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Nursery Located At Ruckman Road 73 
PULMONARIA. Lungwort. (Boraginaceae, Borage Family) 
Pulmonaria angustifolia. (The same as var., Azurea) Low, spreading clumps of long, 
narrow dark green leaves about 5 inches high. From Late March to May it has 
stems 8 to 10 inches high, bearing pretty delicate pink buds that open to bright 
blue trumpets. An old favorite for a shady or semi shady spot in a rich acid loam. 
(pH_ 5-6) 
Pulmonaria officinalis. Large attracive clumps of dark green leaves spotted and bloched 
with white, The attractive leaves are an asset to any rock garden in summer and 
winter. In April and May it has large sprays of deep red flowers that turn to vio- 
let-blue. It likes a rich acid loam in shade or half shade. (pH 5-6) It will stand full 
sun if the soil is kept moist, 
Pulmonaria saccharata Mrs. Moon. A spotted leaved species very similar to the preceed- 
ing, but the white spots are not as clearly defined. A good evergreen plant for a 
shady rock garden or wild garden in a rich acid loam. (pH 5-6) The attractive 
flowers are produced on 12 inch stems in April and May and are of a lovely deep 
salmon pink color. 
PYXIDANTHERA. Pyxie Moss. (Diapensiaceae, Diapensia Family) 
Pyxidanthera barbulata. A tiny creeping shrub that forms large moss-like mats as much 
as 3 feet in diameter but never more than ¥% inch high. Very tiny evergreen leaves 
entirely covered with myriads of bright pink buds and white flowers in April and 
May. This beautiful and much coveted treasure of the New Jersey Pine Barrens is 
difficult to grow without a good deal of attention. It requires a very sandy, very 
acid moist soil in partial shade or filtered sunlight. (pH 4-5) We grow our plants 
in a soil made of three parts sharp white sand and one part acid leafmold. The 
leafmold should be rotted pine, spruce or hemlock needles. Oak leaves will do but 
it prefers pine. 
RAMONDA. (Gesneriaceae, African Violet Family) 
Ramonda pryrenaica, A rare plant to test the skill of the best of gardeners. It makes 
rather large rosettes or clumps of deeply toothed, hairy green leaves and 3 to 4 inch 
stems bearing lovely lhlac colored flowers in May. It requires an ac'd leafmold soil 
in a rock crevice. It will not grow in an open bed. The crevice should be almost 
perpendicular and preferably with an overhanging rock above. (pH 5-6) The flow- 
ers of this captivating plant resemble the African Violet. 
RANUNCULUS. Buttercup. (Ranunculaceae, Buttercup Family) 
Ranunculus crenatus. A charming little mountain buttercup that forms neat flat rosettes 
of dark, glossy green, wavy, toothed leaves. Large white cups on 3 inch stems in 
early April and again in late Fall. A dainty European that requires a gritty acid soil 
in sun or light shade. It is rare and a very slow grower. (pH 5-6) 
Ranunculus montanus. A showy, easily grown alpine buttercup with creeping root 
stocks that form neat spreading mats of deeply cut dark green leaves about 2 
inches high, with showy large yellow flowers on 3 inch stems in May and June and 
again in fall. It likes a rich but gritty ac:d loam in sun or light shade. (pH 5-6) 
Ranunculus repens pleniflorus. A weed but sometime considered desirable and useful. 
It makes a quickly spreading mat of large, three parted leaves on creeping stems 
about 5 inches high and masses of very pretty fully double bright yellow flowers 
from April to July. tI is useful as a ground cover away from more desirable plants, 
in out of the way places. It will grow in any garden soil in sun or half shade. 
(pH 6-8) 
RHEXIA. Meadow Beauty. (Melastomaceae, Melastoma Family) 
Rhexia virginica. Neat clumps of small oval leaves on square stems about 10 inches high 
and a colorful array of vivid rosy purple flowers with prominent yellow anthers 
from July to September. A native of New Jersey that is easy to grow in a slightly 
-acid rich garden soil in full sun or light shade. It is good for naturalizing along 
streams and at the edges of pools or in the wild garden. It is native to wet bogs 
and meadows but it stays more compact and smaller in a dry soil. (pH 5-7) 
