Nursery Located At Ruckman Road 89 
Spiraea normandii. An extremely beautiful dwarf shrub of hybrid origin, related to the 
Bumalda Spiraeas, It grows into a dense little mound of tiny dark green oval leaves 
about 6 inches high, sometimes topped with little clusters of pink flowers. It is a 
shy bloomer. With the first frost of fall the foliage turns a brilliant crimson color. 
It thrives in any ordinary garden soil in full sun or light shade. (pH 6-8) 
STACHYS. Betony. (Labiatae, Mint Family) 
Stachys lanata. (Lambs-Ears) Twelve inch high clumps of large soft, white-woolly 
leaves of indescribable beauty. A plant that is loved by everyone as soon as they 
see it. It has spikes of small purple flowers but this is essentially a foliage plant. 
An irresistible subject for rock garden, walls, borders and bedding. It is easy to 
grow in any ordinary garden soil in full sun. (pH 6-8) 
STOKESIA. Stokes Aster. (Compositae, Daisy Family) 
Stokesia laevis kolageana. Neat clumps of long narrow leaves about 6 inches high and 
sturdy, erect branching flower stems from 12 to 18 inches high bearing huge 
levender-blue flowers that look like a cross between an Aster and Scabiosa, The 
individual flowers produced from late June to October are as much as three inches 
across. This is a variety I developed myself in my nursery in Hillsdale. The parent 
plant is a tall showy border perennial but with rather coarse growth and floppy 
stems from 3 to 4 feet high, Over a period of years and in trials in different types 
of soil my new variety has always remained dwarf, and compact with the flower 
stems always standing upright and never in need of support. It likes best a rich 
garden loam that is not too limy. (pH 5-7) Full sun or very light shade is the best 
exposure. It likes the wet soil along the edges of pools and streams. This is the 
first introduction of this wonderful new plant but it will not be for sale for at least 
the next three or four years. 
TALINUM. Sun Bright. (Portulacaceae, Purslane Family) 
Talinum calycinum. Four inch high tufts of fleshy terete green leaves and graceful 
flower stems about 8 inches high bearing large fire-red flowers from June to Oc- 
tober. A lovely and interesting summer bloomer that is an easy grower if it is given 
a sandy soil in full sun. (pH 5-8) Its bright flowers are displayed only in the 
afternoon. 
TANAKAEA. (Saxifragaceae, Rockfoil Family) 
Tanakaea radicans. Beautiful tufts or rosettes of serrated leathery dark green leaves 
about 2 inches high. New plants form at the ends of thin runners much like the 
strawberries to make a charming evergreen carpet. It has dainty spikes of foamy 
white flowers from June to September. It likes an acid leafmold soil in shade, (pH 
4-6) Lovely on the shady side of a wall. 
TEUCRIUM. Germander. (Labiatae, Mint Family) 
Teucrium chamaedrys. An evergreen shrub about 8 inches high with little rigid dark 
green aromatic leaves, A very neat, compact grower for a specimen in the rock 
garden and very useful as a low hedge or edging plant, It can be trimmed to any 
desired height. It is topped with long spikes of showy lavender flowers in July 
and August. Easy to grow in any ordinary garden soil in full sun. (pH 6-8) ; 
Teucrium chamaedrys prostratum. A delightful variety of the foregoing with long 
trailing branches that form solid mats about four inches thick. Long decumbent 
spikes of delicate lavender flowers in July and August. It makes a wonderful wall 
plant and is much more floriferous than its parent. Same soil and exposure as above. 
Teucrium montanum, A little silvery carpet from the Orient. It has long trailing stems 
clothed in lovely woolly gray leaves and adorned with crowded heads of very pale 
yellow flowers in June and July. A fine plant for walls and sunny rock crevices 
where it best display its attractive soft foliage. It likes a well drained garden soil in 
full sun. (pH 6-8) A rare species of Germander very seldom seen in gardens. 
THALICTRUM. Meadow-Rue, (Ranunculaceae, Buttercup Family) 
Thalictrum kiusianum. Cute little tufts of dainty ferny foliage about 2 inches high. The 
lacey leaves are gray-green and tinted with purple, For a thalictrum it has very 
showy purple flowers in dense clusters on 3 inch stems in May and June. This 
remarkable little plant from Japan likes a rich acid leafmold soil in shade. 
(pH 5-6) It likes moisture but in a well drained place. 
