ROCK GARDEN PLANTING 
Nemapeg’s 
WONDER PLANTS 
for the Rockery 
/^iULd ^odcuf>! 
Building a rockery is one of the most fascinating of pastimes. 
It gives your artistic nature a chance to perform worth-while 
designs and ornamental layouts. Through your own genius 
a perfectly glorious spot of natural beauty is transplanted right 
to vour door. A PLEASING, REFRESHING HOBBY 
INEXPENSIVELY ACCOMPLISHED. 
This short list of rock plants is a supplement to the newer 
varieties to be found in the first pages of this catalog. Combine 
these old “STANDBYS” with some of the novelties and you 
will have the most delightful rock garden your heart could 
desire. 
These rock plants cost you only 10c per plant, or 12 for 
$1.10, for strong, 2'year stock, worth many, many times as 
much. Also these plants are very easy to grow, requiring no 
special care or soil. YOU CAN BUILD QUITE A ROCK 
GARDEN V/ITH THESE PLANTS ALONE! BUILD 
TODAY! 
ALPINE ASTERS. Colorful plants attaining a height of 6 to 8 
inches and covered with exquisite blue flowers of aster-like 
proportions. Blooms from late May to early July. Strong, 
2 -year plants, 10c each. 
ARABIS (Alpine Rock Cress). One of the earliest of the rock 
plants. About 8 inches and is covered with an abundance of 
white flowers to late April. Compact and pretty foliage. 
Strong, 2-year plants, 10c each. 
ARMERIA Laucheana. Compact tufts of bright green covered 
with rose-colored flowers. Blooms profusely in May and 
June and continues to flower throughout the summer. Six 
inches. Strong, 2-year plants, 10c each. 
ALPINE ASTERS 
CERASTIUM Tomentosum (Snow-in-Summer). An attractive silver-gray creeper with a mass of 
white bloom during June. Retains its colorful foliage during the winter. Cerastium will thrive under 
trees and grow with great success on top of roots, walls, etc. Where grass will not grow, this hardy 
rock plant will. About 6 inches. Strong, 2-year plants, only 10c each. 
COLUMBINE (Aquilegia). Your rockery would be incomplete without several long-spurred 
Columbines to grace its existence. This perennial is very suitable for rockwork and its beautiful 
foliage and handsome flowers make an inspiring sight. It comes in every shade imaginable. Grows 
about lJ/2 to 2J/2 feet. Strong, 2-year plants, only 10c each. 
DIANTHUS Caesius (Rock Carnation). The true Cushion Pink. Little solid balls of spiky glaucous 
foliage. Pink flowers that attain a height of 6 to 8 inches. Very attractive. The flowers are clove- 
scented. Strong, 2-year plants, only 10c each. 
HELIANTHEMUM (Rock Rose). A dainty dwarf for the Alpine garden. Low-growing evergreen 
plant forming broad clumps covered with a mass of boom in pastel colors from pink to clear 
orange. July to September. Will do well on dry locations. Strong, 2-year 
plants, 10c each. 
LYCHNIS Viscaria. Fine tufted plant covered with deep red flowers during the summer months. 
The- deep green grass-like foliage is very showy in the rockery. About 12 inches. Strong, 2-ycar 
plants, only 10c each. 
NEPETA Mussini (Ground Ivy). A valuable everblooming dwarf rock plant producing light blue 
flowers; it creeps extensively. Has a pungent odor. Strong, 2-year plants, only 10c each. 
PHLOX Subulata (Ground or Moss Pink). Creeping or tufted species growing in broad mats on 
dry, rocky hills or sandy banks. An exclusive rock plant. It also does well in the border and 
can be used for edging or among larger plants, where it soon covers the ground. 
P. Rosea. Light pink. Strong, 2-year plants, only 10c each. 
S-^PONARIA. a creeping or trailing hardy rock plant, producing from May until August masses 
of deep pink flowers widely used in the rockery and trailing from wall. About 8 inches. Strong, 
2-year plants, only 10c each. 
STATICE (Sea Lavender). Unexcelled for rockery, producing all summer panicles of small flowers. 
S. ^tifolia. Heavy tufts of leathery foliage with large heads of pretty, small, purplish blue flowers. 
S. Incana. Pinkish blue; dwarf. Grows about 10 to 12 inches. 
The above in strong, 2-year plants, only 10c each. 
Saxifraga (Coat Flower). A dainty tufted plant with light pink flowers all summer. 
Forms a regular carpet. Invaluable for the rock garden. Strong, 2-year plants, only 10c each. 
CERASTIUM 
SEDUM (Stonecrop). A class of plants particularly adapted for carpeting very dry sandy or 
rocky places in the sun. An invaluable rock gem. 
to 6 inches high. Native of Northern Asia. Flowers white with red centers. 
Thick, waxy, round foliage. 
S. Acre. Miniature tufts ol dull green. Small, golden flowers. 4 to 6 inches high. Like a 
moss. Fine for crevice work. 
A late bloomer. Reddish purple. Foliage turns red in fall. 6 to 8 inches. 
AJI Sedums in strong, 2-year plants, only 10c each. No rockery can be built without them. 
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