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MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES — SHENANDOAH. IOWA 
PERENNIALS—Continued 
Per 10 
SEDUM, Stone Crop or Live Forever (EG). 
America’s Greatest Rock Plant. Thick, glaucous leaves, very 
hardy, drouth resisting. Very adaptable, dwarf varieties indis¬ 
pensable in rock gardens, the medium and taller varieties good 
in perennial borders.. 0.70 
Album. Dwarf and spreading, thick waxy round foliage. White 
flowers. July. 6 in. 
Anglicum. White. Tiny, moss-like carpeting plant. Profuse 
bloomer. Early summer. 
Ewersii. Rosy-purple flowers, blue-gray leaves, stocky plants. 
Deciduous. Early. 8 to 10 in. stems. 
Lydium Glaucum. Bluish, very fine rock plant. Very odd. All 
summer. 6 in. 
Middendorfianum. Very choice. Yellow flowers with dark green 
leaves. Dark reddish rosettes in clusters appear for winter 
decoration. 6 in. 
Monregalense. Very unusual, white, pink spotted. All summer. 
6 in. 
Murale. Evergreen foliage, reddish-purple. White flowers with 
pink center. 4 to 8 in. 
Oppositifolium. Bright green foliage with rose bloom. July. 4 in. 
Sexangulare. Yellow flowers, very dark green foliage. May-July. 
4 in. 
Spurium Boseiun. Purplish-red. July and August. 6 in. 
Stonolifera. Purplish pink. July and August. 6 in. 
SEMPERVIVUM, Houseleek (EG). 
Sometimes known as Hen and Chicken. Plants especially good 
for Rock Garden. Their rosette-like, thick leaves are fleshy and 
pointed. The small clumps slowly spread, filling pockets and 
crevices between the rocks. 
Bossier. Leaves are deep green tipped reddish-purple, forming 
a beautiful rosette, 6 in. to 8 in. in diameter when fully grown. 
4 in.95 
Glauca. Blue green leaves. Rosettes are produced in abundance .95 
Ternatum. Olive green rosette, tipped brown. Rapid spreader .95 
SPIRE A, Goat’s Bearcl, Meadow Sweet (RG). 
Filipendula (Dropwort). White flowers produced in abundance on 
stems 15 in. high. Fern-like foliage. June and July. 1.80 
STACHYS, Woundwort (RG). 
Lanata. Soft silvery foliage, with clusters of light purple flowers. 
June and July. 4 in. 80 
STATICE, Great Sea Lavender (RG). August. 18 in. 
Latifolia, Blue. These plants have broad leathery leaves, producing 
candelabra-like heads. If cut in full bloom make very valuable 
winter bouquets .. 95 
STOKESIA, Cornflower Aster. 
Aster-like flower, with rich green leaves, good for cutting, 
and very thrifty. August. 12 to 18 in. In separate colors, 
blue and white. 80 
SWEET WILLIAM. (See Dianthus Barbatus.) 
THALICTRTJM, Meadow Rue. 
A great favorite for hardy borders, graceful plants; pretty flowers. 
Adiantifolium. Foliage like Maidenhair Fern, tiny white flowers. 
June. 2 ft.. 
Acjuilegifolium. Rosy purple flowers on graceful foliage like that 
of Columbine. 2 to 3 ft. spikes. June to July. 95 
Glaucum. Yellow flowers, bluish-gray leaves. July. 3 to 4 ft. .95 
THYMUS, Thyme (RG). 
Serpyllum Coccineiim. Dark red flowers, covering the plant 
completely. Creeping habit, hairy foliage, which is fragrant. 
June-July .. 
TRITOMA, Kniphofia, Red Hot Poker (RG). 
This perennial is not truly hardy in Northern latitudes and must 
be taken up and stored through the winter. Foliage grass-like. 
Blooms range from orange to deep coral. August and September! 
30 in. 
Express. A good cut flower, in shades of orange, red and yellow .70 
Pfitzeriana. This is the genuine Red Hot Poker. Rich orange- 
scarlet blooms on stems 3 ft. high. Must be grown from divi¬ 
sions. August to October.. 
Towers of Gold. (See New and Special Items). 1.80 
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