18 UPTON GARDENS 

SCUTELLARIA brittonii. A cute little blue skullcap. 
SEDUM, Stonecrop. 
integrifolia (rhodiola), King’s Crown. Ilat dense heads of bright 
erimson; excellent foliage. 6 inches. 
rhodanthum, Queen’s Crown. Ruacemes of pink flowers. Siimilur to 
S. integrifolia, but taller; likes stream sides. 10 inches. 
stenopetalum. ‘Tawny yellow flowers from tidy tufts of succulent 
glabrous leaves. 3 inches. 
SENECIO fendleri. Open rosettes of crinkly gray foliage, lovely in 
winter, too; should not be allowed to bloom. Gravelly slides 
SIEVERSIA (Geum). 
ciliata, Pink Plumes. Strawberry pink gargoyles in threes, fuzzy 
in seed. Not quite trim enough for the rock garden. 
turbinata (Geum rossii). Open bright yellow flowers; dark green or 
purplish foliage, finely cut. Persistent bloomer; alpine, 10 inches. 
SILENE acaulis, Moss Campion. Bright rose-pink needlepoint on lovely 
green cushions. Alpine; easy to grow. 
SISYRINCHIUM angustifolium, Blue Eyed Grass. Little bright blue 
flowers coyly hiding in linear leaves and bracts; one of the iris 
family. Moist meadows. 6 inches. 
STANLEYA, Yellow Plume. 
bipinnata (glauca). Erect yellow torches, in moist swales on the 
plains. 3 ft. This has proved a most attractive plant in the 
perennial border. Cut after first bloom, it makes an airy spire 
effect near yellow chrysanthemums, notably the Korean Sappho. 
SYNTHYRIS, Kittentails. 
alpina, Purplish-blue flowers in racemes, dwarf phacelia-like. Al]- 
pine. 3 inches. 
plantaginea. A grown-up alpina. Thick basal leaves. Hardly worth 
growing. 
THALICTRUM, Meadow Rue. 
alpinum. Low-lying foliage; miniature. On grassy bog humps. 
fendleri, Maiden’s Hair. Columbine-like foliage, flowers inconspicu- 
ous. Moist aspen woods. Plants only. 
THERMOPSIS montana, Golden Banner. Showy heads of pea-like yellow 
flowers; easy to grow. Light shade. 1 ft. 
THIMBLEBERRY, see Bossekia, page 20. 
THLASPI coloradense, Alpine Candytuft. A dwarf baby candytuft, 
white; early on granite gravel slopes. 
TOWNSENDIA, Easter Daisy. Dry sandy open slopes. 
exscapa. HWarly pale pink flowers nestling in narrow gray foliage. 
2 inches. See page 22. 
grandiflora. Large white daisies, lavender backed; attractive, low 
growing. 4 inches. 
TRADESCANTIA virginiana, Spiderwort. Three cornered, clear blue 
flowers with bright yellow stamens. 15 inches. 
TRIFOLIUM, Alpine Clover. A home-sick family; better grow them 
from seed. 
dasyphyllum. Lavender tinted flowers in heads; low tufted foliage. 
3 inches. 
nanum, Diminutive, violet purple pea-flowers nestling at the edges 
of the tufts. 
parryi. Large clover heads, rose purple. 6 inches. 
TROLLIUS albiflorus, Alpine Globe Flower. Wax white single flowers 
with conspicuous yellow stamens; deeply cleft foliage. A lovely 
thing. Acid bogs. 
