ALPINE FLOWERS FOR SIX MONTHS 373 



ALPINE FLOWERS FOR SIX MONTHS— Coniimud 



BOTANICAL NAME 



COMMON NAME 



HEIGHT 



IN 

 INCHES 



COLOUR 



Vinca minor 



Periwinkle 



2-6 



Blue 



Thymus Serphyllum 



Mother of thyme 





Pink 



Ranunculus acris 









var. flore-pleno 



Bachelor's button 



6-12 



Yellow 



For June 









Aster alpinus 



Mountain aster 



3-10 



Blue 



Callirrhoe involucrata 



Poppy mallow 



9-12 



Magenta 



Hieracium auranticum 



rla\% eed 



0—12 



ixea 



Iris Uctorum 



Chinese dwarf iris 



12 



Lavender 



Lotus corniculatus 



Bird's foot trefoil 



6-20 



Yellow 



(Enothera Alissouriensis 



Evening primrose 



8-12 



Yellow 



Opuntia rafinesquii 



Prickly pear 



2-4 



Yellow 



Ruellia ciliosa 



Hairy ruellia 



12-18 



Blue 



Statice latifolia 



Sea lavender 



20 



Lavender 



Veronica incana, var. 









Candida 



Hoary speedwell 



12-18 



Blue 



For July 









Achillea tomentosa 



Downy milfoil 



8-ic 



Yellow 



Aster alpinus 



Mountain aster 



3-10 



ijiue 



Brunella grandiflora 



Self-heal 



3-10 



Blue 



Campanula Carpatica 



Carpathian bellflower 



9-18 



Blue 



Pentstemon barbatus 



Beard tongue 



30 





Sedum album 



Stone crop 



4-6 



White 



sexangulare 



Love entangled 



6 



Yellow 



Hybridum 



Hybrid stone crop 



2-6 



Yellow 



Stachys lanata 



Woolly woundwort 



12-18 



Pink 



Thalictrum aquilegifoliutn 



Feathered columbine 



12-30 



Pink 



For August 









Coreopsis rosea 



Red tickseed 



12-20 



Rose 



Gaillardia aristata 



Blanket flower 



20-30 



Bronze 



Geranium sanguineum 



Red cranesbill 



18 



Red 



Pentstemon diffusus 



Beard tongue 



20 



Blue 



Sedum spectabilis 



Showy sedum 



18-20 



Pmk 



Salvia azurea 



Blue sage 



12-40 



Blue 



Stokesia cyanea 



Stokes' aster 



12-20 



Blue 



Gypsophila paniculata 



Baby's breath 



20-30 



White 



