landscaping ideas, home & garden by jkworthy

The Golden State: Where & How to Live, Secure, Visit, Enjoy and Thrive in California

American Rock Gardens

—*prostrata, Creeping Gentian
—septemfida, Sevencleft Gentian, etc.
*Houstonia serpyllifolia, Creeping Bluets
Linaria hepaticaefolia, Liverleaf Toadflax
Mentha requienii, Requien Mint
*Parnassia asarifolia, Brook Parnassia
—*caroliniana, Carolina Parnassia
—*nmbriata, Rocky Mountain Parnassia
—*palustris, Marsh Parnassia
Primula beesiana, Bees Primrose
—bulleyana, Bulley Primrose
—capitata, Clustered Primrose
—darialica, Pygmy Primrose
—*farinosa, Birdseye Primrose
—involucrata, Leafy Primrose
—luteola, Golden Primrose
—*mistassinica, Dwarf Canadian Primrose
—sibirica, Siberian Primrose
—*suffruticosa, Sierra Primrose
—veitchii, Veitch Primrose
—viscosa, Clammy Primrose, etc.
Ramondia pyrenaica, Rosette Mullein
*Saxifraga aizoides, Yellow Mountain Saxifrage
—aphylla, Leafless Saxifrage
—conifera, Matted Saxifrage
—diapensioides, Diapensia Saxifrage
—granulata, White Saxifrage
—hypnoides, Moss Saxifrage, etc.
Scutellaria alpina, Alpine Skullcap
*Sedum pulchellum, Texas Stonecrop
—ternatum, Mountain Stonecrop
*Silene acaulis exscapa, Stemless Moss Campion
Stachys Corsica, Corsican Betony
Viola cenisia, Cenis Violet
—*glabella, Cascade Violet

Another special alpine garden appears in walls. So many are the sites where rock plants may be placed that broken walls were tried and found good for the growth of the plants and excellent in effect.


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FIG. 8.—WALL PLANTING, PLAN AND SECTION