Pklox amoena 



Purple moss pink 



6 



Purple 



divaricaia 



Wild Sweet William 



10-18 



Blue 



