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Nassauvia revoluta (Asteraceae) (10x12, Z6, P, L, 3:6w) ..................................................... 50 seeds / $4.00

 74410.11  (W) Volcán Lonquimay, IX Reg., Chile, 5800ft, 1768m.  Reptilian-looking stems are covered with tough, thick, overlapping, recurved scales.  Stems terminate in a bulbous head of white.

Nepeta yunnanensis (60x50,Z6,P,L,1) ................................................................................. 20 seeds / $3.50

 96978.07   An imposing beauty of textured, gray-green foliage and spikes of deep blue flowers all summer.

Nolina microcarpa (75x100, Z6, P, C, 1) .............................................................................. 75 seeds / $2.50

 56532.15  (W) Grant Co., NM, 6400ft, 1950m.   Numerous panicles of white, purplish, or brownish.

Nolina texana (110x135,Z5,P,C,1) ....................................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00

 78415.27  (W) San Miguel Co., NM, 6600ft, 2012m.  Dark-green, narrow foliage with spikes of white flowers.   Photo

Oenothera caespitosa v. crinita (Onagraceae) (8x15, Z5, P, L, 2) ........................................ 50 seeds / $3.00

 12043.11  (W) Millard Co., UT, 6000ft, 1829m.  Long hairy leaves form handsome furry tufts.  Large white rounded lowers turning pink to violet as they fade.  On calcareous sandy rubble.

Oenothera macrocarpa (20x24, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) ................................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50

 56142.11  (W) Colfax Co., NM, 6100ft, 1860m.  Gigantic bright yellow flowers arising from the base, followed by large winged fruits.  Foliage green to silver.

Ononis rotundifolia (Fabaceae) (40x50, Z5, P, SC, 1) …………….…............………….... 16 seeds / $2.50

 74808.04  An evergreen shrublet with roundish, toothed leaves and racemes of white to pink pea-flowers.

Opuntia spinosior (120x70, Z9, P, C, 2) ............................................................................... 50 seeds / $2.50

 76723.11  (W) Graham Co., AZ, 4000ft, 1220m. A tree cholla with gray-green stems, flowers unseen.

Oxytropis hidakamontana (14x20,Z5,P,SC,1) …………………………............................. 15 seeds / $3.50

 35545.16   (W) Japan.   Vigorous tufts of hairy foliage bear violet-blue flower heads.

Oxytropis sericea (20x18, Z4, P, SC, 1) .............................................................................. 90 seeds / $2.50

 76404.14  (W) Weld Co., CO, 5450ft, 1660m.  Large racemes of pure white, fragrant flowers.

Oxytropis shokanbetsuensis (16x20,Z5,P,SC,1) .................................................................. 15 seeds / $3.50

 76369.16    Japan. Rosettes of pinnate leaves produce several scapes with blue-mauve flower clusters.

Oxytropis viscida (9x12,Z4,P,SC,1) ...................................................................................... 20 seeds / $3.00

 90606.15  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6950ft, 2118m.   Tufts of sticky, dark green, pinnatifid foliage with fat heads of purplish flowers. Late summer bloomer.

Oxytropis yezoensis (6x16,Z5,P,SC,1) ……………………………………......................... 15 seeds / $3.50

 96428.16     Low-growing subshrub with woolly, pinnate leaves and purple flowers on short scapes in late summer.  From Japan.

Ourisia microphylla (Scrophulariaceae) (2x6, Z?, P, L, 2) …………...........……….……..... 60 seeds / $4.00

 56542.04  Ex Termas de Chillán, Chile, 1600m.  Microscopic leaves on thready stems look like clumps of moss.  The 5-petalled, round-lobed, 1-cm flowers are the most delicate shade of pastel pink.

Penstemon alamosensis (50x16, Z6, P, GL, 3:8w) ................................................................ 45 seeds / $3.00

 05419.17  (W) Otero Co., NM, 4800ft, 1463m.  Salmon to coral flowers sway over thin, crinkled, blue-gray leaves. Endemic to limestone canyons E of Alamogordo.

Penstemon aridus (10x7,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ……………………………………........................... 40 seeds / $3.00

 07455.86  (W) Beaverhead Co., MT, 6000ft, 1829m.   Grassy tufts with a dense inflorescence of small blue flowers. On S-facing slopes of limestone.

Penstemon bicolor ssp. roseus (100x40, Z6, P, L, 3:8w) ...................................................... 90 seeds / $3.00

 10553.11  (W) Clark Co., NV, 2500ft, 762m.  Pink to magenta flowers with violet lines on the lower lip.

Penstemon caespitosus v. desertipicti (1x12, Z4, P, L, 4:12w) ............................................ 30 seeds / $4.00

 12042.24  (W) Garfield Co., UT, 8000ft, 2439m.  Probably the most prostrate of all.  Tiny, oblanceolate, blue-gray leaves along creeping, rooting stems form mats bearing blue-purple flowers with a white throat.

Penstemon crandallii v. crandallii  (8x22, Z4, P, GL, 3:8w) …............................................. 50 seeds / $3.50

 12757.11  (W) Mesa Co., CO, 8500ft, 2591m.  Multitudes of bright blue blossoms festoon the plants.

Penstemon floridus ssp. austinii (150x30, Z6, P, GL, 3:8w) ................................................. 90 seeds / $2.50

 30560.15  (W) Inyo Co., CA, 5700ft, 1737m.  Multiple whips bear dentate blue leaves and baggy rosy-magenta flowers.

Penstemon janishiae (15x12, Z5, P, RGL, 4:8w) ………………………...........………….... 90 seeds / $3.50

 50198.18  (W) Plumas/Lassen Co., CA, 7550ft, 2302m.  Tufts of linear-spatulate, sparsely-dentate leaves sprout several stems bearing large, gaping, bilabiate lavender flowers, each with a prominent yellow-bearded staminode.  One of the best Great Basin natives.

Penstemon laricifolius ssp. laricifolius (10x8, Z3, P, GL, 4:16w) ....................................... 100 seeds / $2.50

 54215.37  (W) Carbon Co., WY, 6850ft, 2088m.  This lovely form has flowers in various pink shades.

Penstemon 'MESA' (70x25, Z4, P, RL, 3:6w) ....................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 56416.08  A section Habroanthus hybrid with substantial purple-blue flowers on strong stems.  Fully reblooms later in the summer equal in vigor to the first.

Penstemon pachyphyllus v. congestus (35x15, Z4, P, L, 4:8w) ......................................... 100 seeds / $2.00

 70152.01  (W) Emery Co., UT, 8200ft, 2500m.  Thick, gray-green leaves, intense blue-violet spikes.

Penstemon subulatus (40x30,Z7,P,L,3:8w) …………………………………..........…….. 100 seeds / $2.50

 76950.15  (W) Maricopa Co., AZ, 2800ft, 854m.  Scarlet, tubular flowers and lance-like leaves.

Phlox adsurgens (7x16,Z5,P,L,4:12w) ................................................................................... 10 seeds / $6.00

 15576.36  (W) Douglas Co., OR, 5000ft, 1524m.   This loosely-mat-forming perennial with ovate leaves spreads slowly stoloniferously and sprouts numerous scapes terminating in open clusters of fragrant, broad-petalled pale– to deep-pink flowers, often with dark markings in the center.

Phlox multiflora (3x20, Z3, P, C, 4:12w) ............................................................................... 15 seeds / $5.00

 56994.13  (W) Uintah Co., UT, 8750ft, 2668m.  Spreading mats of long stiff leaves and large snow-white flowers.  Meadows in the Uintah Mtns turn white when extensive colonies bloom in summer.

Phlox multiflora (colored) (3x12, Z3, P, C, 4:12w) ............................................................... 10 seeds / $6.00

 56995.15  (W) Converse Co., WY, 7600ft, 2317m.  This seed from a rare colored population of a normally white-flowered taxon.  Pinks and lavenders in deep to pale shades predominate here on loamy soil.   Photo

Phlox nana (12x9,Z5,P,L,4:12w) .......................................................................................... 10 seeds / $10.00

 58200.17  (W) Lincoln Co., NM, 7400ft  At last I have some seed of one of the most beautiful Phlox the American West has to offer. Lanceolate leaves on several erect stems, hirsute with glandular hairs, bearing numerous large sumptuous flowers of saturated, deep pink. Long- and late-blooming, from early to mid-summer. Sets frustratingly little seed. Consider your purchase an investment -- once established in your garden, you'll have it forever. My colony from a single original plant in my garden is over 20 years old.   Photo

Phlox pulvinata (blue-flowered form) (2x12,Z3,P,C,4:12w) ................................................. 18 seeds / $6.00

 70864.17  (W) Albany Co., WY, 11000ft, 3354m.  The deep icy-blue flowers are mirrored by the glacial lakes below the alpine ridges where these dense, caespitose cushions grow.  Variation in color is considerable, from very pale blue to deep china blues and even a few lavender-blues.   Photo1   Photo2   Photo3

Phlox tumulosa (2x16,Z4,P,C,4:12w) .................................................................................... 10 seeds / $6.00

 78996.19  (W) White Pine Co., NV, 7200ft, 2195m.  Gray-green cushions virtually rock hard are covered with fragrant white blossoms, occasionally tinged pink.   Photo

Platycodon grandiflorum v. nanum (Campanulaceae) (25x10, Z5, P, L, 1) ........................... 80 seeds / $2.50

 32759.00  Blue balloon flowers on dwarf plants.

Platycodon grandiflorum v. apoiensis album (20x8, Z5, P, L, 1) ......................................... 80 seeds / $2.50

 32760.09  Single white flowers on dwarf plants.

Platycodon grandiflorum f. pink (30x12, Z5, P, L, 1) ........................................................... 50 seeds / $2.50

 32761.03  A lovely form with single rose-lilac to pink flowers.

Platycodon grandiflorum 'Double Blue' (32x12,Z5,P,L,1) ………………........................... 80 seeds / $2.50

32770.06     A robust selection with fully double, blue flowers.

Polemonium nipponicum (45x25.Z5,P,L,3:6w) ……………………………......................... 30 seeds / $3.00

 58610.06     Similar to P. caeruleum but with larger blue flowers.  From Japan.

Polemonium pulcherrimum (14x35, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) ............................................................. 90 seeds / $3.50

 70994.10  (W) Jackson Co., OR, 7100ft, 2165m.  Dense heads of blue to pale blue.

Pulsatilla bungeana (Ranunculaceae) (25x15,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ................................................... 30 seeds / $3.50

 10998.09    Nice blue flowers over ferny foliage on this Siberian native. Very choice.

Ramonda serbica (7x12, Z5, P, L, 1) …………………………………………….............. 100 seeds / $3.00

 76424.03  Smaller version of R. myconi, with lilac flowers.  Hairy, succulent rosettes.

Ranunculus andersonii (Ranunculaceae) (10x8,Z4,P,RGL,3:12w) ........................................ 50 seeds / $4.00

 20815.56  (W) Blaine Co., ID, 8900ft, 2713m.   Basal tufts of glaucous, dissected leaves with white to pale pink cups very early in the spring, soon after snowmelt. Rubbing the seed will reveal the tiny, cone-shaped seed inside the green papery achenes. On W-facing, fine granite screes.

Salvia chinensis (45x30, Z8, P, L, 1) ..................................................................................... 25 seeds / $3.00

 12370.04  Abundant purple-blue flowers on columnar plants over deep green, leathery rosettes.

Salvia funerea (90x80,Z8,P,L,1) ……………………………………………..........……..... 18 seeds / $6.00

 31018.15  Ex cult.  The holly-like leaves, the stems and the calyxes are all encased in thick-spun, blue-white wool. Sky-blue flowers are borne in late spring. Perches on limestone ledges in the wild and is a challenge to cultivate, demanding absolute drainage and protection from winter wet.

Salvia greggii (50x50, Z7, P, C, 1) ……................................................................................ 20 seeds / $3.00

 32762.04   Ex cult. Carlsbad, NM, 3300ft.   Nearly ever-blooming with bright cherry-red flowers.

Salvia summa (24x32,Z7,P,L,2) …………………………………………………........….... 18 seeds / $6.00

 77016.15  (W) Eddy Co., NM, 4960ft  New to cultivation is this limestone dweller with oak-like, hairy leaves and large, gaping, rosy-pink flowers. Endemic to remote canyons in the Guadalupe Mtns.

Saponaria pumila (4x30,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ................................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.50

 71016.06     Densely caespitose cushions with long, linear leaves bear stemless, inch-wide, bright lilac-pink flowers with undulate petals.

Sarracenia purpurea (Sarraceniaceae) (40x24, Z4, P, L, 3:16w) …………............……..... 100 seeds / $2.50

 71034.09  Mature pitchers are about a foot long, suffused with reddish-purple.

Sclerocactus whipplei v. reevesii (15x13,Z6,P,GL,2) .......................................................... 18 seeds / $4.00

 92381.17  (W) San Juan Co., NM, 7100ft, 2165m.  Extremely robust form of an already super cactus. Extra-hefty barrels richly festooned with long recurved spines produce deep pink flowers. A must for cactus lovers.

Scrophularia macrantha (Scrophulariaceae) (60x18,Z5,P,L,1) .............................................. 70 seeds / $3.50

 56172.07    This great New Mexican native displays long wands of puckered scarlet blossoms nearly all summer.

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Scutellaria baicalensis (40x26,Z4,P,L,1) .............................................................................. 40 seeds / $3.50

 10057.07    Upright grower with long glossy leaves and intense cobalt-blue flowers in late summer. Siberian native.   Photo

Scutellaria tournefortii (10x40, Z4, P, L, 3:4w) .................................................................... 75 seeds / $2.00

 78703.04  Mats of wiry stems with decumbent spikes of cream and reddish-purple flowers.

Sedum japonicum v. senanense (6x24,Z5,P,L,3:6w) …..........................…........................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 50230.16    (W) Japan.  Forms carpets of short stems covered with flattened, bright green and crimson leaves. Yellow flowers.

Sedum sempervivoides (14x7,Z6,B,L,1) ……………………………………..........…….. 100 seeds / $3.00

 76416.05   First-year rosettes look very similar to a small Sempervivum, gray-green, mottled purple. The rosettes elongate the second year into dense cymes of carmine red, unique in the genus.

Silene californica (12x24,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ................................................................................ 20 seeds / $3.50

 12219.46  (W) Trinity Co., CA, 4900ft.   Myriad arching stems with lanceolate leaves bear scarlet flowers.

Silene hookeri ssp. bolanderi (5x8,Z6,P,L,2) …………….……………………….............. 15 seeds / $5.00

 35682.15  (W) Trinity Co., CA, 2460ft, 750m.  Stunning, large, snow-white flowers, deeply incised in this form, narrowly endemic to this area in N Cal., and quite distinct from the typical colored forms.   Photo

Sophora gypsophila v. guadalupensis (Fabaceae) (65x75,Z7,P,SC,1) …………................ 20 seeds / $4.00

 32983.15  (W) Otero Co., NM, 5250ft, 1600m.  A refined and elegant version of the much more common S. secundiflora. Deep blue-purple, compact clusters of pea-flowers in dense racemes appear over silvery, pinnatifid foliage in early spring, followed by long, chained pods.   Photo

Sphaeralcea caespitosa (Malvaceae) (6x10,Z5,P,SL,3:6w) ........................................ 35 seeds / $5.00 12044.10 (W) Millard Co., UT, 5700ft, 1738m. Silver-gray tufts of pleated, fan-shaped leaves display heads of large, orange, sessile flowers. Superb endemic of Great Basin limestone barrens and gravels. Photo

Swertia perennis (Gentianaceae) (18x16, Z3, P, L, 3:8w) ………………………….............. 50 seeds / $3.00

 70434.13  (W) Summit Co., CO, 12000ft, 3658m.  From pleated, basal foliage sprout several racemes of star-like flowers in a dark "electric" blue that defies description.  On alpine seeps.

Talinum pulchellum (6x12, Z5, P, L, 1) ................................................................................. 70 seeds / $3.50

 71024.01  Ex NM Mtn crests.  Clumps of blue-green, terete leaves produce deep pink flowers.

Talinum spinescens (15x16,Z6,P,L,1) ………………………………………....................... 25 seeds / $3.00

 76728.56  (W) Douglas Co., WA, 2500ft, 762m.   Dense cushions of succulent, sausage-like leaves. Well-branched cymes of myriad pink to rose flowers. On basalt scablands.

Tanacetum heterotomum (Asteraceae) (12x30,Z5,P,L,1) ..................................................... 20 seeds / $3.00

 35448.07    A great little slow-growing, suffrutescent subshrub only 4" tall, taking years to reach a foot across.  Pinnatifid, silvery-green leaves and small white flowers.

Thalictrum uchiyamai (Ranunculaceae) (200x85,Z6,P,GL,3:8w) ........................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 98235.07    A robust form of T. delavayi in flower size and height. Lilac flowers are borne on shoots of finely-cut foliage reaching 5 to 7 feet tall.

Thermopsis fabacea (Fabaceae) (85x50, Z4, P, SC, 1) ……………………………............. 40 seeds / $2.50

 30180.12  Enormous racemes of primrose-yellow pea-flowers.  Native to Kamchatka.

Townsendia glabella (4x15, Z4, P, C, 1) ............................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00

 32557.13  (W) Archuleta Co., CO, 7100ft, 2165m.  Mats of linear, grayish leaves with white to pale lavender flowers from spring to mid-summer.  On fine black shale soils.

Townsendia montana (blue) (2x5,Z3,P,C,1) ………………………………...….................. 25 seeds / $4.00

 56828.65  (W) Big Horn Co., WY, 10100ft, 3079m.  Small tufts of dark green, spatulate leaves with stemless purple-blue flowers. Great form. Growing on W-facing, fractured limestone slopes.   Photo

Trifolium barnebyi (2x20, Z4, P, SC, 1) ……………….……………………….........…..... 50 seeds / $4.00

 10244.17  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6500ft, 1982m.  Essentially a lowland version of T. nanum.

Triteleia hendersonii (Liliaceae) (16x9, Z6, P, L, 3:6w) ........................................................ 35 seeds / $4.00

 35428.16  (W) Douglas Co., OR, 1520ft, 463m.  Pale yellow, indigo-striped flowers over grassy foliage.

Vania campylophylla (Brassicaceae) (5x15, Z5, P, L, 1) ....................................................... 40 seeds / $3.00

 12236.03  Soft cushions of gray-green, needle-like leaves which bear abundant clear white flowers on 5-cm stems.  Native to cool limestone screes,  Turkey.

Veronica oltensis (Scrophulariaceae) (2x15,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ...................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 83478.08    Mats of teensy, dark green, scalloped leaves and short spikes of dark blue flowers.  Turkey.

Veronica schmidtiana v. yezoalpina (10x16,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ………………………................ 75 seeds / $3.00

 76141.05    Pinnatisect foliage in tight mounds with blue and white flowers. Japan.

Viola cuneata (Violaceae) (8x8,Z6,P,GL,3:8w) …….........…………………………............. 15 seeds / $4.00

 13038.26  (W) Josephine Co., OR, 2000ft., 610m.   Small, round, white flowers with deep violet backs and purple eyespots. Broadly ovate, entire leaves with purple veins. Summer dormant.