landscaping ideas, home & garden by jkworthy

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

American Rock Gardens

*Goodyera pubescens, Downy Rattle-snake Plantain
*Houstonia caerulea, Bluets
*Jeffersonia diphylla, Twinleaf
*Mimulus lewisii, Lewis Monkeyflower
*Mitella diphylla, Common Bishopscap Myosotis palustris, True Forget-me-not
*Ophioglossum vulgatum, Common Adderstongue
*Orchis spectabilis, Showy Orchid
*Orontium aquaticum, Goldenclub
*Parnassia caroliniana, Carolina Parnassia
—*palustris, Marsh Parnassia
*Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia
Primula algida, Violet Primrose
—denticulata, Himalayan Primrose cashmeriana, Kashmir Primrose
—grandis, Giant Primrose
—helodoxa, Marsh Primrose
—japonica, Japanese Primrose
—luteola, Golden Primrose
—rosea, Rosy Primrose
—sieboldii, Siebold Primrose, etc.
*Rhexia virginica, Common Meadowbeauty
*Saxifraga mertensiana, Cascade Saxifrage
—*nivalis, Snow Saxifrage
—*rivularis, Alpine Brook Saxifrage, etc.
*Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Common Blue-eyed-grass
*Thalictrum alpinum, Arctic Meadowrue—minus, Low Meadowrue
*Tiarella cordifolia, Allegheny Foamflower
*Trichomanes boschianum, Filmy-fern
Trollius chinensis, Chinese Globeflower
—*laxus albiflorus, White Globeflower
*Typha angustifolia, Narrowleaf Cattail
*Viola blanda, Sweet White Violet
—*lanceolata, Lanceleaf Violet
—*primulaefolia, Primrose-leaf Violet, etc.


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