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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.

Oenothera howardii (12x15,Z5,P,L,4:8w) …………………….…….........………………... 40 seeds / $4.00

 35822.25  (W) Garfield Co., UT, 7800ft, 2378m.  Enormous yellow flowers from erect blue-green tufts of oval leaves. This population growing on the hard pink limestone of the Claron formation.   Photo

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.

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 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 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 eriantherus v. redactus (16x12, Z4, P, C, 4:16w) .............................................. 45 seeds / $3.50

 27456.10  (W) Custer Co., ID, 6400ft, 1951m.  Showy pale lavender-purple fls., gray-green leaves.

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 nanus (2x4, Z5, P, GL, 4:12w) ............................................................................ 50 seeds / $3.00

 58198.17  (W) Millard Co., UT, 6300ft, 1921m.  Miniature with small gray leaves and blue flower clusters.  Native to dry limestone slopes.

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 petiolatus (9x14,Z7,P,L,2) ………………………………………...........……... 50 seeds / $4.00

 70418.15  (W) Washington Co., UT, 3700ft, 1125m.  Perhaps the most brilliantly-colored Pent with rose-magenta flowers on handsome, serrated, glaucous blue foliage. Sprouts from limestone cliffs.   Photo

Phlox colubrina (15x35, Z6, P, L, 4:12w) .............................................................................. 40 seeds / $5.00

 12794.10  (W) Washington Co., ID, 2300ft, 701m.   Masses of vibrant, deep pink, long-petalled flowers.     Photo

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 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 opalensis (3x15, Z4, P, L, 4:12w) ................................................................................ 10 seeds / $5.00

 67019.43  (W) Lincoln Co., WY, 6800ft, 2073m.  Essentially a robust form of Phlox bryoides.  The dense, compact buns of square stems are covered with white wool and bear large white flowers.  This new taxon was described only in the last decade.

Physoplexis comosa (Campanulaceae) (6x9,Z4,P,GL,1) ....................................................... 60 seeds / $3.50

 12796.06  Ex Tremalzo, Italy, 2200m.   Sessile, inflated flowers in umbels colored dark purple-blue near the corolla tips shading to lilac or bluish below.  GA3 needed for timely germination.   Photo

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.

Potentilla uniflora (4x16, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) .............................................................................. 60 seeds / $4.00

 85857.23  (W) Park Co., CO, 12400ft, 3780m.  One of the best alpine cushion plants.  Tight buns of trifoliolate, silver-green leaves with solitary yellow flowers on short scapes.

Primula angustifolia (Primulaceae) (4x3,Z3,P,L,3:8w) ........................................................... 30 seeds / $4.00

 19834.37  (W) Teller Co., CO, 12000ft, 3658m.  Minute, slow-growing tufts of linear-spatulate leaves which bear deep violet flowers with a yellow throat. Primarily a Colorado endemic with small populations in NM and Idaho. Only a few packets available.

Pulsatilla rubra (10x12,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ……………………………….........………………... 20 seeds / $4.00

 74950.05     Deep ruby-red flowers on dwarf plants.

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

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

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 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.

Saxifraga oppositifolia (2x40,Z3,P,L,4:8w) ........................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 83070.17  (W) Park Co., WY, 10200ft, 3110m.  Dense rubbery cushions display sessile, deep rose-purple blossoms.  On steep, N-facing cliffs of igneous origin.

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 (5x8,Z6,P,L,2) …………………………...………………….......……….... 20 seeds / $5.00

 35683.15  (W) Josephine Co., OR, 1500ft, 457m.  Very dwarf plants of broad, velvety, grayish-green leaves. Over-sized flowers with deeply slashed petals variously colored deep salmon to light rosy-pinks. Long blooming, eventually going dormant in the intense summer heat.   Photo

Stauntonia hexaphylla (Lardizabalaceae) (500x200,Z6,P,C,5) .............................................. 30 seeds / $3.50

 35455.05     An evergreen, woody climber with palmate leaves and white, six-petalled flowers, violet near the center. Small, purple, edible fruits. Vines are monoecious, from Japan.

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.

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 incana (3x8, Z5, P, C, 1) .................................................................................... 45 seeds / $3.00

 62812.13  (W) San Juan Co., UT, 6600ft, 2012m.  Silver-gray buns with prolific white flowers.

Townsendia mensana (2x4,Z5,P,C,1) ……………………………………….......………….. 8 seeds / $5.00

 56428.75  (W) Duchesne Co., UT, 7200ft, 2195m.  Compact, pulvinate rosettes of silver-gray, filiform leaves embedded with pale pink flowers. These dense, minute cushions are difficult to spot on its native habitat of limestone shales. Limited quantities.

Trifolium nanum (1x30, Z3, P, SC, 1) ................................................................................... 20 seeds / $5.00

 58228.23  (W) Park Co., WY, 10200ft, 3110m.  Pulvinate, green mats on N-facing steep alpine slopes with tiny three-fingered leaves tightly interwoven.  Rosy-purple flowers.  The best form I have seen.

Tripterospermum japonicum (Gentianaceae) (100x20, Z6, P, L, 4:8w) ................................. 30 seeds / $3.50

 50240.14  (W) Hida Reg., Japan, 850m.  (= Gentiana trinervis.)  An odd climbing or trailing Gentian relative with ovate, 3-nerved leaves and profuse pendant bell flowers in pale blue-purple shades.

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 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.

Wyethia helianthoides (Asteraceae) (60x40, Z6, P, C, 3:9w) ................................................ 50 seeds / $2.50

 35444.10  (W) Washington Co., ID, 3200ft, 975m.  Large hairy and scabrous leaves emanate from a central crown, along with white flowers 3” to 4” across, reminiscent of the Shasta Daisy.

Yucca harrimaniae (Var.#2) (35x20,Z5,P,C,1) ..................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00

 35264.27  (W) Wayne Co., UT, 4600ft, 1402m.  Miniature rosettes grow on sandstone ledges. Limited amount this year.