ASHEVILLE SEED CO., ASHEVILLE, N. C. 
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HARDY ROCK GARDEN PLANTS 
All plants are 25c per clump. $2.50 per dozen. 6 at dozen rate. Not prepaid. 
NO. 185. AETHIONEMA—PERSIAN 
CANDYTUFT 
Beautiful shrubby alpines of spreading habit. 
Soil sandy loam and sunny location. Blooms 
from May to July. Rose pink flowers. Grows 
8 inches. 
NO. 186. AJUGA—BUGLE WEED 
A useful plant for carpeting the ground, par¬ 
ticularly in shady positions. Flowers in May 
and June. 6 to 8 inches. Bronzy foliage, deep 
blue flowers. 
NO. 187. ALYSSUM—BASKET OF GOLD 
Require a well drained soil in a sunny location. 
Saxatile Compactun — An indispensable plant 
for the rockery growing 1 foot high and pro¬ 
ducing all summer masses of broad, flat heads 
of bright yellow flowers, with silver foliage. 
Spinulosum Roseum—Grows 4 inches. Gray fol¬ 
iage with pink flowers. 
NO. 188. ARABIS—ROCK CRESS 
Alpina — Needs sun and well drained soil. 
Blooms early, forming masses of pure white flo¬ 
wers, 6 inches tall. 
NO. 189. ARMERIA—SUN PINK or THRIFT 
Attractive dwarf plants that will succeed in 
any soil and bloom all summer. They form 
evergreen tufts of bright green foliage, from 
which innumerable flowers appear in dense heads, 
on stiff wiry stems. 
Lancheana—Rosy red blooms 6 inches tall. 
Maritima—Pale pink blooms 12 inches tall. 
NO. 190. AMBRIETIA—ROCK CRESS 
Masses of silvery-green foliage and sheets of 
blue or purple flowers in spring and early sum¬ 
mer. Grows 6 to 8 inches. # 
NO. 191. CAMPANULA—BELLFLOWERS 
Grows in compact tufts not exceeding 8 inches 
high. Blooms from June to October. Unsur¬ 
passed for the rockery. 
Carpatica—Clear blue flowers. 
Carpatica Alba—Pure white. 
Gaarganica—Light blue with white eye. 
NO. 192. CERASTIUM—SNOW IN SUMMER 
A low-growing plant with silvery foliage and 
white flowers in June. Suitable for rockery, 
sunny spots or for covering graves. Height 6 
inches. 
NO. 193. ORNAMENTAL GRASS 
Fcstuca Glauca—Blue Fescue—A pretty dwarf 
tufted grass with distinct blue-green foliage. 
Height 6 inches. 
NO. 194. HELIANTHEMUM—ROCK OR 
SUN ROSE 
Exceedingly pretty low growing evergreen 
plants, which are quite hidden by a mass of pale 
pink to deep rose blooms during May and June. 
Wonderful for rock garden. Height 8 inches. 
NO. 195. HEPATICA—LIVER LEAF 
A pretty native spring-flowering plant, adapt¬ 
able to deep shade and acid soil. Height 6 inches. 
Triloba Round lobed leaves, lavender blue flo¬ 
wers. 
Acutiloba—Pointed lobes, white flowers. 
NO. 196. IBERIS—HARDY CANDYTUFT 
Sempervirens—Dwarf plants about 8 inches, 
with evergreen foliage, and masses of pure white 
flowers early in the spring. 
Gibraltica—About 6 inches, lavendar to white 
blossoms. 
NO. 197. IRIS CRISTATA—CRESTED 
DWARF IRIS 
A tiny native species growing from 4 to 6 
inches high with delicate, richly marked pale lilac 
flowers, blooms in May and June. 
NO. 198. LYCHNIS—CAMPION 
Of the easiest culture, thriving in any soil, and 
this, in addition to their brightness has brought 
them into favor with lovers of hardy plants. 
Alpina—Spikes of rose pink, 4 inches. 
Arkwright—Bright orange scarlet, 8 inches. 
NO. 199. NEPETA—GROUND IVY 
Mussini—An excellent plant for any position 
but especially useful in the rock garden. It is 
of compact habit forming dense tufts about 12 
inches high with masses of small light violet blue 
flowers during summer. 
NO. 200. PAPAVER NUDICAULE— 
ICELAND POPPY 
Thibetica—Form a tuft of bright green fern¬ 
like foliage from which springs a profusion of 
leafless stems 1 foot high, each graced with 
orange cup-shaped flowers. Blooms the entire 
season. 
NO. 201. PINKS—DIANTHUS 
Require a well drained soil in a sunny location. 
Caesius—Forms compact cushions of blue gray 
foliage and sweetly scented, rose pink ffowers in 
May and June. 
Deltoides—(Maiden Pink)—A charming creep¬ 
ing variety with medium sized pink flowers in 
June. 
Deltoides Major Sterne—Bronze foliage, flowers 
a brilliant rose. 
NO. 202. VARIOUS PHLOXES 
Amoena—Grows 4 inches high and in spring 
is a sheet of rich pink flowers. 
Divaricata Canadensis—Large fragrant, laven¬ 
der flowers on stems 10 inches high. 
Reptans—Creeping variety with lavender flow¬ 
ers, especially good for part shade. 
NO. 203. PHLOX SUBLATA—MOSS PINK 
An early spring-flowering type, with pretty 
moss-like evergreen foliage, which during the 
flowering season is hidden under masses of 
blooms. Soil sandy loam and a sunny location 
Height 4 to 6 inches. 
Alba—Pure White. 
Lilacina—Light Lilac. 
Rosea—Rose pink. 
Wilsoni—Clear blue. 
NO. 204. PLUMBAGO—LEAD WORT 
Larpentae —• One of the most desirable rock 
plant, it is of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 
6 to 8 inches high, covered with deep blue flow¬ 
ers during the summer and fall months. 
NO. 205. POLEMONIUM—JACOB’S LADDER 
Reptans—Succeeds best in a partially shaded 
position. Deep green finely cut foliage, with 
spikes of showy deep blue flowers throughout the 
spring, 8 inches high. 
NO. 206. RANUNCULUS 
Repens—Trailing Buttercup, Masses of bright 
golden-yellow double flowers in May and June. 
6 inches high. 
NO. 207. SEDUM—STONE-CROP 
Require a well drained soil in a sunny location. 
Acre—(Golden Moss) Foliage green, flowers 
bright yellow. Height 2 to 3 inches. 
Album—Green foliage, white flowers, 2 to 3 
inches. 
Ewerse—Clumps of coarse foliage, pink flowers, 
8 inches. 
Glacum—Gray mossy foliage with pink flowers 
1 to 2 inches. 
Sarmentosum—Light green creeping plant, yel¬ 
low flowers, 6 inches. 
Sieboldi—Round flat leaves bright pink flowers 
in the fall, 8 inches. 
Spurium Coccineum—Bronze foliage, rose flow¬ 
ers in the fall, 6 inches. 
NO. 208—SEMPERVIVUM—HEN AND CHICKS 
Evergreen plants for the rockery, require well 
drained sandy loam. 
Arenarium—Very small rosette, spreads rapidly. 
Tectorum—Broad rosette, reddish brown tips. 
NO. 209. VERONICA—SPEEDWELL 
Require a well drained soil in a sunny location. 
Incana Bright silvery foliage, spikes of blue 
flowers in May and June. 1 foot. 
Repens—A useful rock or carpeting plant, with 
light blue flowers in May. 1 to 2 inches. 
Rupestris—Thickly matted deep green foliage 
hidden in spx-ing under a cloud of bright blue 
flowers. 3 to 4 inches. 
Toucrium—Has dense growth, with blue flowers 
in spring. 8 to 12 inches. 
NO. 210. VIOLAS or TUFTED PANSIES 
Very popular bedding plants. While the flow¬ 
ers are not as large as Pansies, they continue 
in bloom throughout the entire season. Especi¬ 
ally desirable for mass effect Can furnish in 
violet, blue, white or yellow. 
