Nursery Located At Ruckman Road 81 
Saxifraga cuneifolia. Broad clumps of leathery dark green leaves with scalloped edges, 
in attractive rosettes. Fine misty sprays of tiny white flowers in May. It likes a 
moist acid leafmold soil in shade. (pH 5-6) 
Saxifraga geum. Beautiful compact rosettes of very dark evergreen, nearly round, 
toothed leathery leaves on long pet’oles. A lovely foliage plant of distinctive noble 
characters. This native of Newfoundland has airy plumes of white flowers on 10 
inch stems in May. It likes a moist acid leafmold soil in shade or semi-shade. 
(pH_ 5-6) 
Saxifraga sarmentosa. This plant is commonly grown as a house plant called Straw- 
berry-Begonia or Mother-Of-Thousands, but it is perfectly hardy and an excellent 
subject for the rock garden or wall garden. It is a creeper that forms evergreen 
mats of nicely variegated green and white leaves about 3 inches high. It produces 
charming sprays of white and pink flowers in sprays from 6 to 12 inches high in 
June, Excellent as a ground cover in a shady, moist place in acid soil. (pH 4-6) 
Saxifraga tennesseensis, Broad flat mats of large, dull green leathery leaves about 2 
inches or less high and sturdy stems from 3 to 6 inches high with dense clusters 
of little white flowers in April. It loves to grow on rocks with a bit of leafmoold 
for food, either in sun or shade, acid or alkaline. (pH 5-8) 
Saxifraga umbrosa. (London Pride) Large leafy rosettes of thick, leathery leaves about 
3 or 4 inches high, topped with airy sprays of little pink flowers on 10 inch stems 
from May to July. A fast growing mat forming species from Europe that likes a 
moist, rich acid soil in shade or semi-shade. (pH 4-6) A common dooryard plant 
in England. 
Saxifraga umbrosa primuloides. Similar to the preceeding on a small scale. Neat mats 
of small leathery leaves’in rosettes and little pink flowers on dark red 8 inch stems 
in late spring, Same so:l and exposure as above. 
SCABIOSA. Pincushion. (Dipsaceae, Teasel Family) 
Scabiosa scabra. A dwarf perennial scabiose with attractive low clumps of evergreen 
leaves about 3 inches high. It has tall branching flower stems from 6 to 12 inches 
high and just as wide. A pleasing display of pretty lavender pincushions in May 
and June. About the best of the Scabiosas for the rock garden, It is easy to grow 
in any ordinary garden soil in full sun. (pH 6-8). It makes a very nice wall plant. 
SCHIVERECKIA. (Cruciferae, Mustard Family) 
Schivereckia bornmuellerii. A very pretty plant with an unwieldy name. It forms an 
attractive mound of small gray green leaves about 3 inches high and dense sprays 
of white flowers in April and May. It looks like a dwarf white flowered Alyssum. 
Easy to grow in a well drained garden soil in full sun. (pH 6-8) It is fine for dry 
walls and hot, dry rock crevices. 
SCILLA. Squill. (Liliaceae, Lily Family) 
Scilla chinensis. This is the rare and lovely pink flowered fall blooming Chinese 
Squill. It consists of little clumps of thin grassy leaves and 12 inch high spikes of 
fuzzy pink flowers in August and September. Easy to grow in any garden soil in 
sun or light shade. A rare bulbous plant that is not usually found in bulb growers 
lists. 
SEDUM. Stonecrop. (Crassulaceae, Orpine Family) 
To many people a Sedum is a bad weed that overruns the whole garden, killing all 
the little plants it encircles, and with all the weeding in the world it cannot be elim- 
- inated. Unfortunately there are a few kinds that fall in this category. We have omitted 
| the undesirables and the worst offenders from this list. The majority of the sedums 
“described here are either clump formers or tufted ones that stay where you put them. A 
few of the creepers have been included because of their usefulness. Special note is made 
- of the ones you have to watch, 
All the Sedums in this [ist (with only a few exceptions) are easy to grow in any 
ordinary garden soil in full sun or very light shade. Most will grow in any soil avail- 
able and all make perfect wall plants. In the descriptions we have included the cultural 
directions for only the difficult ones or the ones that require special consideration. All 
