| Name / Source |
Description |
Height x Width |
Germination info |
| Packera fendleri (Senecio) |
Little yellow daisy with unusual foliage, especially for a composite, silver pinnate leave are rolled and reflexed, like ribbon candy. Picture |
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D, 70°F |
| Paeonia brownii |
Unusual yellow rimmed maroon hanging bowls on splendid glaucous, incised-leaf plants. A peony from arid regions, give excellent drainage. |
12-15" |
WCW |
| Paeonia mascula ssp. Arietina |
Dark carmine single flowers with prominate yellow boss and decorative leaves followed by handsome red pods. Excellent for hot, dry woodland or part shade. |
16" x 12" |
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| Paeonia tenuifolia |
Who does not know, or lust, for this frilliest and most ethereal of peonies? Good seed set promises some genetic variation in this plant invariably propagated by division. Picture |
12" x 20" |
D, 70°F |
| Papaver sp. cf. nudicaule |
White. Huge white Iceland poppies over a trim rosette: much more heat tolerant than usual strains--blooms right through the summer. |
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| Papaver alboroseum |
Glowing peachy-pink poppies over silvery tufts of cut foliage. This is a highly local alpine originating in Alaska's Kenai peninsula. Picture |
5" x 4" |
SL, 70°F |
| Papaver anomalum var. album |
Huge white poppies over a trim rosette: much more heat tolerant than usual strains--blooms right through the summer. |
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SL, 70°F |
| Papaver burseri |
Picture |
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| Papaver ernesti-mayeri |
Rare alpine from limestone scree or fissures, a tiny plant with large white flowers. Picture |
3" x 3" |
SL, 70°F |
| Papaver hulteni |
Compact tufted cousin of P. lapponicum that comes from Alaska’s North Slope. Large lemon bowls form from flat mats of blue-gray cut leaves. Picture |
6" x 3" |
SL, 70°F |
| Papaver kluanense |
Choice elfin poppy in high alpine tundra. Yellow tissue chalices 2-4 inches above fuzzy, pointy-lobe leaves. Decorative minuscule poppy pods. Picture |
4” x 5” |
SL, 70°F |
| Papaver microcarpum |
Peachy pink tiny poppies with pale centers from blue-gray finely lobed tuffets. Picture |
3" x 4" |
SL, 70°F |
| Papaver miyabeanum 'Takewoki' |
Japanese alpine poppy has giant yellow tissue flowers over exquisite mounds of dissected hairy leaves. Delightful addition to any poppy collection. |
5" x 5" |
JC, 70°F |
| Paracaryum racemosum |
Stems of royal blue bell clusters rise from trim tufts of grayish lanceolate leaves. Beautiful new introduction. Picture |
12" x 12" |
D 70°F or OT |
| Paraquilegia grandiflora |
Picture |
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| Parnassia fimbriata |
Pristine white, elegantly fringed, single flowers rise above short clumps of cool green, heart- shaped leaves. |
6-12" x 6" |
JC, OT |
| Parnassia palustris ssp. neogaea |
Delightful miniature tufts of silvery leaves with a long succession of white cups in late summer. Moist spots are best. |
5" x 3" |
SL, 70°F, L |
| Paronychia pulvinata (P. sessiliflora v pulvina) var. pulvinata |
Picture |
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| Parthenium ligulatum |
Dense gray green buns punctuated with creamy five-petaled flowers. Unusual, rarely seen member of the aster family. Caught us by surprise! Picture |
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JC, 70°F |
| Pedicularis contorta var. ctenophora |
Bright pink flowers on a stiff spike with dissected leave. Sub-alpine. |
12" x 4" |
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| Pedicularis crenulata |
Stunning rose purple flowers compliment narrow scallop-edge leaves. Found on the Laramie plains as a river of blooms following a twisting moist meadow depression. Picture |
12" x 10" |
OT |
| Pedicularis cystopteridifolia |
Delicate fern-like basal leaves yield little stalks of showy red flowers. |
7" x 4" |
OT |
| Pedicularis densiflora |
Showy red flower clusters above burgundy-tinged fern-like foliage clumps. |
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OT |
| Pedicularis groenlandica |
Purplish-pink, spurred elephant heads whorled around spikes over clustered, fern-like, burgundy-tinged foliage. Children love this one. Picture |
12" x 6" |
OT |
| Pedicularis parryi |
White 'beaked' flowers spiral around the stalk from a clump of fern-cut leaves. Picture |
5” x 6” |
GA3 70°F, or OT |
| Pedicularis parryi ssp. parryi |
Pale yellow beaked flowers on a short spike from a cluster of ferny, filigreed leaves. Picture |
12" x 8" |
OT |
| Pedicularis semibarbata |
Whorls of large yellow hooded flowers, sometimes flushed with purple on condensed stalks in the center of flat rosettes of lobed, toothed blue-green blades. Hails from ridgelines in open coniferous forests. |
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| Pedicularis siphonantha |
Uniquely stunning purplish pink, broad petal flowers on an incredibly long floral tube with white throat and curved slender horn. Blooms summer though fall over lance shaped, crenately toothed leaves. An outstanding show of color! Picture |
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| Pedicularis sudetica ssp. scopulorum |
Picture |
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| Pediocactus simpsonii |
Large, extremely hardy, ball cactus of mountains and foothills. Soft pink flowers in spring. |
5"x3" |
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| Pediocactus simpsonii |
The mountain ball cactus can bloom in April in the garden with pink or ivory flowers. Tolerates extreme cold and occasional heat. Picture |
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| Pediocactus simpsonii (yellow giant) |
Large, extremely hardy, ball cactus from the Uinta Basin. Pretty yellow flowers in spring. Picture |
4" x 5" |
JC, 40°F |
| Pediocactus simpsonii 'Snowball' |
Fine white spines completely obscure the surface of this hardy ball cactus, the flower color is a melting, baby girl pink. |
2" x 4" |
JC, 40°F |
| Pediocactus simpsonii var. simpsonii |
Huge stems with dense white and dark red spination. 1" pink flowers circle the crest. Picture |
10" x 6" |
JC, 40°F |
| Pelargonium endlicherianum |
Sensational, large deep pink flowers with handsome, silky, round leaf clusters. Hardy relative of florist's geraniums, zone 4 winter hardy in deep scree. Grows better in Colorado with a little shade. |
12” x 10” |
L 70°F |
| Pellaea breweri |
Black stem fern is singly compound with maidenhair-type evergreen leaflets found on limestone cliffs, just below treeline. |
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| Penstemon 'Mexicana' |
Compact mounds of narrow, lustrous green leaves covered with glowing purple flowers all summer. True from seed and quite hardy, to zone 4b. |
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JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon acuminatus |
Probably the most challenging member of the Coerulei--purplish to pure blue blossoms. It insists on perfect drainage. |
8"x8" |
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| Penstemon aff. leonensis |
Compact multi-stemmed, linear leaf plants bear multitudes of lavender and white sidebells. Exceptionally floriferous and showy. |
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| Penstemon albertinus |
A brilliant azure-blue spring penstemon that thrives in a variety of soils and exposures. One of the easiest, longest-lived and most essential penstemons for the rock garden or xeriscape. From the Northern Rockies of Montana and Alberta. A must have! |
8" x 5" |
OT |
| Penstemon albidus |
Multi-stemmed, with narrow, green leaves and stalks of white flowers with lavender pencil lines. Picture |
14" x 6" |
OT |
| Penstemon ambiguus |
Beautiful white flaring corollas from narrow red tubes have pink reverse on stems of filiform leaves. A plains native, needs sandy soil or dry clay. |
18" x 18" |
D 70°F |
| Penstemon angustifolius |
Blue glaucous leaves with even bluer azure flowers to 12 inches. Xeric. Picture |
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JC, OT |
| Penstemon angustifolius var. angustifolius |
Robin's egg blue flowers on glaucous blue mats. Among the showiest natives to 12 inches. |
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| Penstemon angustifolius var. caudatus |
Sky blue to blue-violet flowers in stout spikes with glaucous tapered leaves. Beautiful plains variety. |
12" x 8" |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon arenicola |
Thick glaucous leaves with stalks of sky-blue flowers in late April or May. For a sunny, dry position. |
7" x 8" |
CS 4w, 70°F or OT |
| Penstemon aridus |
Linear leaf rosettes and bright blue spires of bloom. One of the best penstemons for troughs. |
5" x 3" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon arkansanus |
Picture |
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| Penstemon attenuatus ssp. militaris |
Nice basal clumps of lanceolate leaves yield stalks of tiered whorls of bright blue-violet flowers with white throats. |
15" x7" |
OT |
| Penstemon auriberbis |
Gaping, lavender trumpets over compact, dusty rosettes. Endemic to South-central Colorado. |
8" x 6" |
OT |
| Penstemon barbatus |
Red 'sharkshead' flowers in June on tall spikes with pointy stem leaves and green leathery basal leaves. |
3' x 1' |
L 70°F |
| Penstemon barbatus (dwarf form) |
Smallest of the species with 12 inch spikes bearing rose-red tubes. |
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JC, 70°F, L |
| Penstemon breviculus |
Dark purple flowers over a dusty gray rosette: an easily grown and permanent plant for us in our xeriscape (one of the longest lived cristati). Quite rare in cultivation. |
8" x 6" |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon caespitosus |
One of the tiniest of penstemons, found on the Western slope of the Colorado Rockies, usually growing on stiff clay loams beneath sagebrush. Brilliant blue tubular flowers cover the tiny gray-leaf mats in May. 2 inches by 12 inches. |
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| Penstemon caespitosus var albus |
Picture |
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GA3 70º |
| Penstemon californicus |
Powdery white mats with tiny leaves and vivid purple flowers much of the growing season. This rare penstemon from southern California surprised us by being perfectly hardy, even tough under ordinary rock garden conditions at 6,500'. Well worth obtaining. Picture |
3" x 8" |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon calycosus |
Forms large clumps with serrate leaves and pinkish-white flowers. Midwest US species. |
24-36" tall |
L 70°F |
| Penstemon carnosus |
Thick, glaucous leaves compliment the whorled tiers of lilac flowers, deemed the "Queen of San Rafael Swell". Picture |
12" x 8" |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon caryi |
This rare and beautiful penstemon has giant blue violet flowers in compact clusters with dark green narrow, leathery leaves. Found near treeline, on rocky slopes, exposed but with some moisture. |
9" x 9" |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon catonii |
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| Penstemon caudatus (P. angustifolius v. caudatus) |
Robin's egg blue short flower spikes with glaucus leaves that are broad at the base and come to a point. Beautiful plains variety. |
15" x 6" |
OT |
| Penstemon cf. mucronatus |
Another dramatic western penstemon with waxy, almost succulent leaves and vivid blue blooms in early summer. |
15"x6" |
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| Penstemon cf. serrulatus |
Lush, almost prickly mounds of persistent, near evergreen foliage and showy flowers in early summer. Easy on most soils and exposures. |
12" x 15" |
OT |
| Penstemon cleburnei |
Petite cousin of Penstemon eriantherus with compact spikes of pinched lavender flowers and powdery leaves. Denizen of fairly narrow sagebrush community. |
7" x 6" |
OT |
| Penstemon clutei |
Bright pink flowers have white throats and dark guidelines with holly-like, perfoliate, glaucous blue-green leaves. Quite gorgeous like Cindy Nold's beautiful painting in Bob Nold's Penstemons book. Picture |
30" x 24" |
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| Penstemon confertus |
Dense tiers of whorled clusters of pale-yellow flowers contrast nicely to the rich green paired leaves. Rocky Mountain native. |
6-20" tall |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon crandalii (P. teucrioides) |
Attractive mats of leathery, linear, dark green leaves and brilliant blue flowers with widely flaring petals. Reminiscent of a compact rosemary. Picture |
2" x 10" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon cyananthus |
Large, rich blue flowers packed tightly on tall stems from a basal clump of round glossy green leaves. |
36" x 12" |
OT |
| Penstemon davidsonii ssp. praeteritus |
Dense, deep blue-green leaf mounds resemble a hebe. The large lavender flowers are reminiscent of P. fruticosus, which some botanists believe is where this taxon belongs. |
8" x 10" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii |
Short stalks of lavender flowers adorn dense mats of serrulate leaves. |
5"x 10" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii 'Microphyllus' |
Tiny trailing prostrate form with little round leaves and large blue-lavender flowers. Picture |
2" x 8" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon digitalis 'Husker Red' |
Burgundy leaf perennial with smoky white flowers to 3 feet. Beautiful in borders with silver leaf plants especially with Artemisia 'Powis Castle'. Picture |
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SL, 70°F |
| Penstemon eatonii |
Red, really red! Shiny rosettes of 3" green leaves and 18-28 inch flowers stalks with narrowly tubular flowers. Forms really impressive, showy specimens in the xeric garden or wild canyon. Picture |
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JC, 40°F or OT |
| Penstemon eriantherus |
Dusky clad leafy stems have surprisingly large, broad lavender flowers with fuzzy tongues. A widespread species of the high plains. Picture |
12" x 10" |
OT |
| Penstemon eriantherus var. eriantherus |
Huge lavender flowers, dwarf, a gem at 7 inches. |
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JC, CS 12wk, 70°F |
| Penstemon eriantherus var. redactus |
Dusky purple-pink flowers on dense mats that are usually larger than the type species. |
10" x 12" |
JC, CS 12wk, 70°F |
| Penstemon flowersii |
Pink spikes on waxy, nearly succulent foliage. Highly local plant recently described. |
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JC, 40°F |
| Penstemon fremontii |
Violet -blue spires to 10 inches and finely downy rosettes are unusual. Best in trought or very dry conditions. |
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| Penstemon fruticosus |
Low, dense shrubs with abundant lavender, large, two inch flowers. Well drained sunny scree or crevice garden is best. |
10" x 24" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon fruticosus |
A microform that appeared in our seedpots that is staying a good deal more compact than the type above. |
4" x 12" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon fruticosus ssp. serratus |
The aristocrat of shrubby penstemons: wonderful holly-like foliage and bright lavender trumpets in summer. A classic. |
8" x 12" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon fruticosus var. cardwellii |
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| Penstemon fruticosus var. fruticosus |
A dense evergreen subshrub with broadly linear leaves and abundant huge lilac tubular flowers, clustered on one side of short stems. Tolerates more hot sun and drought then the other NW shrubbies. |
10" x 24" |
JC OT |
| Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri |
One of the lovely shrubbies from the Northwest. A cliff-dweller with narrow leathery leaves and dense inflorescence of large rose-violet trumpets. |
3"-6" mats |
OT |
| Penstemon fruticosus var. scouleri albus |
Picture |
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| Penstemon gibbensii |
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| Penstemon glaber var. alpinus |
Stems of broad, glabrous green leaves topped by wide throated, showy, brilliant blue flowers. Found in crumbly Pike's Peak granite, very stunning! Picture |
10" x 12" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon glabrescens |
Mats of linear leaves scramble through scree, resembling a creeping phlox, with blue flowers. Picture |
4" x 12" |
OT |
| Penstemon grandiflorus |
Robust single stalks of smooth, clasping leaves and showy, light pink flowers. One of the biggest and the most easterly members of the Coerulei section. Prefers sandy soil and a dry location, sometimes monocarpic, but often produces sidesets or reseeds. |
36" x 12" |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon grandiflorus 'Prairie Snow' |
Large inflated white flowers on stout stems over glaucous blue heavy-textured leaves. Xeric. |
28" x 10" |
JC, 40°F or OT |
| Penstemon hallii |
Neat mats of glossy, linear leaves and short spikes of showy, violet-blue sidebells bloom in mid to late summer. Stunning display in alpine scree. Picture |
6" x 4" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon harbourii |
A delightful colony-forming dwarf species with petite stems of vibrant purple flowers. From the hard-to-reach alpine fellfields, this is a challenge for the trough or special rock garden. Picture |
3" x 6" |
OT or CS 4wk |
| Penstemon heterophyllus |
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| Penstemon hirsutus 'Pygmaeus' |
An especially nice rock garden variety. A broadleaf evergreen subshrub with white tubular flowers flushed with purple on short compact sprawling spikes. Picture |
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JC, 70°F, L |
| Penstemon humilis |
A widely distributed species, this montane form has slender stalks with tiers of bright blue little flowers. |
8" x 4" |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon jamesii |
Super giant flowered penstemon of Cristati section with gaping mounth and lolling tongue to 15 inches. Xeric. |
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JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon janishiae |
Gaping lavender-pink flowers have fuzzy yellow, coiled beardstongues. An extremely cute, baby-doll species, only three inches tall with dusty-hairy leaves. Xeric or warm scree. |
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JC, 40°F or OT |
| Penstemon kunthii |
Surprisingly hardy species (at least to zone 5) from the high mountains of Mexico with bright red flowers and serrate leaves. |
36" x 15" |
JC, 40°F or OT |
| Penstemon laricifolius |
A particularly compact form of this widespread Wyoming endemic: ruby pink flowers on tiny stems 5" tall with grassy basal tuft. Superb in a warm trough. |
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JC, 40°F |
| Penstemon laricifolius var. exilifolius |
Glistening white, broadly flaring trumpets on tiny wands over narrow-bladed grassy tufts. Xeric. Picture |
4" x 4" |
OT or CS 3wk, 70°F |
| Penstemon laricifolius var. laricifolius |
This widespread Wyoming endemic has ruby pink flowers on delicate wands over grassy basal tufts. Superb in a warm trough. Demands good drainage. Xeric. Picture |
5" x 4" |
OT or CS 4w, 70°F |
| Penstemon leiophyllus |
A silvery shrubby penstemon in the Saccanthera from the Great Basin with luminous lavender-purple flowers over much of the summer: easy and adaptable. |
10" x 10" |
CS 3w, 70°F or OT |
| Penstemon linarioides |
Like a purple blooming Pineleaf penstemon, but a finer plant in all respects. |
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JC, 40°F |
| Penstemon linarioides ssp. coloradoensis |
Imagine a 7-inch Penstemon pinifolius with blue leaves and lavender flowers. We could not imaging our garden without this southwestern Colorado native. |
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OT or CS 4w, 70°F |
| Penstemon linarioides var. linarioides |
Pale blue and white flowers on multiple needle-clad wands, form petite delicate shrub feature for xeric sites. An Aqua Fria favorite! Picture |
12" x 10" |
CS or OT |
| Penstemon mensarum |
Intense blue, purple tinged, trumpet flowers on this narrowly endemic Penstemon from the Grand Mesa area of Colorado. |
16-40" |
CS 3wks, 70°F |
| Penstemon montanus var. montanus |
A very different western Penstemon. Large, inflated, orchid pink sidebells grace flat rosettes of toothed, viscid, soft green leaves. Prefers rocky slopes. |
4" x 8" |
CS 4w, 70°F |
| Penstemon mucronatus |
Lovely glaucous blue folded leaf rosettes have compact stems of sky blue broadly flaring flowers with narrow purple tubes and guidelines. Picture |
10" x 8" |
JC 40°F |
| Penstemon nanus |
A rare tiny treasure with compact clusters of luminous blue-violet flowers from small tufts of felty gray leaves. Found on rocky limestone slopes. |
3" x 4" |
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| Penstemon newberryi |
Long rose pink to red tubular flowers, elliptical leaves from woody, spreading rootstock. Protect from winter sun for it spends its winters under snow. |
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SL, OT |
| Penstemon nitidus |
Magnificent, miniature, roundish-leaf beauty with 6 to 8 inch spikes of aquamarine blue in April plus irresistible, waxy, nearly succulent ever-blue rosettes. One of the best. Picture |
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OT or CS 3w, 70°F |
| Penstemon nitidus var. nitidus |
Glaucous blue, broad leaves pair with turquoise sky-blue flowers in densely packed spikes, for a glorious focal point in the dry garden. Picture |
8" x 8" |
CS 3w, 70°F or OT |
| Penstemon ophianthus |
Small blue-lavender broad flowers with prominent, exerted, yellow bearded stigmas, pack on short stalks over tufts of narrow grayish leaves. |
5" x 6" |
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| Penstemon pachyphyllus |
Waxy, succulent rosettes showy in their own right. Tall spires of lavender flowers in early summer. easy. |
20" x 8" |
JC, 40°F |
| Penstemon palmeri |
Silvery mounds of waxy, toothed evergreen foliage produce tall spikes of enormous soft pink snapdragons much of the summer. Flowers have a rich honey fragrance. (one of only 2 fragrant penstemons). Picture |
5' x 2' |
OT |
| Penstemon payettensis |
Xeric beauty with hefty stalks of lavender-blue flowers and large, smooth green leaves. Picture |
24" x 12" |
OT |
| Penstemon paysoniorum |
Fabulous xeric beardstongue has many short, dense clusters of true blue flowers amidst shiny green strappy leaf tufts. South facing chalk habitat. Picture |
6" x 5" |
OT |
| Penstemon perfoliatus |
Vigorous penstemon with medium blue flowers. Interesting gray-green broad leaves that wrap the stems to the extent that it appears the stem has pierced through them. Surprisingly hardy in Denver. |
27" x 12" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon petiolatus |
A gem for a trough, this gray foliaged shrublet has been in bloom all summer for us with its dazzling dark pink trumpets: one of the best. |
3" x 7" |
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| Penstemon procerus |
Small bright blue flowers tiered in dense clumps over flat green rosettes. Likes a little more moisture than some of it kin. |
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JC, OT |
| Penstemon procerus var. brachyanthus |
Montane to subalpine form with larger leaves and whorls of blue flowers in tiers. Western native. |
6-12" tall |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon procerus var. formosus |
Dense caespitose mat generally topped with a single tier of whorled tubes. Western alpine. |
2-6" tall |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon procerus var. procerus |
Whorls of intense blue flowers on purple stems. Basal clusters of leathery leaves form a strong foundation for this mountain beauty. Prefers wet conditions. Picture |
9" x 8" |
OT |
| Penstemon pseudospectabilis |
A terrible name, this is anything but a false spectacle. The lush mass of foliage (with peltate leaves) produces clouds of large, hot purple magenta flowers for months in May, June and July. Surely one of the most spectacular and uniquely colored penstemons: completely drought tolerant and Zone 5 hardy. |
40" x 25" |
OT |
| Penstemon pumilus |
True blue flowers with white throats over cinereous, gray-green leaves to 3 inches. Superb! Xeric. |
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| Penstemon purpusii |
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| Penstemon ramaleyi |
The "Non-existent" penstemon, inadvertently left out of floras. Endemic to the Sangre de Cristo mountains and northern San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado, it resembles a lax P. crandallii--only deciduous! Super in a trough. |
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| Penstemon richardsonii |
An unusual penstemon with rose-pink flowers and serrate foliage will bloom late summer in part shade to full sun. |
24" x 24' |
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| Penstemon richardsonii var. dentatus |
Compact plants with oval toothed, dusty green leaves and large shell pink flowers, summer through fall. An excellent shrubby habit for the rock garden! |
12" x 15" |
CS or OT |
| Penstemon richardsonii var. richardsonii |
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15" x 10" |
OT |
| Penstemon rostriflorus |
Scarlet hummingbird tubes on fine stems, from a shrubby based, lanceolate leaf plant. |
24"x8" |
CS 4w, 70°F or OT |
| Penstemon rupicola |
Tiny mats of succulent, gray teardrop foliage obscured beneath baby-girl pink blossoms that deepen to rose. Distinct variety with longer gray-green leaves. Gem of American saxatile penstemons. No winter sun. |
3" x 12" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon rydbergii |
This penstemon of moist meadows has whorled clusters of long-tube purple flowers in tiers. Excellent for a bog. |
12" x 9" |
CS or OT |
| Penstemon rydbergii var. rydbergii |
Tiers of large deep blue-violet flowers over basal leaves. Western mountain standard. Enjoys a moist site. |
16" x 10" |
OT |
| Penstemon secundiflorus |
Lovely orchid-pink flared tubular flowers on one side of stalks with broad blue-gray leaves. Xeric. Picture |
14" x 5" |
OT or CS 4w, 70°F |
| Penstemon sp. |
Found on south facing basalt ridges and slopes. Basal rosettes of small spathulate leaves. Flowers blue on 6" stems. |
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| Penstemon sp. aff. humilis |
Small, up to 2 inch leaves, blue flowers on 2 to 6 inch stems. |
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JC, 40°F |
| Penstemon sp. (Coerulei section) |
Similar to P. pachyphyllus, this grew in dry sagebrush pastures with a wealth of wonderful wildflowers. |
10"x5" |
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| Penstemon speciosus var. kennedyi |
Blue green mats of trim rosettes, and 4 to 8 inch decumbent stems with dark blue trumpets in May and June. Choice and dwarf form. |
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OT |
| Penstemon strictus |
Large bright blue flowers on tall stems with mid green leaves. A Colorado classic. Xeric. Picture |
10-24" |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon subglaber |
Dazzling true blue trumpets in secund spires, with sturdy broad green leaves: a dandy. Found at the base of slopes or roadside where a little more moisture is found. Picture |
20" x 8" |
JC 40°F or OT |
| Penstemon teucrioides (Delicate gray form) |
This form is more delicate than typical, with finer, silver leaves and small blue flowers on more upright stems. |
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JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon thompsoniae |
Seed originated from a hybrid swarm involving at least 3 different collections of this fabulous dry-land penstemon: succulent, oblong gray leaves with light violet purple flowers in early summer. We find it easy and permanent in a dry raised bed--best in troughs in a moist climate. Picture |
2" x 8" |
OT or CS 4w, 70°F |
| Penstemon uintahensis |
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| Penstemon utahensis |
Flaming merthiolate red salverform flowers radiate around delicate stems well above blue green basal folded leaves. Lovely against the terra cotta sands on which it usually is found. Picture |
12-18" x 6" |
OT |
| Penstemon virens |
The blue mist penstemon of the Colorado foothills and mountains. Glossy green mats and lavender blue clouds of blooms. Xeric, but more moisture and shade tolerant than most. Picture |
8" x 10" |
OT or CS 4w, 70°F |
| Penstemon virgatus ssp. asa-grayi |
lavendar blue border plant, 30 inches |
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| Penstemon virgatus ssp. asa-grayi |
Tall spires of fat lavender tubular flowers with a wide bottom lip and a white throat with purple pencil lines above narrow, pointed leaves. A stunning performer! Picture |
18" x 5" |
JC, OT |
| Penstemon whippleanus |
Tiers of large dusky burgundy bells are an unusual and attractive color. Usually found just around treeline. Easy in cultivation. Picture |
18" x 10" |
OT or JC 70°F |
| Penstemon whippleanus (pale form) |
Pale cream flowers distinguish this subalpine penstemon from its wine-colored sister. Easy to grow. Picture |
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JC 70°F |
| Penstemon x mexicale 'Red Rocks' |
Compact mounds of narrow, lustrous green leaves covered with bright cherry pink flowers all summer. True from seed and quite hardy, to zone 4b. |
15" x 12" |
JC, 70°F |
| Penstemon yampanensis |
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| Perovskia atriplicifolia |
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| Petalostemon purpureum |
Recently reclassified from Dalea purpureum: a widespread plains and prairie plant, forming trim clumps of foliage and spikes of cylindrical purple bloom over a long season in the summer. This is a classic native that thrives in a large rock garden or native garden. |
14" x 10" |
SO hot water, JC, 70°F |
| Petasites hyperboreus |
A large and spreading herbaceous plant that grows in wet meadows: Attractive, deeply cut dark foliage and early spring heads of whitish bloom. |
18" x 30" |
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| Petasites hyperboreus |
Rose purple flowers all summer on compact linear, green leaf shrubby plants. |
15"x12" |
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| Petrocephalus depressus |
Wonderful mats of deeply lobed evergreen leaves, with a never-ending succession of spidery dusky pink scabious flowers all summer. From the Atlas Mts, Morocco. |
2" x 12" |
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| Petrocoptis glaucifolia (Lychnis lagascae) |
Tiny waxy-leaved rosettes produce a summer long cloud of pink flowers: easy from seed and rewarding for beginner or expert alike. |
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JC, 70°F |
| Petrophytum caespitosum |
Tight rosettes plastered against limestone produce tiny, late summer spires of white bottlebrush flowers. Well-suited to trough or crevice culture. An especially nice dwarf form that maintains its diminutive stature in cultivation. Picture |
2" x 12" |
SL, 70°F |
| Petrophytum cinerascens |
Densely mounding cushions of silvery foliage produce spires of white, candlelike flowers from midsummer on. Wonderful trough plants, or for a well-drained rock garden crevice. |
8" x 8" |
SL, 70°F |
| Petunia integrifolia |
A lovely annual species with magenta flares en masse on sprawling stems, great for pots. |
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| Phacelia campanularia |
An attractive annual with cobalt blue, 1" flares on bushy plants of dark green serrate leaves. Excellent for fill in new rock gardens or for summer-fall color. Picture |
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JC 70°F |
| Phacelia glandulosa |
Purple terminal flowers in curved cymes, on vertical stems with dark green lobed leaves, bearing soft reddish hairs. |
6" x 4" |
JC, 70°F |
| Phacelia hastata |
Sumptuous basal rosettes with rich veining and silky hairs produce fiddlenecks of white flowers in early summer. 9 inches x 8 inches. |
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JC, 70°F |
| Phacelia hastata var. alpina |
Stems of coiled, purple flowers with prominent stamens amidst felted gray rosettes of thickly ribbed leaves. Picture |
4" x 16" |
JC 70°F |
| Phacelia heterophylla |
Another beautiful foliage plant with flowers from off white to pale lavender. 8 inches x 8 inches |
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JC, 70°F |
| Phacelia sericea |
Fluffy fat spikes of purple flowers with decorative silver lacy foliage. Easy to grow. Beautiful! Picture |
6" x 5" |
JC, 70°F |
| Phacelia sericea var. ciliosa |
This 'purple fringe' tends to have taller, solitary flower stalks over gray green rosettes. Appears more long lived and xeric than the type species. Picture |
7" x 6" |
JC, 70°F |
| Phleum commutatum |
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| Phlomis aff. capitata |
Tiers of large yellow flowers combine with white felted decorative leaves in an attractive little perennial for the hottest, sunniest garden site. |
7" x 12" |
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| Phlomis cashmeriana |
The loveliest of pink flowered Jerusalem sages, this Himalayan woodlander seems to grow well in almost any soil or exposure. When happy, after a few years, it can grow very tall. The gray-green foliage is attractive in its own right, but the lavender-pink flowers in whorls are truly gorgeous. Easy and permanent. |
60" x 20" |
D, 70°F |
| Phlox aff. grayi |
Clusters of loose stems of soft green leaves topped with large, warm pink flowers. Charming in Spring, then dormant in summer. |
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JC, OT |
| Phlox aff. lanata |
Small, extremely dense gray buns have white flowers nestled in the spiky, hairy, leaves. |
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JC, OT |
| Phlox alyssifolia |
One of the showiest and easiest of Western "microphloxes". White margined, blunt leaf rosettes spread to form mats. It is a superb phlox, indeed, with one inch pink flowers . Picture |
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OT or JC, CS 4wk, 70°F |
| Phlox andicola |
Loose prickly needle mats with white flowers from dry sandy plains. In the dry plains of Eastern Colorado, a wonderful phlox that stands out in the stark xeric landscape. Picture |
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| Phlox austromontana ssp. densa |
Pulvinate mats only an inch tall embedded with light pink to lavender flowers. |
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JC, OT |
| Phlox bifida |
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| Phlox bryoides |
Congested buns of scale-like tomentose foliage with many white flowers. Picture |
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JC, CS 4wk, 70°F |
| Phlox condensata |
Dense green cushions with sharp scale like leaves and tiny white flowers. Choice alpine phlox. Picture |
1" x 4" |
OT or JC, CS 4wk, 70°F |
| Phlox griseola |
Extremely tightly packed leaves form a mound to an inch tall with white, pink or lavender sessile flowers. |
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JC, OT |
| Phlox hoodii |
Tuffs of tiny leaves and white to sometimes pink flowers. One of the smallest western phloxes. Seed difficult to come by, a rare offering. Picture |
1/2" x 5" |
JC, CS 4wk, 70°F |
| Phlox lemhi |
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| Phlox multiflora var. depressa |
Blue-green pancakes of foliage smothered in mid-spring with intensely fragrant, white flowers. Ubiquitous intermountain plant of sagebrush parklands. Picture |
2" x 10" |
OT or JC, CS 4wk, 70°F |
| Phlox opalnensis |
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| Phlox pulvinata |
Very dense tufts of blue-gray foliage completely covered several times a year with fragrant ice-blue or even violet blooms, often with a white eye. The easiest high alpine phlox to grow: Try it! Picture |
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OT or JC, CS 4wk, 70°F |
| Phlox pungens |
Compact mats of gray needle clad stems terminate in lavender-blushed white flowers. Narrow endemic of chalk bluffs, very drought tolerant. Picture |
1" x 5" |
[OT or JC, CS 4wk, 70°F |
| Phlox stansburyi |
Multi-flowered branched stems of dark centered, white to pink large flowers with long inch tubes. Without adequate summer moisture, this phlox of the high desert goes dormant. |
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| Phlox tumulosa |
Easily the densest cushion of any phlox. Wonderful white flowers. Very difficult to grow well. |
2"x10" |
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| Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides |
Stems of showy long tan seedpods circle gorgeous, powder-blue rosettes growing in volcanic talus. Clusters of purple spring flowers and the common name of Daggerpod; does it get any better than this? Picture |
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| Phyllodoce empetriformis |
Lovely evergreen shrublets of narrow, glossy leaves covered in vivid rose-red bells in summer. Needs peaty moist conditions. Picture |
4" x 12" |
BAG |
| Physalis lobata |
Pretty purple solanum flowers on splayed rosettes are followed by decorative Chinese lantern pods. An unusual dryland annual. |
1" x5" |
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| Physaria acutifolia |
Flat gray rosettes are the perfect foil for lemon-yellow flowers in spring followed by red-tinged, inflated pods. Likes chalky soil, limestone scree. Picture |
3" x 5" |
JC, 70°F |
| Physaria alpina |
Dusty gray rosettes like hens and chicks with cart wheels of egg-yolk orange flowers in spring that transform into outlandish grape-like seed pods. A superb high alpine. Picture |
1" x 5" |
JC, OT |
| Physaria bellii |
Locally abundant, narrow endemic yellow blooming bladderpod, ours from a cultivated source. Rosettes of bluegreen flat, spatulate leaves are handsome year-round on the dark shale on which it is found. |
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| Physaria chambersii |
A dry-land bladderpod from the sagebrush desert of the Great Basin: bright yellow bloom in spring and highly angular pods that suggest cubist painting to our eyes (I guess you have to see it to understand). |
3"x6" |
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| Physaria didymocarpa var didymocarpa |
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| Physaria eburniflora |
This is the only cream flowered bladderpod. Long blooming pale flower clusters circle silver leaf flat rosettes, followed by silvery inflated pods. Xeric Wyoming endemic. Picture |
2" x 6" |
JC, 70°F |
| Physaria florubunda |
The only bladderpod with fringy foliage--almost lacy in effect. A plant of high, very cold parklands in the Colorado Rockies. |
3" x 5" |
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| Physaria lanata |
Clusters of golden yellow flowers circle silver rosettes of flat, white-felted, oval leaves, followed by inflated pink pods. Picture |
2" x 5" |
JC, 70°F |
| Phyteuma nigrum |
Deep purple thyrses of wonderfully curved flowers verge on black in certain lights. Long lived and very showy cousin to campanulas--this thrives in loam or scree and appears to be very long lived (15 or more years in one spot). Wouldn't want to be without it. |
14" x 8" |
JC, 70°F |
| Phyteuma orbiculare |
Blue violet spidery flowers over slender green tufts. A campanula relative from the Alps. |
10" x 6" |
SL, 70°F |
| Phyteuma scheuchzeri |
Clusters of dark and light purple incurved horned petals make spiky balls above tufts of linear lance shaped leaves. |
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| Phyteuma serratum |
Dark green, narrow, lance, long-stemmed leaves, project blue balls of spike florets, in June. From the Mnts. of Corsica. |
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| Phyteuma sieberi |
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| Picradeniopsis oppositifolia |
Clusters of bright yellow flowers atop compact plants of linear divided silver leaves. Similar to a xeric zinnia with better foliage from a creeping rootstock. |
6" x 12" |
OT |
| Plantago patagonica |
Silver grassy tuffs feature narrow fuzzy white candles. Interesting accent plant. |
6" x 4" |
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| Platycodon grandiflorus var. nanus |
Huge starry flowers from blue violet balloons. The smallest balloon flower so far. Picture |
9"x7" |
SL, 70°F |
| Podophyllum hexandrum |
Exquisite woodland plant has large mottled umbrellas above light pink bowl flowers followed by large red fruit that persist through autumn. Picture |
18" x 12" |
JC 70°F |
| Polemonium coeruleum var. japonicum |
Slightly smaller than the species with typical rich periwinkle-blue flowers. |
20" x 10" |
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| Polemonium confertum (P. grayanum) |
Large periwinkle blue nosegays of blossoms top gray-green viscid tufts. Always found in summit fellfields. Very choice. Picture |
4" x 5" |
JC, 70°F |
| Polemonium delicatum |
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| Polemonium grayanum |
Large sky blue ball clusters of bell flowers slightly above whorled, dissected, hairy foliage. Always found in summit fellfields. Very choice. Picture |
6" x 5" |
L 70°F |
| Polemonium pauciflorum |
Yellow trumpets with reddish reverse distinguish this silver-leaf southwest, US native. Xeric. |
18" tall |
JC, 70°F, L |
| Polemonium pulcherrimum |
Deep green, ferny clumps of shining leaves and bright purple trumpet flowers. It is a honey, coming back year after year and blooming for months at a time. |
6" x 5" |
JC, 70°F, L |
| Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. delicatum |
Lax, ladder-like rosettes make loose mats spangled with clusters of large, bell-shaped blue bells much of the summer. |
6" x 5" |
JC, 70°F |
| Polemonium pulcherrimum var. pulcherrimum |
This miniature Jacob's Ladder features pinnate foliage in little tufts and blue violet flare cup flowers. |
3" x 2" |
JC, 70°F |
| Polemonium viscosum |
Vivid violet-blue flowers over whorled ferny leaves. The famed sky pilot of high alpine meadows. Picture |
6" x 3" |
L 70°F |
| Polemonium viscosum |
Tiny scree form of sky pilot has large, bright blue flower clusters above segmented, hairy, whorled leaves, not as strongly scented as the typical form. Picture |
3" x 3" |
L 70°F |
| Polemonium viscosum (mat forming) |
Unusual mat form of this favorite alpine. Lighter blue flowers. |
5" x 10" |
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| Polygala alba |
Rarely grown meadow plant makes narrow white spikes among the prairie grasses--subtle but beautiful. |
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| Polygala major |
Evergreen tuft of ovate foliage produces wiry stems with pink, orchid like flowers for much of the spring and early summer. |
8" x 6" |
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| Polygala vayredae |
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| Polygonum vivipara |
Tiny stalks of white, bottle-brush flowers sprout from a few narrow leathery leaves. Picture |
2" x 1" |
JC, 70°F |
| Polystichum lonchitis |
Beautiful mountain fern on mossy cliffs. Pinnate fronds of shiny evergreen spine-tooth leaflets. Beauty eh? For experts growers only. |
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| Potentilla brevifolia |
Lustrous green mats of cleft crenate leaves with glossy lemon yellow flowers. Picture |
1" X 6" |
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| Potentilla caulescens |
Fascinating cushions of dark green leaves with chartreuse flowers in early summer. Nicer than it sounds--but probably only for Potentillomaniacs like Panayoti. Really quite wonderful! |
4" x 6" |
JC, 70°F |
| Potentilla concinna |
Red stem Picture |
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| Potentilla diversifolia |
High subalpine form of widespread meadow cinquefoil with pinnate lf and strong yellow cuplike bloom. |
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| Potentilla fragifromis |
From Northeast Asia. Amplified strawberry foliage in a neat mound. Large lemon flowers in spring. |
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| Potentilla fruticosa var. mandshurica |
Silky green foliage clings to arching stems presenting pristine white single rose flowers at the branch tips all summer. Extremely slow-growing . Suitable for troughs and small rocks gardens. Eventually is reputed to get large, 20 inches by 30 inches. |
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| Potentilla ledebouriana |
Very silvery, dense mounds of compound leaves with short-stemmed bright yellow flowers. Usually at or above treeline in the Rockies. |
2" x 3" |
JC 70°F |
| Potentilla lineata |
Multi-flowered yellow potentilla with stoloniferous tufts of crenate, pinnate leaves, alternating large segments with tiny ones. Found in moist meadows. |
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| Potentilla megalantha |
Mounds of softly hairy, large strawberry leaves graced with large yellow flowers in summer. |
8" x 10" |
L 70°F |
| Potentilla nivea |
Furry little mats nearly as congested as Eritrichum aretioides. Decumbent stems of few, large, yellow flowers from tight tufts of woolly leaves with white felt undersides and serrate edges. Adorable high alpine. Picture |
1" x 5" |
JC, 70°F |
| Potentilla ovina var. ovina |
Tight, white-edged leaf clusters are surrounded by multiple stems of little yellow flowers. |
2" x 6" |
JC 70°F |
| Potentilla peduncularis |
Large dark achenes sit on the calyx looking like little blackberries. Silver hair and a deeply toothed edge give pinnate foliage a frosted appearance. Picture |
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| Potentilla pulvinaris ssp pulvinaris |
A semi-shrub with exquisite small mats with silver hairy leaves with bright yellow, well displayed, nearly sessile flowers. A must to have! |
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| Potentilla speciosa |
One of the most silvery of potentillas. This compact alpine thrives in ordinary scree. The flowers are nothing to write home about, but the leaves more than make up for this shortcoming. |
8" x4" |
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| Potentilla uniflora |
An outstanding silver leafed cushion plant from screes and crevices at high altitudes. Very showy stemless yellow flowers. |
2" x6" |
JC, 70°F |
| Potentilla verna |
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| Primula acaulis 'Mark Viette' |
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| Primula allionii 'Pink Ice' |
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| Primula amoena |
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| Primula angustifolia |
Found in the highest altitudes, a darling little primrose of the Rocky Mountain tundra. Large bright pink flowers nearly hide the thick, narrow-leaf clumps in early summer. Picture |
2" x 2" |
70°F, L |
| Primula auricula |
Powdery rosettes of leathery leaves are attractive in their own right, but with intensely fragrant clusters of glowing yellow flowers looking as if they are cut from precious stone, it is one of Europe's finest alpines. Very drought tolerant, especially if given some afternoon shade. |
5" x 6" |
SL, 70°F |
| Primula auriculata |
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| Primula cockburniana |
Yes, there is a miniature candelabra primrose that doesn't need a bog to grow, and has the most amazing hot orange flowers that literally glow in a shady rock garden. The stems can produce up to five whorls of bloom, and are themselves powdery with farina. One of the easiest and most stunning Chinese alpine primroses. Picture |
10" x 5" |
SL, 70°F |
| Primula cortusoides |
Asian woodland primrose. Similar to, but more vigorous than, Primula saxatilis, its closest kin. Rose-lilac, cleft flowers in umbels above soft hairy, jagged edge leaves. Picture |
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JC, 70°F |
| Primula cusickiana |
A tiny, alpine variant of the deep violet blue primula of the Pacific Northwest, collected above treeline in the White Cloud mountains of Idaho. Sure to be a challenge to grow. |
3" x 4" |
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| Primula denticulata |
Showy balls of lavender flowers on stout stems, early in spring, from large rosettes of toothed, green leaves. A Himalayan native. Picture |
10" x 10" |
SL 70°F |
| Primula domensis |
Relic member of P. cusickii group with on high stems, farinose with rose to lavender large flowers. Summer dormant. |
8" tall |
SL, CS 4wks, 70°F |
| Primula elatior |
Wonderful semi-pendant yellow oxlip tolerates more sun and drought than almost any woodland primrose. Picture |
8" x 8" |
SL, 70°F |
| Primula ellisiae |
Spectacular native primrose from the high Sandia crests: trim, gray rosettes with showy clusters of dark pink flowers in early summer--sometimes again in autumn. Cool limestone crevices or scree. |
7" x 7" |
CS 3w, 70°F, L |
| Primula frondosa |
Like a robust farinose primrose with short stems of starry mauve flowers. Picture |
5"x3" |
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| Primula halleri |
Queen of European Farinosae, the smooth rosettes are topped with an outlandish cluster of very long tubed pink flowers. Reputedly biennial, in a cool, northfacing crevice here we have had these come back to bloom profusely a second year. |
6" x 6" |
SL, 70°F |
| Primula heucherifolia |
A primrose with soft, fuzzy coralbell-like leaf rosettes, plus elegant whorls of nodding red-violet bells. Prefers open shade and rich soil. |
10" x 6" |
JC, 70°F |
| Primula hirsuta |
Clusters of large, dark rose flowers with a white eye just above rosettes of round, toothed, dark green leaves. Picture |
3" x 4" |
L 70°F |
| Primula japonica |
Tiered whorles of rose red flowers above grand cabbages of foilage. Wonderful bog, or stream-side plant. Will self-sow where happy. |
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SL, 70°F |
| Primula japonica 'Postford White' |
The candelabra primulas can come in almost any pastel or hot shade nowadays, but the pure white cultivar. This cultivar has a red eye, comes true from seed and brings a cool, glowing presence to the shady garden in June. |
25" x 8". |
JC, 70°F |
| Primula kisoana |
Heart-shaped, downy, scallop-edge leaf rosettes spread by rhizomes in shady woodland conditions. Deep rose flower clusters appear in spring and continue through much of summer. Picture |
8" x 8" |
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| Primula kisoana var. shikokiana |
This form features clear pink flowers. A woodland rambler having soft palmate leaves with dentate edges. |
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| Primula marginata |
A favorite (yes they are all your favorites) species. Glaucous, farinose, heavily toothed leaves in stiff rosettes and cleft-petal lavender flowers. A choice rock garden essential. Picture |
4" x 5" |
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| Primula marginata (lilac / dark green form) |
This one seems comparable to 'Linda Pope'. Dark green, broad, toothed leaves and lilac flowers. Much easier and more floriferous than the smaller form. Found in metamorphic rock. Picture |
6" x 7" |
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| Primula minima |
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| Primula moupinensis |
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| Primula nevadensis |
Farinose leaves, violet flowers |
5 - 7 cm |
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| Primula parryi |
Most sumptuous and challenging of the Rocky Mountain primulas. Very much like P. nivalis in culture and appearance. Bright pink to reddish purple flowers glow on twelve inch stems. One of the showiest primulas with lush, spring-green foliage, often found along high mountain streams. Picture |
15" x 9" |
SL, CS 3wk, 70°F |
| Primula polyantha 'Gold Laced' |
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| Primula rosea |
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| Primula rosea var. 'Grandifloria' |
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| Primula rusbyi |
Short spikes of rose-purple flowers with a yellow eye from farinose buds in spatulate leaf tufts. Easily cultivated, blooms spring through frost. Picture |
5" x 6" |
OT |
| Primula saxatilis |
Softly hairy, scalloped leaf clusters have rose purple, slender petaled flowers on fuzzy stalks. Picture |
12" x 8" |
SL, 70°F |
| Primula sieboldii |
Possibly the most versatile and promising primrose for American gardens. The toothed, rhomboidal foliage hardly prepares one for the fireworks of wonderfully pinked, slashed and vivid pink flowers. A classic plant. Picture |
10" x 15" |
OT |
| Primula sikkimensis |
A whorl of light yellow flares hang from an umbel well above tufts of serrate edge lance leaves. Late blooming primrose for a moist location in sun or shade. Picture |
14" x 7" |
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| Primula sp. 'Wharfedale Ling' |
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| Primula specuicola |
Primrose of moist cliff and cave walls in canyonlands and deserts of American SW. Pink to lavender ball clusters above farinose backed, toothed leaves. A real delight to stumble across. |
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| Primula stricta |
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| Primula veris |
Soft yellow, flaring bells, the beloved cowslip is one of the hardiest and showiest woodlanders. Seed from a colony that has spread and persisted at Panayoti's childhood home for over 30 years. Picture |
7"x5" |
JC, 70°F |
| Primula veris red |
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| Primula viallii |
Unique primrose with pokers of red buds on top and lavender flowers below rise above 'cabbages' of lanceolate leaves. Excellent late blooming bog plant for sun or shade. Picture |
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| Prunus andersonii |
One of the most exquisite shrubs of sagebrush scrubland or Pinon-Juniper pygmy woodland. Showy, salmon pink flowers on a bonsai peach tree. Drought tolerant shrub demands good drainage. Bob Pennington of Agua Fria Nursery in Santa Fe has a legendary specimen in his front yard. |
3-6' |
OT or fridge in damp vermiculite, 70°F |
| Prunus pensylvanica |
Bird or Pin cherry has tiny 1/4" red fruits, white flowers, glossy green leaves and great compact form. Definite bonsai potential. Picture |
7' x 4' |
in a Ziploc bag or OT |
| Prunus pumila var. depressa |
Surely the lowest, most desirable cherry--originally from Labrador. Absolutely prostrate mats with fragrant April flowers, tasty cherries and spectacular fall color. |
3"x20" |
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| Psoralidium lanceolatum |
Lemon scented foilage, green bipinnate |
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| Pterocephalus depressus |
Wonderful mats of deeply lobed evergreen leaves, with a never-ending succession of spidery dusky pink scabious flowers all summer. From the Atlas Mts, Morocco. |
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| Pterocephalus parnassi |
Very hairy, gray, lobed-leaf mats float soft, salmon pink flower heads. Limited supply. |
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| Pterocephalus pinardii |
A highly desirable, long-blooming, prostrate shrub with cut silver leaves and large orchid pink filigree flowers, followed by feathery mauve seed clusters. Loves full sun and mineral soil and limestone crevices. An indispensable alpine! Picture |
2" x 10" |
L 70°F |
| Pulsatilla alpina ssp. apiifolia |
Light yellow open flowers over finely divided green leaves. Prefers more acidic soil and resents being moved when large. Picture |
8" x 8" |
JC 70°F |
| Pulsatilla campanella |
Lovely nodding periwinkle bells rise on downy stems from delicate fern-like leaf clusters. Picture |
8" x 8" |
JC 70°F |
| Pulsatilla georgica |
Vigorous clumps of silky foliage and finely dissected leaves with many narrow bells of lavender. Picture |
12" x 12" |
JC, 70°F |
| Pulsatilla montana |
Fuzzy dissected plants with long lasting, up-facing, dark burgundy blooms in spring through early summer, then replaced with decorative fuzzy seedheads. Picture |
8" x 12" |
JC, 70°F |
| Pulsatilla patens |
Chalice flowers have white interiors with icy purple on the reverse. Harbingers of spring, suitable for a well-drained site, part shade if unwatered and arid. Picture |
8" x 10" |
JC, 70°F |
| Pulsatilla pratensis var. nigricans |
Purplish black nodding flowers contrast beautifully with the silky apple green foliage. Picture |
10" x 8" |
JC 70°F |
| Pulsatilla turczaninovii |
Distinctive, very early flowering species with medium sized, dark blue velvet flowers. (Somewhat like wedding bells.) Happy in hot limestone crevices. |
10" x 5" |
D, 70°F or CS 3w, 70°F |
| Pulsatilla vernalis |
Found on igneous, grassy slopes with western exposure. Has been acclaimed as the most lovely of all alpine flowers. Low tufts, short stems, opal-white flowers. Sow in situ as it resents any root disturbance. |
4" x 5" |
D, 70°F or CS 3w, 70°F |
| Pulsatilla vulgaris var. rubra |
Lovely small pasque flower with large velvety ruby red flowers accented by a prominent yellow boss. My daughter's favorite. Picture |
10" x 8" |
JC 70°F |
| Purshia tridentata |
Wonderfully aromatic shrub of the interior Pacific Northwest found in Wyoming. Forms prostrate bonsai when deer browsed. |
30" X40" |
JC, 40°F |
| Putoria calabrica |
Evergreen prostrate shrub has tiny, glossy green leaves and clusters of slender-tube rose colored flowers, followed by red berries. Discovered in schist scree on steep, south facing slopes. |
2" x 15" |
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| Pyrethrum sp. |
Yellow flowers with large disc top miniature rose foliage with felt back and serrate edge. |
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JC, 70°F |
| Pyrola asarifolia |
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| Pyrola minor |
Ivory bells on low stems with dark green orbicular basal leaves, this insists on cold, sub-acid forest duff: only for expert growers. |
6" x 34" |
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| Pyrrocoma uniflora (Haplopappus) |
Bright yellow showy daisies, one per red stem, from prostrate rosettes of leathery, strappy leaves. Picture |
4" x 8" |
JC, 70°F |