Nursey Located At Ruckman Road 9 
AJUGA. Bugle-Weed. (Labiatae, Mint Family) 
Ajuga Reptans. (Carpet Bugle) A very fast spreader that forms solid green carpets 
of large leafy rosettes which are pierced in May and June by many showy 
spikes of deep blue flowers. It is too weedy for the rock garden, but excellent for 
covering ugly banks or shady places where nothing else will grow. It is not 
particular as to soil or exposure It thrives in sun or shade and poor sandy soil 
will do as well as good garden soil. (pH 6-8) 
Ajuga reptans alba. The same as the preceeding plant but the leaves are of a fresk 
apple green color with bold flower spikes of pure white flowers. Same conditions 
and soil as above. This seems to be a weak albino that dies out quickly and winter 
kills easily. 
Ajuga reptans brockbankii. (Clump Bugle) A good variety of Bugle that does not 
creep. A clumpy plant of lush green foliage and eight inch spikes of clear blue 
flowers from May to July. It can be planted without danger of it taking over 
the entire garden. Sun or shade in any ordinary garden soil. (pH 6-8) 
Ajuga reptans metalica crispa. Another fast growing ground cover with crisp, wavy, 
bronzy foliage that turns a rich purple color in fall. Stout 8 inch spikes of clear 
blue flowers in May and June. Plant this where it has space to spread in any soil 
in sun or shade. (pH 6-8) 
Ajuga reptans variegata. Another creeping bugle, but this one is not as robust as the 
others. The foliage is variegated with deep green, light green and pale yellow, 
with purple edges in winter. The flowers are a clear light blue in May and June. 
Ordinary soil in sun or shade. This one does best in half shade. (pH 6-8) 
ALLIUM. Onion. (Liliaceae, Lily Family) 
Allium cernuum. A bulbous plant that forms targe clumps of long, roundish leaves 
from which spring many 18 inch flowering stems that bear large nodding umbles 
of little bell shaped flowers of a pale rosy-purple color in June, July, and August. 
An American native very useful for summer color in the rock garden, for massing 
in the border and for naturalizing at the edge of the wild garden, It likes sun and 
any ordinary garden soil. (pH 5-8) 
Allium cyaneum. The gem of the race! A delicate little beauty that deserves a place 
of honor in your rock garden. Dense tufts of very thin, grass-like leaves about 6 
inches high and slender flower stems that carry loose, nodding umbles of clear 
royal blue flowers in June and July. A native of China that is easy to grow but 
easy to lose if it becomes overgrown with grass. This fine plant wants sun and 
a good light loam that is well drained. (pH 6-8) 
Allium farrerii. A refined species for bright summer color in the rock garden. Eight 
inch kKigh clumps of grassy leaves, topped with umbels of bright red-purple flowers 
in July. It thrives in any ordinary garden soil in sun or part shade, (pH 5-8)! 
Aftmum flavum minor. Long thin leaves in loose clumps about 12 inches high with 
spectacular burstin, sky-rockets of bright yellow bells on 18 inch stems in June 
and July. This species should be planted close together, behind a shorter, more 
leafy plant to show its true beauty. It takes full sun in any ordinary soil. (pH 6-8) 
Allium schoenoprasum. (Chives) This well known herb garden subject grows into 
dense clumps of long thin leaves about 10 inches high, beset with countless um- 
bells of bright rosy-purple flowers in June and July. This one is good to eat and 
excellent for summer color in the rock garden. It thrives anywhere in sun or 
light shade. (pH 6-8) 
Allium senescens glaucum, (Twister Plant) Neat tufts of flat scyth shaped blue-gray 
leaves that grow into dense clumps. All the leaves twist in the same direction to 
make an attractive swirl. It has showy pink flowers on 8 to 10 inch stems in 
August and September. It is easy to grow 1n full sun and ordinary garden soil. 
(pH 6-8) 
Allium sikkimense. This 1uay not be the true name but it is the closest we can arrive 
at. Short flat, dark green leaves in heavy clumps and large dense flower heads on 
10 inch stems carry many tiny lilies of a deep violet color in July and August. 
This outstanding. summer blooming species comes from Sikkim in the Himalaya 
Mountains and is easy to establish in any ordinary soil in full sun. (pH 6-8) 
