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Androsace , Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls
Androsace sempervivoides
Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: rock jasmine
Family: Primulaceae
Description: Overlapping green leaves forming rosettes which, from the centre, produce pretty little pink flowers in spring.
Flowers: April-June
Height: 3cm
Spread: 15cm
Position: Easy to grow in gritty soil in full sun
Use: Rock garden, trough planting, crevice gardens
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Antennaria , Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls
Antennaria dioica
Common Name:: catsfoot, pussytoes, everlasting
Family: Asteraceae -
Armeria , Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls
Armeria juniperifolia ‘Alba’
Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: juniper-leaved thrift
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Description: Dense evergreen cushions of needle-like leaves with short stems of white globular flowers in spring & early summer
Flowers: March-June
Height: 5cm
Spread: 10cm
Position: Light, well-drained soil in full sun.
Use: Alpine troughs, scree beds, rock garden. -
Armeria , Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls
Armeria juniperifolia (Armeria caespitosa)
Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: juniper-leaved thrift
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Description: Dense evergreen cushions of needle-like leaves with short stems of pink globular flowers in spring & early summer
Flowers: March-June
Height: 8cm
Spread: 12cm
Position: Light, well-drained soil in full sun.
Use: Alpine troughs, scree beds, rock garden or edges of borders. -
The Whole List , Border Edges
Armeria maritima ‘Alba’
Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: thrift, sea thrift, sea pink
Family: Plumbaginaceae
Description: Evergreen clumps or large cushions of finely narrow green leaves bearing stems of white drumstick-like flowers throughout summer.
Flowers: May-July
Height: 15-20cm
Spread: 20-25cm
Position: Light, well-drained soil in full sun.
Use: Rock garden, containers, scree beds, raised beds & borders -
Astilbe , Cushion Forming
Astilbe ‘Willie Buchanan’
Potsize: 9cm and 1litre
Common Name: false goats beard
Family: Saxifragaceae
Description: A lovely dwarf form of this herbaceous perennial with attractive dissected reddish leaves and cream-white flowers that fade to pink mid to late summer.
Flowers: June-August
Height: 15cm
Spread: 20cm
Position: Cool, moist, semi-shady spot.
Use: Alpine troughs, rock garden. -
Campanula , Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls
Campanula cochlearifolia ‘Alba’ (syn.C.pusilla’Alba’)
Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: fairy’s thimbles,bellflower
Family: Campanulaceae
Description: Creeping perennial with heart-shaped toothed, bright green leaves. Attractive, nodding white bell-shaped flowers.
Flowers: June-August
Height: 10cm
Spread: 30cm
Position: Lime tolerant, well drained soil in sun or partial shade
Use: Rock garden, trough or crevices -
Campanula , Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls
Campanula cochlearifolia ‘Blue’ (syn.C.pusilla)
Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: fairy’s thimbles,bellflower
Family: Campanulaceae
Description: Creeping perennial with heart-shaped toothed, bright green leaves. Attractive, nodding blue bell-shaped flowers.
Flowers: June-August
Height: 10cm
Spread: 30cm
Position: Lime tolerant, well drained soil in sun or partial shade
Use: Rock garden, trough or crevices -
Campanula , Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls
Campanula garganica ‘Dickson’s Gold’
Potsize: 9cm and 1litre
Common Name: Adriatic bellflower
Family: Campanulaceae
Description: Compact, tidy, cushion-forming variety with pale blue star-like flowers above lime green to golden foliage.
Flowers: May-September
Height: 8cm
Spread: 15cm
Position: Gritty,well-drained soil in a sunny spot.
Use: Alpine trough, rock garden, path & border edging -
Campanula , Raised Beds & Walls (trailing)
Campanula poscharskyana ‘Lisduggan Variety’
Potsize: 9cm
Common Name: bellflower
Family: Campanulaceae
Description: Vigorous, spreading perennial with rounded mid-green leaves. Arching sprays of small starry pink-purple flowers
Flowers: June-September
Height: 20cm
Spread: 45cm
Position: Sun or part shade in most soils.
Use: Good groundcover or trailing over walls. -
Cotula , Cushion Forming
Cotula hispida
Potsize: 9cm
Family: Asteraceae
Description: Unusual plant forming low cushion of soft, silver-grey feathery leaves. bright yellow pom-pom flowers on wiry stems appear in summer
Flowers: May-July
Height: 5cm
Spread: 30cm
Position: Sunny, well drained site.
Use: Rock garden, edges of borders & paths. -
Crevice Gardens & Stone Walls , Delosperma
Delosperma ‘Jewel of Desert Amethyst’
Potsize: 9cm
Family: Aizoaceae
Description: A more compact mound forming hardy succulent flowering all summer in full sun & well drained soil. Flowers are purple with a flushed pink centre.
Flowers: May-October
Height: 5cm
Spread: 15cm
Position: Full sun, gritty, well drained soil. Drought tolerant.
Use: Versatile plants useful in rock gardens, stone walls, raised beds, containers, pathways.
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