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Phlox subulata Brittonii Pink. The best and most outstanding variety in the list. It 
forms a very tight flat mat of tiny prickly evergreen leaves covered with tiny 
bright pink flowers. Each petal is almost cleft in two. 
Phlox subulata G. F, Wilson. A big, fast growing variety with very pale blue flowers, 
similar to Blue Eyes in growth but the flowers are quite different when they are 
planted side by side. 
Phlox subulata Schneewittchen. This is a Snow Witch if there ever was one. Very 
dense little mats of whoolly gray green leaves completely covered with myriads of 
tiny pure white flowers. 
Phlox subulata Tiny Tot. This one can be best described as a large Brittoni Pink. It 
is a fairly fast growing mat of tiny leaves with deeply notched light pink flowers. 
Phlox subulata Vivid. This one has long been the favorite of rock gardeners, It is a 
slow growing cushion type with a multitude of small showy clear pink flowers, 
each with a bright red eye. 
Phlox subulata Vivid 
Phlox subulata White Dot. The best of the white varieties. It makes large, broad 
cushions of evergreen leaves and very large, full petaled pure white flowers. 
POLEMONIUM. Jacobs Ladder. (Polemoniaceae, Phlox Family) 
Polemonium reptans, An eastern U. S. native species with slowly creeping root stocks 
that make large attractive foot high clumps of dark green ferny foliage, topped with 
a shower of lovely light blue flowers in May and June. A handsome and desirable 
plant that thrives in a rich garden soil in half shade or full sun if the soil is kept 
moist. (pH 6-8) 
POLYGALA. Milkwort. (Polygalaceae, Milkwort Family) 
Polygala calcarea. A dainty, slowly creeping evergreen plant from the Swiss alps with 
tiny oval leaves in close rosettes and clusters of stunning bright blue flowers barely 
above the foliage in May and June. This very rare alpine requires a well drained 
gritty lime soil in partial shade or filtered sunlight, (pH 7-8) 
Polygala paucifolia. (Gay wings) An eastern American native that creeps underground. 
Each Stem has only two or three leaves and a cluster of 3 to 4 vivid purple and 
yellow flowers in May and June. It is a plant for dense shade in a rich acid leaf- 
mold soil. (pH 4-5) It should be planted under Rhododendrons or Azaleas. 
POLYSTICHUM. Holly Fern. (Polypodiaceae, Fern Family) 
Polystichum acrostichoides. (Christmas Fern) Our lovely and dependable native of the 
eastern U. S. woodlands, It has long and graceful dark green fronds from 15 to 24 
inches high in attractive evergreen clumps. It likes an acid leafmold soil in shade 
or half shade. (pH 4-6) Useful in the rock garden and as a foundation plant for 
the shady side of the house. 
