HARDY PERENNIALS 
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Lithospermum hirtum, Hairy Puccoon —8 in. Clusters of showy bright orange 
flowers. Dry woods, New York to New Mexico. Hardy. 
Lupinus ornatus — 18 in. Silvery foliage. Broad handsome spikes of blue 
flowers. Central Sierra Nevada Mts. to 4000 ft. Hardy. 
Melampodium leucanthum — Dwarf shrub, 12 in. Large white daisydike flowers 
fading to pink. Dry plains of the Southwest. Hardy. 
Mimulus cardinalis, Scarlet Monkey'flower— 18 in. Brilliant scarlet longdipped 
flowers. Along streams to 5000 ft. Hardy. 
M. guttatus, Yellow Monkey'Flower—Branching, 18 in. Racemes of wide' 
throated goldemyellow flowers. Along streams to 6000 ft. Hardy. 
M. Iewisii —18 in. Pale rose'pink flowers with yellow'blotched throat. High 
montane in moist places to 8500 ft. Hardy. 
M. longiflorus (Diplacus longiflorus) —Evergreen, 2 ft. Long wide'throated 
salmomyellow flowers. Southern California mts. Hardy. Pkt. 50<£. 
Oxalis oregana, Redwood Sorrel—5 in. Large round three'parted leaves. White 
or pink flowers. Deep redwood forests. Hardy. 
Paeonia brownii, Western Peony— 12 in. Gray divided foliage. Large leathery 
mahogany'red flowers. Brushy hilhslopes to 5400 ft. Hardy. 
Pentstemon barbatus —4 ft. Slender stems. Long corabpink to red flowers. 
Widely distributed on mt. slopes. Hardy. 
P. centranthifolius, Scarlet Bugler—3 ft. Smooth gray foliage. Narrow bright 
vermilion flowers. Hot sandy places to 4700 ft. Hardy. 
P. eatonii — 18 in. Spikes of bright vermilion tubular flowers. Deserts to 6000 
ft. Hardy. 
P. grandiflorus —2 ft. Tall spikes of long fulbthroated lavender'blue flowers. 
Eastern slopes of Rocky Mts. Hardy. 
P. labrosus — 2 ft. Basal foliage forming mats. Crimson flowers. Southern 
chaparral and forests to 6000 ft. Hardy. 
P. ovatus — 2 ft. Leafy stems. Dense whorls of purple'blue flowers. Montane to 
7000 ft. Hardy. 
P. palmeri var. grinnellii —2 ft. Large cream and lilac flowers. Mt. slopes of 
southern California to 8000 ft. Hardy. 
P. speciosa—16 in. Slender erect spikes of flowers in beautiful shades of blue. 
Sandy plains of Pacific Northwest. Hardy. 
P. strictus —20 in. Rigid spikes of deep blue flowers. Central Rocky Mts. Hardy. 
P. torreyi_18 in. Slender graceful spikes of tubular scarlet flowers. Rocky 
Mts. to 8000 ft. Hardy. 
P. unilateralis— 18 in. Onesided spikes of lilac'blue flowers. Rocky Mt. foot' 
hills. Hardy. 
