WAYSIDE GARDENS 
M E NTO R , OHIO 
Saxifraga McNabiana. 
Saxifraga, Megasea Hybrids. 
Saxifraga Decipiens. 
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♦Chamaecyparissus (Incana). A sweet-smell¬ 
ing, dwarf, evergreen perennial, with deli¬ 
cate, silver-white foliage, useful as rock 
or border plants; also largely used for 
edgings to flower beds or walks. 1 foot . . .! 
Saponaria - Soapwort 
*Ocymoides splendens. Pretty prostrate bor¬ 
der and rockery plant; flowers rosy pink, 
produced in great quantities just above 
the foliage in late May and early June . . . 
*Ocymoides alba. A pure white form of the 
above . 
Saxifraga - Rock-foil; Megasea 
Caespitosa. A robust grower about 2 to 6 
inches high with dense foliage. Small 
white flowers from June to August. Loves 
a rich, well drained but moist soil and very 
*Decipiens (Crimson Moss). Dwarf mossy 
plants bearing white flowers in May and 
June. The green foliage turns a bronzy 
crimson in winter. 4 inches high. Splen- 
♦McNabiana. This plant is a splendid sort 
for wall garden or in crevices in the rock 
garden. Foliage is gray-green in form 
of a rosette and quite stiff; from the cen¬ 
ter comes a flower spike about 12 inches 
long covered with small, white blossoms 
♦Megasea cordifolia. These will thrive in 
ordinary soil in any position. Grow about 
1 foot high, and are admirable for the 
front of the border or shrubbery, form¬ 
ing masses of handsome, broad, deep green 
foliage, which alone renders them useful; 
flowers appear very early in the spring. 
♦Megasea crassifolia. 12 to 15 inches. April 
to June. Showy and spreading. Drooping 
masses of pink flowers high above the 
large clustered leaves. A fine rock plant . . 
♦Megasea Hybrids. Handsome plants in fine 
mixture of all shades of rose or pink. Ex¬ 
cellent foliage. Good for the rock garden 
or border. Does well in shade or sun .... 
Scutellaria - Skull Cap 
*Baicalensis coelestina. Short, wiry stems, 
1 foot high, clothed with clear blue Snap¬ 
dragon-shaped flowers during July and 
August; a very good plant for the rockery 
Silene - Catchfly or Campion 
Acaulis. A typical high Alpine. Close, green 
cushions and tiny, stemless, rosy flowers 
in May and June . 
Alpestris. Dwarf rock plant, dainty, pure 
white flowers in May and June . 
♦Saxifraga. A choice Alpine of mossy growth. 
Flowers white, in great profusion all sum¬ 
mer . 
♦Schafta (Autumn Catchfly). A charming bor¬ 
der or rock plant, growing from 4 to 6 
inches high, with masses of bright pink 
Sedum - Stonecrop 
DWARF VARIETIES 
♦Acre (Golden Moss). Much used for cover¬ 
ing graves; foliage green; flowers bright 
yellow; prostrate and slowly spreading .. 
♦Aizoon. Bright yellow flowers. 1 foot. July 
and August . 
♦Album. Dwarf and spreading; thick, waxy 
round foliage, white flowers; good rock 
plant . 
♦Eversi. A very nice variety of sub-trailing 
habit. Foliage is glaucous gray. In Octo¬ 
ber the plant is covered with rose colored 
flowers . 
♦Glaucum. Excellent dwarf variety; p; 
trate and of slow growth. Blue-green 
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