Rocky Mountain Rare Plants
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Item Name / Source Description, Height x Width # of Seeds Cost
1995 Calochortus gunnisonii
Albany Co. WY, elev. 10,025'
Spectacular white bowls have purple chevron marks and blotches at the center of the flower. Said to be easy in cultivation. Keep in seed pot for two years until corms are big enough to handle. 18" x 8" Picture
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3056 Calochortus nuttallii
Moffat Co. CO, elev. 7,710'
Heavenly white chalices with a distinctive burgundy blotch in the center. For the expert grower. 20" x 6"
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1942 Campanula aucheri
cult. ex. Iran
Brilliant purple cupped stars with bright white centers and prominent stigmas bloom exuberantly in late Spring. An excellent performer in the garden, forms sizable apple green clumps, in time. 5" x 5" Picture
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2366 Campanula choruhensis
cult. ex Turkey
One of the most dazzling recent introductions. Large, white to pink bellflower from Northwestern Turkey. A stunning addition to the cool scree. A potential candidate for the Farrer Medal Award. 4" x 5"
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3030 Campanula formanekiana
cult. ex Mt. Vermion, Greece
A beautiful monocarpic species with a wealth of tubular, pale blue flowers and elegant rosettes of gray, spoon shaped leaves. 6" x 12"
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3127 Campanula kemulariae
cult. ex Caucasus
Mats of shiny dark pointed-heart leaves smothered in lilac blue dangling bells. Vigorous, perfect for a dry crevice or wall. 4" x 12" New This Year
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1182 Campanula uniflora
Park Co. CO, elev. 12,200'
Tiny delicate high alpine has lavender-blue slightly flared harebells. Found in stony limestone tundra, sometimes with ferns. 4"x 2" Picture
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3104 Castilleja angustifolia var. dubia
Fremont Co. WY, elev. 6,700'
Luminescent heads of orange scarlet to the rare yellow form top stems of ghostly dusty white linear leaves. Xeric. 6” x 9” PictureNew This Year
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3054 Castilleja chromosa
Moffat Co. CO, elev. 7,990'
A glowing, brilliant scarlet paintbrush with white hairy leaves. At home in the dry sagebrush community of the high plains. 6" x 7" Picture
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680 Castilleja haydenii
Custer Co. CO, elev. 12,600'
Exquisite vivid rosy-pink paintbrushes with several stems of maroon-tinged wispy leaves. One of our favorites. 4" x 6" Picture
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1594 Castilleja integra
Park Co. CO, elev. 9,280'
Luminescent scarlet to orange bracts in attractive clumps. We find this the easiest paintbrush to germinate and grow in the garden. 12" x 12" Picture
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2006 Castilleja occidentalis
Park Co. CO, elev. 12,950'
Soft yellow, fuzzy paintbrush of very high meadows. Always above treeline, a delight to encounter. 10" x 8" Picture
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3118 Castilleja rhexifolia
Clear Creek Co. CO, elev. 11,875'
Vibrant rose fuzzy flowers with typical broad leaves on this nice compact form. Likes a wet site, this one is found well above treeline growing in the open. 8" x 7" PictureNew This Year
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3078 Chaenactis alpina
Chaffee Co. CO, elev. 12,475'
Intricately dissected silver doilies with sugar pink pincushion flowers. Must have quick drainage. 6" x 8" Picture
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884 Claytonia megarhiza
Summit Co. CO, elev. 12,500'
Broad, succulent leaves with clusters of single, white to deep pink flowers ringing the outer edge of the plants. High alpine scree plant. Whole plant turns brilliant red in autumn. Growable in the right site. 1" x 7" Picture
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2997 Clematis fremontii
cult.
Herbaceous clumping Great Plains native has stout stems with broad substantial grayish leaves and terminal nodding creamy, blue-tinged urns. 15" x 18" Picture
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2769 Clematis hirsutissima
cult. ex Colorado
A highly variable species, this form has large, nodding purple urns from upright stems of finely dissected leaves, in small, herbaceous clumps. 12" x 12" Picture
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2526 Clematis scottii
cult. ex Southern CO
A compact upright shrubby form features cut bluish foliage and narrow white-felted, purple-blue hanging urn flowers over a long season. 12" x 10" Picture
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1089 Convolvulus assyricus
Ala Dag, Turkey, elev. 5,575'
Choice dwarf shrub forms an olive-green prostrate cushion. Small, narrow silky leaves with sessile pink flowers 1-2” across. One of the best! 2" x 5" Picture
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441 Convolvulus compactus
Ala Dag Turkey, elev. 6,230'
Striking silver-haired cushions with large satin-white sessile flowers. Perfect alpine and glamorous ornament for eroded slopes and hot sunny steppe. 1" X 8" Picture
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720 Corydalis linstowiana (Du Fu Temple)
cult. ex Sichuan, China
Exquisite sky blue, periwinkle, to occasionally pink flowers with rambling, glaucous cut leaf foliage. A continuous bloomer and easy to grow, unlike other blue corydalis. Tolerant of sun to shade and acid to alkaline soil. 5" x 12" Picture
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1189 Cryptantha caespitosa
Fremont Co. WY, elev. 6,700'
Choice cousin to eritrichum, this creates formidable domes in nature with white, androsace-like flowers in May. Long lived in my ‘Badlands’. 3" x 10" Picture
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2751 Cycladenia humilis
Plumas Co. CA, elev. 4,500'
Compact colonies of round, thick leaf plants have pink/white showy trumpets with wavy margins. Interesting finger-like fruit. 6" x 8"
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