Iberis sempervirens is of shrubby growth, twelve inches high, Iberis 
with deep green leaves and white cluster flowers in May. (I) sempervirens 
I. Snowflake resembles above, but blooms later, its flowers 
last longer, are larger and more effective. 
I. Little Gem forms a dense compact cushion, flowers smaller, 
very dainty. 
Linaria aquitriloba suggests a tiny Kenilworth ivy. Linaria 
L. alpina has weak shoots of blue-grey, tipped with small aquitriloba 
Snapdragons of glowing lavender with thread of flaming orange. 
(II) 
L. Cymbalana is Kenilworth Ivy or Toad Flax, grows ram- 
pant in sun or shade. 
Lychnis alpina is a tuft of green with head of magenta pink Lychnis 
two inches high in April. alpina 
L. alpina alba is a good white form. 
Nepeta mussini is a joy in border or rock garden, owing to Nepeta 
its soft grey foliage with lavender spikes of flowers. mussini 
Oenothera missouriensis has long shoots spreading over rocks Oenothera 
or wall with large deciduous leaves. Flowers of clear yellow, three missourien- 
inches or more across, are effective in summer. sis 
Phlox divaricata, with lavender-blue clusters on twelve inch Phlox 
stalks in May, is beautiful above the deep green leaves. divaricata 
P. subulata form mounds of prickly green and are a sheet of 
color when in flower. 
P. subulata rosea is a rather mageuta-pink. 
P. subulata alba is a good white. 
P. subulata G. F. Wilson is an excellent pale lavender. 
Saponaria ocymeides is in May, a draping curtain of pink, Saponaria 
the deep green leaves remain through winter. ocymeides 
Saxifraga can only be touched on. Shelter from mid-day and Saxifraga 
afternoon sun and top dress in the spring. 
S. hypnoides, the type of the mossy section, has loose mossy 
cushions of foliage and sprays of white flowers on slender 10 inch 
stems. (II) 
8. Macnabiana, a type of the encrusted section. Its rosettes 
edged with lime are attractive winter or summer, but especially 
so in April when the graceful eight inch spikes of white flowers 
appear. (II) 
Scabiosa pterocephalus or pterocephalus parnassi has grey 
foliage, Scabiosa-like flowers of mauve, four inches high. 
Scabiosa 
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Sedum anglicum forms a low mat of grey leaves with pale g EDUM 
pink flowers on three-inch stems. 
S. dasyphyllum is even dwarfer and bluer with pinker 
flowers. Put in well drained spot. 
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