Plumbago (Leadwort) larpentae —Spreading plant with intensely bright 
blue fls. Aug. Sept. 
Pyrethrum {Painted Daisy) roseum —Daisy-like flowers of white, pink, 
or red in June. 2 ft. 
Polemonium {Jacob's Ladder) 
coeruleum —Fern-like foliage and spikes of blue fls. 18-24 in. June, 
reptans —Dwarf form; graceful habit of growth. Blue fls. 12 in. 
Poppy (See Papaver) 
Primula {Primrose) 
auricula —Smooth leav'es; rich purple, red, and yellow. 6 in. May. 
cortusoides —Crinkley leaves; deep rose fls.; May-June. 10 iui. 
Moerheim Hybrids —Many shades of red, yellow, and purple. May. 
veris hybrids —Various shades of purple, orange, and red. 6 in. May. 
vulgaris —The true English primrose with pale yellow fls. 6 in. May. 
Ranunculus {Buttercups) acris fl. pi. —Double form with bright yellow 
fls. 12-18 in. May. 
Rudbeckia {Cornjioicer) 
Golden Glow —Large, double golden yellow fls. 6 ft. Aug.-Sept, 
newmanni {Black-eyed Susan) —Deep yellow flowers with dark cone. 
2 ft. July-Aug. 
purpurea {Purple Coneflozcer) —Daisy-like, purplish flower with cone- 
shaped center of brown. 2-3 ft. July-Aug. 
Salvia {Meadow Sage) 
azurea —Many sky-blue flowers. 3-4 ft. Aug.-Sept. 
pitcheri —More branching and deeper blue than S. azurea. 3-4 ft. Sept- 
Saponaria {Soapwort) ocymoides —Branching, trailing rock plant with 
masses of small pink flowers. May-June. 
Saxifraga {Rock-foil) cordifolia —Large heart-shaped leaves; flowers 
pink. 1 ft. Aprll-May. 
Scabiosa {Pin-cushion Flower) 
caucasica —Large, soft, lilac-blue flowers on long stems. 2 ft. July, 
japonica —Lavender-blue flowers. 2 ft. Jul}’-Sept. 
Sedum(S^o necrop) 
acre {Golden Moss) —Minute foliage, very dense, like moss. Yellow 
flowers. Spreading habit. 
album (White)—Thick, wa.xy round foliage; dwarf and spreading. 
Fls. white. 
eversi —Foliage glaucous gray; sub-trailing habit of growth, 
glaucum —Blue-green foliage; excellent dwarf variety, 
kamtschaticum —Spreading habit; wide, flat leaves in rosettes. Orange- 
yellow flowers. 
sexangulare —Very dark green foliage; .yellow flowers. 
spectabile Brilliant- —Upright form; fleshy leaves; bright rose. 18 in. 
stoloniferum —Evergreen leaves; purplish-pink fls. July-Aug. 
Sempervivum {House Leek) tectorum { Ilen-and-Chickens) —Broad 
rosettes, clustered around with smaller rosettes. 
Sidalcea {Greek Mallow) Rosy Gem —Erect-growing, bearing rosy-pink 
fls. 2-3 ft. July. 
Silene {Catchjly) 
alpestris —Dwarf rock plant, dainty, white fls. in May. 
schafta —Compact border plant; masses of bright pink fls. 4-6 in. June. 
Spirea {Goat's Beard) filipendula —Clusters of white flowers; fern-like 
foliage. 18 in. June-July. 
Statice {Great Sea-Lavender) latifolia —Large heads of minute lavender 
flowers, giving a mist-like appearance; very lovely. July. 15 in. 
Stokesia {Stoke's Aster) cyanea —Lavender-blue flowers on 18 in. stems. 
July-Sept. 
Sweet William (S ee Dianthus barbatus) 
Teucrium {Germander) chamaedrys —Glossy green foliage resembling 
boxwood. 12 in. 
Thalictrum {Meadow Rue) 
adiantifolium —Fine-cut foliage; miniature white flowers. 2 ft. June, 
aquilegifolium —Foliage like columbine; clusters of rosy-purple flowers. 
2-3 ft. May-June. 
Tradescantia {Spiderwort) virginica —Grass-like plant bearing blue or 
white flowers on fleshy stems. 18 in. 
Thymus {Th yme) 
lanuginosus —Wooly gray foliage with lavender flowers. Trailing. 
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