Nursery Located At Ruckman Road 2», 
DRYAS. Mountain Avens. (Rosaceae, Rose Family) 
Dryas octopetala. Resembles a dwarf creeping oak. A low spreading shrub about 3 
inches high with leathery, gray-green leaves. The lovely. creamy white flowers on 4 
inch stems in May and June look like small single roses. The flowers are followed 
by ornamental fluffy seed plumes. It likes a gritty, well drained soil in sun or light 
shade. (pH 6-8) An Arctic plant that is quite easy to get established even with our 
hot summers. 
ECHEVERIA. (Crassulaceae, Orpine Family) 
Echiveria species. Thick trailing stems in loose mats with the gray-green leaves in 
dense rosettes at the ends of the branches. It has never flowered for us. Perhaps 
only a form of Sedum. Hardy_and easy to grow in a sandy soil in full sun. (pH 6-8) 
EDRAIANTHUS. Wheel Bell. (Campanulaceae, Bellflower Family) 
Edraianthus kitaibelii. A rare rock plant that forms thick clumps of thin grass like leaves 
about 3 inches high. Long, loping flower stems with showy clusters of deep violet-, 
blue bells at the ends. A desirable early summer bloomer for the rock garden or 
wall. It likes a gritty or well drained garden soil in sun or light shade. (pH 6-8) 
EMPETRUM. Crowberry. (Empetraceae, Crowberry Family) 
Empetrum nigrum. A spreading, decumbent evergreen shrub about 8 inches high, very 
similar to the Heaths. Small inconspicuous flowers followed by black berries in 
fall. It wants a sandy or gritty acid leafmold soil in shade or semi-shade, (pH 4-6) 
EPIGAEA. Mayflower. (Ericaceae, Heath Family) 
Epigaea repens. (Trailing Arbutus) An evergreen creeper that forms a solid carpet of 
broad, deep green leathery leaves, studded with clusters of fragrant white or pale pink 
flowers in May. A highly prized Eastern native that is difficult to get established. 
It should be planted in a 2 to 3 inch layer of acid leafmold over a gravelly subsoil 
and watered every day for the first summer after transplanting. Requires shade in 
cultivation although it is sometimes found out in full sun in the wild. 
Courtesy American Rock Garden Society 
Epigaea repens 
EPIMEDIUM. Barrenwort. (Berberidaceae, Barberry Family) 
Epimedium alpinum rubrum. (Formerly listed as E. grandiflorum coccineum) Beautifully 
ornamental clumps of airy graceful foliage about 12 inches high, pierced by stiff 
stems bearing dainty sprays of brilliant crimson and cream flowers in April and 
May. It will grow in full sun or dense shade but prefers a woodsy atmosphear, in 
a rich acid loam with a liberal admixture of peat or leafmold. (pH 5-7)! 
