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Anemone hupehensis. Uudoubtedly one of the most beautiful plants for bright fall color 
in the rock garden. Nice maple-leaf foliage in deep green mounds about 10 mens 
high, with many sturdy flower stems about 18 inches tall bearing an abundance o 
lovely pink flowers from late August till hard frost. This indispensable plant wants 
a rich acid to neutral soil in sun or light shade. (pH 5-7) Very easy to grow and | 
lasting for years. ; yal. | 
Anemone nemorosa flore-pleno. (Wood Anemone)’ This dainty species from Siberia 
forms mats of very pretty scalloped leaves about 3 inches high, gayly ornamented 
with drifts of fully double pure white flowers on 5 inch stems.in May. An excellent | 
subject for the shady rock garden that likes a rich acid leafy soil in shade or half 
sun. (pH 5-6) A tuberous rooted species that goes dormant shortly after flowering. | 
Anemone nemorosa Royal Blue. A lovely form of the Wood Anemone with large, very 
brilliant royal blue flowers all through the month of May. Same soil and exposure 
as the preceeding. 
Anemone pulsatilla. (Pasque Flower) Broad clumps of attractive ferny foliage about 
8 inches high with large, cup shaped, purple flowers in April and May. The lovely 
flowers are followed by decorative glistening seed plumes. This European is an old 
favorite with flower lovers and is easy to grow in any ordinary garden soil in sun 
or light shade. (pH 6-8) 
Anemone ranunculoides. (Yellow Wood Anemone) Another mat forming species from 
Siberia that resembles A. nemorosa in leaf, but the showy little cups are of a true 
buttercup yellow and begin to bloom two weeks earlier in April. It likes shade or 
half shade in a rich acid leafmold soil. (pH 5-6) 
ANEMONELLA. Rue Anemone. (Ranunculaceae, Buttercup Family) 
Anemonella thalictroides. (Rue Anemone) A dainty, delicate little plant from our 
eastern woodlands with attractive rue-like foliage on very thin stems, with large 
white flowers that resemble the wood anemones. The entire charming plant is 
about 10 inches high and blooms in April and May and later if it is cut back after 
blooming. It thrives in an acid leafmold soil in shade or half shade. (pH 5-6) 
ANTENNARIA. Pussy Toes. (Compositae, Daisy F amily) 
Antennaria microphylla. A very slow growing Rocky Mountain alpine that makes mats 
of tiny silvery, evergreen rosettes. Small white flowers on 6 inch stems in June 
and July. This is primarily a foliage plant, being attractive all through the year. 
It likes a sandy soil in full hot sun. (pH 6-8) 
Antennaria neodioica. A fast growing ground cover for hot, dry places. Quickly 
spreading evergreen mats of glistening silver only one inch high. It has fuzzy rose 
pink flowers on 6 inch stems in June and July that are rather nice, but this also 
is primarily a foliage plant. Good for walks and for planting in dry walls. It likes 
a sandy soil in full hot sun. (pH 6-8) 
ANTHEMIS. Chamomile. (Compositae, Daisy Family) 
Anthemis biebersteiniana. This outstanding little plant from the Carpathian Mountains 
deserves a place of honor in every rock garden. A very attractive little mound of 
finely cut, glistening silver foliage about 4 inches high. It produces an abundance 
of stems about 8 inches tall, each bearing a large daisy of pure golden yellow in 
May and June. An easy subject in any good garden soil in full sun. (pH 6-8) 
ANTIRRHINUM. Snapdragon. (Scrophulariaceae ,Figwort Family) 
Antirrhinum asarina. A sturdy, robust plant with trailing stems of woolly, heart shaped 
leaves and large pale yellow snapdragons from June to August. A perfectly hardy 
native of Spain that is very decorative trailing over rocks or down the side of a 
wall. It wants a loose, gritty soil in sun or half shade. (pH 6-8)! 
Antirrhinum molle. Another dwarf snapdragon with fuzzy leaves, but this one grows 
upright to about 10 inches with small round leaves and white flowers in loose 
spikes in June and July. A native of Southern France that wants a well drained 
garden soil in sun or half shade. (pH 6-8) 
AQUILEGIA,. Columbine, (Ranunculaceae, Buttercup Family) 
Aquilegia akitensis. A dwarf Japanese columbine with very attractive blue-green leaves 
about 6 inches high and sturdy stems bearing very large blue flowers with inner 
petals pale yellow. A highly desirable, almost indispensable plant for the rock garden 
that is easy to grow in any ordinary garden soil in sun or part shade. (pH 6-8): 
Nice in dry walls. 
