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INFORMATION TABLES 
For Rock Gardens 
PERENNIALS AND BULBS 
Medium Low Growing 
Name Color of Bloom 
Allyssum Saxatyle (Rock Madwort). Yellow 
Astilbe, Queen Charlotte (Goats Beard). Pink 
Balloon Flower (Platycodon). Violet Blue 
Blue Bonnet (Scabiosa). Light Blue 
Coreopsis. Y ello w 
Eulalia (Hardy Grass). Variegated 
Geum—Mrs. Bradshaw. Scarlet 
Geum—Lady Stratheden. Orange Yellow 
Japanese Iris. Various 
Lupines (Lupinus). Pink, Blue, White 
Pampas Grass (Cortaderia). Foliage 
Potentilla (Cinquefoil). Orange-Crimson 
Sweet William (Dianthus Barbatus). Various 
Spirea Astilbe (Goats Beard). White-Pink 
Yucca (Adam’s Needle). White 
Time of 
Bloom 
April-May 
June-July 
All Summer 
June-Sept. 
May-Nov. 
All Season 
June-July 
May-July 
July-Aug. 
June-Sept. 
All Season 
June-Aug. 
June-July 
J une-J uly 
June-July 
Dwarf Growing 
Anemone Hupehensis (Dwarf Anemone) 
Aubrietia Eyrei (Purple Rock Cress)... 
Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila). 
Buttercup (Ranunculus). 
Campanula Carpatica (Harebells). 
Christmas Rose (Helleborus). 
Forget-me-not (Myosotis). 
Garden Pink (Dianthus). 
Heuchera Sanguinea (Coralbells). 
Iberis (Candytuft). 
Pumila Iris (Dwarf Iris). 
Nepta Mussina (Catmint). 
Pachysandra (Jap. Spurge). 
Lily of the Valley. 
Periwinkle (Vinca Minor). 
Phlox Subulata (Mt. Pink). 
Primrose (Primula). 
Primula Viris (Cowslip). 
Purple Rock Cress (Aubrietia Eyri).... 
Sedum Spectabile (Showy Stonecrop). . 
Crocus, Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissus. . . 
Mauve Pink 
Rose Purple 
White Pink 
Yellow 
Blue 
Blush 
White and Blue 
Pink and White 
White Pink 
White 
Various 
Lavender 
Foliage 
White 
Blue 
Pink 
Yellow 
Yellow-Red 
Rose Purple 
Rose-Pink 
Various 
Aug.-Nov. 
Apr.-May 
June-July 
May-June 
All Season 
Dec.-Jan. 
April-July 
April-June 
J une-Oct. 
May-June 
April-May 
April-June 
All Season 
April-May 
April 
April-May 
May 
May-June 
April-May 
Aug. Sept. 
Mar.-April 
Creeping 
Arabis Alpina (Rock Cress). White 
Sedum Sieboldi (Improved Stonecrop). Cerise 
Sedum Spurium (Running Stonecrop). Pink 
Sempervivum (Hen and Chickens). Yellow 
SHRUBS 
Low Growing 
Deutzia Gracilis. White 
Spirea Froebeli. Red 
Spirea Callosa Alba. White 
Weigela Eva Rathke. Red 
Higher Growing 
Forsythia Spectabilis. Yellow 
Spirea Thunbergii. White 
Tamarix.. . Pink 
Viburnum (Snowball). White 
Witch Hazel. Yellow 
EVERGREENS 
Mugho Pine.Low Growing 
Prostrate Juniper.Spreading, Low 
Waukegan Juniper.Creeping 
Japanese Yew.Spreading 
April-May 
July-Aug. 
July-Aug. 
July 
May-June 
July-Aug. 
July-Oct. 
June-July 
April 
April-May 
April-May 
May-June 
Oct. 
