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Abronia nana (Nyctaginaceae) (10x12, Z5, P, C, 3:6w) ......................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 58060.17 (W) Emery Co., UT, 6600ft, 2012m. Tight clusters of round, succulent, gray leaves. Typical white star-burst flowers on short scapes. On W-facing hills of sandy clay. Acaena aff. caespitosa (Rosaceae) (10x24,Z6,P,L,3:6w) ………………….......................... 60 seeds / $3.00 12028.11 (W) Volcán Lonquimay, IX Reg., Chile, 5800ft, 1768m. Compact mats of tiny, finely-cut, hairy leaves bearing huge, semi-prostrate, globular seed-head burrs. Flowers not seen, should be reddish. Achillea tomentosa (Asteraceae) (15x20,Z4,P,L,1) ............................................................. 100 seeds / $3.00 78657.17 (W) Pont d'Ael, SW Alps, 900m. Dense mats of ferny, soft-hairy leaves sprout flat heads of yellow flowers. Adenophora pereskiaefolia v. uryuensis (Campanulaceae) (30x16,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ................. 40 seeds / $3.00 70275.06 A Japanese species with whorled, cordate leaves and dense racemes of pale blue flowers, somewhat more urceolate than the typical bell shape. Adenophora remotiflora (70x35,Z5,P,L,3:6w) …...........................………………............... 75 seeds / $3.00 74256.05 Long, ovate leaves and large panicles of many bell-shaped blue flowers over an inch long. Adenophora takedae v. howozana (10x25, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) …………………….................. 80 seeds / $2.50 78052.13 Terminal racemes of violet-blue, broadly-open bells late in the year on dwarf plants. Adenophora triphylla v. hakusanensis (35x20, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) ............................................ 80 seeds / $2.50 78745.13 This alpine form has ovate, toothed leaves in whorls and produces panicles densely packed with pale violet-blue flowers. Adenophora triphylla v. japonica nana (30x15, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) ........................................... 80 seeds / $2.50 78747.11 The elliptical, serrate leaves are whorled in fours on erect, pilose stems. Panicles of nodding blue flowers. Aethionema armena (Brassicaceae) (8x12, Z4, P, C, 2) ........................................................ 90 seeds / $2.50 07456.15 Compact clumps of blue-green sport short spikes of pinkish-lavender in early summer. Aethionema capitatum (8x15,Z4,P,L,2) ................................................................................ 45 seeds / $3.00 12070.06 Compact mounds of myriad stems covered with green-blue, fir-like leaves are buried with spikes of light pink flowers in the spring. Aethionema schistosum (14x25, Z4, P, L, 2) ........................................................................ 70 seeds / $2.50 76123.13 This Turkish native is covered with wonderfully fragrant pink spikes in early summer. Glaucous blue foliage remains attractive year round. Agastache aurantiaca (Lamiaceae) (50x20, Z5, P, L, 1) …………………………................ 45 seeds / $3.00 08740.01 Ex Durango, MX, 9000ft. Bright orange flower spikes over scalloped, grayish-green foliage. Agastache breviflora (40x15,Z6,P,L,1) ................................................................................. 90 seeds / $3.50 10742.17 (W) Cochise Co., AZ, 6900ft, 2104m. Tight raspberry spikes above dark-green foliage. Agastache cana (80x40, Z4, P, L, 1) ..................................................................................... 90 seeds / $2.50 12058.04 Sweet-minty foliage and brilliant purplish-rose flower masses. Agastache cusickii (18x12, Z4, P, L, 3:5w) ........................................................................... 60 seeds / $3.00 12876.14 (W) Custer Co., ID, 7200ft, 2200m. Aromatic, ovate leaves with heads of white/lavender. Agastache micrantha (80x30, Z6, P, L, 1) ............................................................................. 80 seeds / $2.50 56412.09 Ex Doña Ana Co., NM 4500 - 9000ft. Plants are intensely mint-scented, bearing spikes of tiny flowers with prominent green calyxes. Agastache neomexicana (50x32, Z6, P, L, 1) ....................................................................... 80 seeds / $3.00 58265.01 Dense, bushy, aromatic plants bear nice tight pink flower spikes. Agastache occidentalis (65x35, Z6, P, L, 1) .......................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00 61212.14 (W) Kittitas Co., WA, 2100ft, 640m. Spikes of violet in early summer, fragrant foliage. Agastache pallidiflora (50x24, Z4, P, L, 1) ........................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 70054.14 (W) Manzano Mtns, NM, 9000ft, 2743m. Fragrant seed heads, flowers unseen, should be pink to rose. Agastache pringlei (80x40, Z7, P, L, 1) ............................................................................... 100 seeds / $2.50 70744.06 Ex Chihuahua, MX, 7000ft. Long spikes of soft lavender-pink flowers. Intensely scented. Agastache rugosa ‘Heronswood Strain’ (90x40, Z6, P, L, 1) .............................................. 50 seeds / $3.00 74832.04 A vast improvement over the species, forming strong clumps of semi-glossy foliage with a stronger mint fragrance. Deep blue spikes appear from mid-summer into fall. Originated in Korea. Agastache rupestris (50x20, Z5, P, L, 1) ............................................................................. 45 seeds / $3.00 74870.07 Grayish-green aromatic leaves display robust spikes of attractive burnt-orange for an extended season from mid-summer to fall. Agave avellanidens (Agavaceae) (60x75,Z10,P,C,2) ............................................................ 30 seeds / $3.00 09025.16 (W) Rosarito, Baja, MX. Fierce, broad teeth along the leaf margins rendering an undulate appearance. Agave bovicornuta (30x35,Z10,P,C,2) .................................................................................. 30 seeds / $3.00 10690.16 Big, reddish, cow-horn teeth on light green rosettes, the new center leaves with a satiny sheen. Agave celsii v. albicans (26x30,Z10,P,C,2) .......................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 12254.16 (W) Tuzanapa, Hidalgo, MX. Beautiful ghostly-white, glaucous rosettes of wide leaves. Agave chrysantha () (50x70, Z8, P, C, 2) ……………………..............….…...... 50 seeds / $2.50 12357.16 (W) Gila Co., AZ, 4100ft, 1250m. Grayish-green, succulent rosettes with huge branched inflorescences of golden yellow, up to 20 feet tall (61 dm). Agave cupreata (18x50, Z9, P, C, 2) …………………………………………….......…...... 30 seeds / $3.00 12870.13 (W) Morelia, Michoacan, MX. Beautiful shiny rosettes, strongly bud-imprinted with copper-colored teeth. Agave deserti (40x50, Z7, P, C, 2) …………….…………………………….............…...... 70 seeds / $2.50 15276.18 (W) Riverside Co., CA, 4000ft, 1220m. Striking glaucous-gray rosettes show considerable variation in leaf form in this population and sucker readily. On granitic soils. Agave difformis (40x50,Z10,P,C,2) ...................................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 15430.16 (W) El Tephe, Hidalgo, MX. Stiff green rosettes of long leaves with sinuous margins. Agave gracilipes (25x35, Z7, P, C, 2) ................................................................................... 55 seeds / $3.00 32741.10 (W) Eddy Co., NM, 5750ft, 1753m. Essentially a dwarf form of A. neomexicana. Grayish-green rosettes which bloom in late summer. Agave havardiana (70x40,Z7,P,C,1) .................................................................................... 60 seeds / $3.00 35090.16 (W) Jeff Davis CO., TX, 6100ft, 1860m. Magnificent rosettes of very broad, olive-green to green-blue leaves with ferocious, dark-colored teeth. Davis Mtns collection. Agave havardiana (60x60,Z7,P,C,1) .................................................................................... 40 seeds / $4.00 35090.27 (W) Brewster Co., TX, 5000ft, 1524m. Here in the Glass Mtns, the rosettes show a tendency towards some wonderful blue forms, from blue-green to glaucous, steel-blue. This population shows even more cold tolerance than the Davis Mtns collection. Photo Agave impressa (20x25,Z10,P,C,2) ...................................................................................... 20 seeds / $4.00 45670.16 (W) Escuinapa, MX. Symmetrical rosettes of thick leaves distinctively bud-imprinted. Agave lechuguilla (36x30,Z5,P,C,2) ..................................................................................... 40 seeds / $3.00 54212.37 (W) Brewster Co., TX, 4900ft, 1494m. Narrow dagger stems with dark, etched patterning. This collection, from the Glass Mtns, is probably one of the hardiest populations. Agave macroculmis (50x60,Z8,P,C,2) .................................................................................. 20 seeds / $5.00 56013.16 (W) Conceptión del Oro, MX, 3000m. A high montane sp. in Mexico with formidable teeth on very rigid, broad, long-pointed leaves. Agave mckelveyana (14x24, Z7, P, C, 2) …………………………………………............. 70 seeds / $2.50 56125.18 (W) Yavapai Co., AZ, 4600ft, 1402m. A dwarf species whose closest relative is A. deserti simplex. Slender, few-flowered panicles of yellow, hardly 7 or 8 feet tall. Agave neomexicana (30x45, Z7, P, C, 2) .............................................................................. 50 seeds / $3.00 58266.10 (W) Eddy Co., NM, 5200ft, 1585m. Superlative rosettes of glaucous gray. Agave palmeri (50x70,Z8,P,C,2) ........................................................................................... 60 seeds / $2.50 70056.16 (W) Cochise Co., AZ, 5100ft, 1555m. Pale or glaucous green, lightly-banded rosettes with rows of short teeth. Agave parryi (30x50, Z6, P, C, 2) ………………………………………………................. 90 seeds / $3.00 70074.13 (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 6800ft, 2073m. ............................................... 8 g. (1000+ seeds) / $12.00 The hardiest population I've found, in coniferous forests near Flagstaff, which experiences considerable wind and cold with drifting and blowing snow during the winter. Rosettes of silver-gray. Photo Agave parryi v. couesii (30x50, Z6, P, C, 2) ……………………………………................. 90 seeds / $3.00 70076.15 (W) Yavapai Co., AZ, 5800ft, 1768m. Ash-colored rosettes with variable leaf-edge spines, some almost to the point of being smooth. Such individuals should be labeled as "f. integrifolia." Agave polyacantha v. xalapensis (60x50,Z10,P,C,2) ........................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 70655.16 (W) Las Vigas, MX. Glaucous, yellowish-green rosettes with fine rows of reddish-brown teeth. Agave sobria (50x60,Z9,P,C,2) ............................................................................................. 30 seeds / $3.00 76610.16 (W) Santa Rosalia, BCS. Attractive glaucous-gray rosettes with conspicuous dark bands. Agave titanota (14x45, Z9, P, C, 2) ....................................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 78478.16 (W) Rancho Tambor, Oaxaca, MX. Stunning rosettes in glaucous, alabaster white. Agave toumeyana (10x22, Z7, P, C, 2) ............................................................................... 100 seeds / $2.50 78685.18 (W) Maricopa Co., AZ, 3500ft, 1067m. Dense, thickly-clustering, filiferous rosettes, Agave toumeyana ssp. bella (8x16, Z7, P, C, 2) ................................................................... 80 seeds / $3.00 78686.13 (W) Gila Co., AZ, 5000ft, 1524m. Smaller rosettes than the type with a greater number of leaves. The lower half of each leaf is denticulate instead of filiferous. Beautiful population growing on steep, N-facing, rhyolitic cliffs. Agave utahensis v. eborispina (20x30, Z7, P, C, 2) …………………………............…... 100 seeds / $3.00 87804.11 (W) Clark Co., NV, 4000ft, 1220m. Long (2" - 4") apical spines and short, blunt, ivory teeth on the leaves. Compact, clustering rosettes. Akebia quinata (Lardizabalaceae) (300x120,Z6,P,C,5) .......................................................... 25 seeds / $3.50 72845.15 (W) Hida Reg., Japan, 750m. A beautiful, deciduous, woody climber of five-fingered, palmate leaves. The light purple flowers have cupped petals and are borne separately, but on the same vine (monoecious). The 1-1/2” female flowers are on the lower part of the racemes, with the smaller male flowers higher up. The dark purple to brown, oblong fruit is about 2"-3" long. Akebia trifoliata (300x120,Z6,P,C,5) .................................................................................... 25 seeds / $3.50 78820.05 Ex cult. Japan. Similar to A. quinata but with tri-fingered, undulating and toothed foliage. Smaller flowers but larger fruit over 5" (12 cm) long, typically deep blue-purple. Allium acuminatum (Liliaceae) (20x6,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ................................................................ 50 seeds / $3.00 01285.16 (W) Lincoln Co., ID, 4800ft, 1463m. Bright violet-lavender heads about 2 inches in diameter light up the Snake River Plains of southern Idaho by the millions in late spring. Allium falcifolium (7x12,Z6,P,C,3:6w) ……………………………...……………................ 50 seeds / $3.00 30054.35 (W) Josephine Co., OR, 2300ft, 701m. Over 2 strapping leaves arise large, round, short-stemmed heads up to 3" across of amethyst flowers with acuminate petals. On S-facing serpentine. Allium karataviense (28x20,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ............................................................................ 40 seeds / $3.50 52075.07 Over two long and wide, gray-blue leaves erupt stout stems bearing globular heads of lavender-gray flowers. Handsome sp. from Turkestan. Aloe longistyla (Liliaceae) (14x10,Z11,P,C,2) …………………………..........…………….. 20 seeds / $3.50 54658.05 Heavily-spined rosettes with comparatively huge racemes of coral to salmon flowers. Aloinopsis luckhoffii (5x9, Z9, P, L, 1) ................................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.00 54812.10 Ex Boonstevlei. Flowers often two-toned, peachy-yellow to apricot. Aloinopsis malherbei (6x8, Z9, P, L, 1) ……………………………………………............. 70 seeds / $3.00 56054.00 Tufts of scalloped leaves fanning to whitish bumps on the edges. Unusual flower colors in peach, apricot and tangerine shades. Aloinopsis orpenii (6x9, Z9, P, L, 1) ...................................................................................... 60 seeds / $3.00 67470.10 Ex E Kuruman. Bluish-olive leaves with large bright yellow flowers. Aloinopsis rosulata (4x9, Z9, P, L, 1) ………………………………………………............ 70 seeds / $3.00 74676.10 Pug-like foliage with yellow flowers sporting midline stripes. Aloinopsis rubrolineata (5x8, Z9, P, L, 1) ………………………………………...….......... 40 seeds / $3.00 74810.10 Ex Graaff-Reinet. Olive-green tongues bear large pale yellow flowers, each petal with a maroon midline stripe. Aloinopsis schooneesii (6x10, Z9, P, L, 1) ……………………………………….…........... 50 seeds / $3.00 76124.14 Plants resemble cobblestones. Small midline-striped flowers. Aloinopsis setifera (4x9, Z9, P, L, 1) ………………………………………........................ 50 seeds / $3.00 76278.10 Finely-tubercled leaves with tiny sparse white teeth. Pale primrose flowers. Aloinopsis thudichumii (5x9, Z9, P, L, 1) ………………………………………….............. 50 seeds / $3.00 78358.10 (= Deilanthe). Ex Sutherland. Tongues of smooth, velvety, greenish-blue leaves and large lemon flowers. Aloinopsis villetii (white form) (3x8, Z6, P, L, 1) ……………………………….................. 70 seeds / $3.00 90454.00 Ex Nelswerwe, Loeriesfontein. Stunning miniature covered with white tubercles. Clear yellow flowers. Amorpha canescens (Fabaceae) (70x40, Z4, P, SC, 1) ......................................................... 50 seeds / $2.50 12059.13 Herbaceous shrublets bedecked with long spikes (10 to 18 cm) of shimmering purple and orange pea-blossoms. Adapts to most soils but prefers dry, sandy areas. Amorpha nana (40x60, Z4, P, SC, 1) .................................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00 58058.17 (W) Boulder Co., CO, 5800ft, 1768m. Small shrublets with olive-green, doubly-pinnate leaves bear blue-violet spikes in mid-summer. Amsonia arenaria (Apocynaceae) (16x40, Z6, P, C, 2) …………………………................. 60 seeds / $3.00 07425.11 (W) Otero Co., NM, 4350ft, 1326m. (= A. tomentosa v. stenophylla.) Forms colonies of soft stems clothed in linear, silver-haired leaves. Clusters of pale lilac to mauve, fragrant flowers in early spring. Amsonia eastwoodiana (35x50, Z5, P, C, 1) ………………………………………............. 60 seeds / $3.00 20767.11 (W) Garfield Co., UT, 4650ft, 1418m. Multitudes of decumbent stems radiate from a central rootstalk clothed with linear, glabrous leaves. Basal clusters of pale-blue, tubular flowers appear in late spring. Amsonia elliptica (40x15,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ……………………………………………............. 15 seeds / $3.00 25454.05 Elliptical leaves on erect stems and clusters of pale blue flowers, darkening to deep blue in the throat. Occurs in China and Japan. Amsonia fugatei (40x50, Z6, P, L, 3:8w) …........................................................................... 60 seeds / $3.00 30832.15 (W) Socorro Co., NM, 5000ft, 1524m. White flowers shading to a brownish throat with iridescent purple tubes. Lanceolate leaves cover a forest of erect stems. Growing in sandy soil. Amsonia hubrichtii (80x20, Z5, P, C, 3:8w) ........................................................................... 20 seeds / $3.00 35810.16 This Ozark native has steel blue flowers and thready foliage which turns to a golden color in the fall. Amsonia jonesii (50x60,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ……………………….………………………........... 55 seeds / $3.50 50659.25 (W) Duchesne Co., UT, 6100ft, 1860m. This seed from a new population in the Uintah Basin. The plants here are larger, more robust and have wider, more elliptical leaves than the following (which we have offered for years.) Amsonia jonesii (40x40, Z5, P, L, 3:8w) ................................................................................ 50 seeds / $3.00 50659.35 (W) Mohave Co., AZ, 4950ft, 1509m. Mature specimens bear 50 to 100 upright stems with ovate-lanceolate leaves of a deep, soft green. Heads of pale blue, long-tubed flowers. Amsonia peeblesii (50x50,Z5,P,C,3:6w) ……………………………………….….........….. 15 seeds / $4.00 70221.75 (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 4700ft, 1433m. Mature plants are bright green due to the shining narrow leaves on scores of stems from a woody crown. The corolla lobes are white shading to tubes of purple. Infrequently found only on red sandstone Moenkopi formation. Amsonia tabernaemontana v. salicifolia (70x60,Z4,C,3:8w) ……………............................ 20 seeds / $3.50 78011.06 A clumping perennial with willow-like leaves and numerous pyramidal clusters of large, pale-blue, star-like flowers with white throats. An Ozark native. Amsonia tharpii (35x16, Z7, P, C, 2) …………………………………………..................... 60 seeds / $3.00 78350.15 (W) Eddy Co., NM, 3100ft, 945m. Long, linear, falcate leaves, appearing overall like feathery spirals. Flowers not seen here but are reportedly white. Growing in calcareous rubble. Amsonia tomentosa (35x50,Z5,P,C,1) .................................................................................. 40 seeds / $3.50 78656.16 (W) Garfield Co., UT, 4750ft, 1450m. All the accolades said about A. eastwoodiana apply to this, perhaps even lovelier version, the leaves being covered with silvery hairs. Androsace chamaejasmae ssp. carinata (Primulaceae) (4x15,Z3,P,L,3:8w) ………............. 90 seeds / $3.50 12352.25 (W) Teller Co., CO, 12000ft, 3658m. Small mats of tiny, hairy rosettes bear numerous white, yellow-eyed flowers fading to rose. Grows in exposed alpine tundra on a granite substrate. Anelsonia eurycarpa (Brassicaceae) (5x5, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) .................................................... 10 seeds / $4.00 28749.14 (W) Custer Co., ID, 9800ft, 2988m. A Draba cousin with hairy rosettes and white flowers. The fruits are relatively huge, often over 1” long which split at the bottom and resemble a flying Dutchman’s hat. Infrequent dweller of limestone screes. Anemone drummondii (Ranunculaceae) (6x10,Z5,P,L,3:8w) …………..…………................ 75 seeds / $3.50 15748.45 (W) Mono Co., CA, 9650ft, 2942m. Exquisite, multi-petaled white flowers, colored glacial blue on the petal reverses, erupt early in spring over dwarf mounds of dissected, hairy foliage. Anemone occidentalis (40x15, Z4, P, C, 3:8w) ……………………………………............. 90 seeds / $3.50 61213.35 (W) Jackson Co., OR, 7500ft, 2287m. Bold clumps of laciniate foliage produce bowl-shaped creamy flowers. Silky seedheads like woolly mops 3" to 4" long. On steep, N-facing slopes. Anemone tuberosa (20x8,Z7,P,C,3:8w) ................................................................................ 50 seeds / $3.00 78810.27 (W) Graham Co., AZ, 3000ft, 915m. Flowers not seen here but are typically in cream to pink shades over lacy foliage. Anemonopsis macrophylla (Ranunculaceae) (50x30,Z6,P,GL,4:8w) ..................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 56012.07 Large, incised, ternate leaves clasp glabrous stems from a rhizome. There are several nodding, pale pinkish-purple to rose-colored flowers per raceme in late summer. Japan. Anemopsis californica (Saururaceae) (18x10,Z6,P,L,3:8w) …............................................. 100 seeds / $3.00 12057.25 (W) Inyo Co., CA, 3700ft, 1128m. Thick, creeping rhizomes sprout oblong, basally-cordate leaves. Greenish cones of small flowers are subtended by large, glistening white bracts. Thickets of these aromatic plants are found in seeps across the desert areas. Angelica grayi (Apiaceae) (20x18,Z3,P,L,2) .......................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00 32742.16 (W) Park Co., CO, 12400ft, 3780m. The diminuitive stature of this aromatic Angelica makes it a perfect candidate for the rock garden. White umbels of capitate flower clusters in summer. Angelica sachalinensis (150x90, Z4, B, L, 3:8w) …………………………..….................... 50 seeds / $3.00 76012.04 Perhaps one of the most attractive in this genus with finely-divided leaves, the basal ones showing some pink and white variegation. Umbels of white flowers. Monocarpic, but offsets. Antennaria aromatica (Asteraceae) (5x18,Z3,P,L,3:6w) ………….…………….................. 50 seeds / $3.00 07465.25 (W) Park Co., WY, 8200ft, 2500m. Felted, whitish-green, aromatic rosettes with wavy edges pack together tightly to create spreading cushions. Small, white button-flowers. On limestone. Antimima argentea (Aizoaceae) (6x16, Z9, P, L, 1) …………………………...................... 90 seeds / $3.00 07432.10 Deep pink flowers are abundantly produced over spiky succulent tufts. Aquilegia amaliae (Ranunculaceae) (25x14, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) .................................................. 55 seeds / $3.00 05605.13 Biternate leaves, hairy underneath, with nodding flowers whose sepals are pale violet and the sepals white. Uncommon species from the Balkans. Aquilegia atrovinosa (28x24,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ............................................................................ 30 seeds / $4.00 07874.07 Nodding, very dark purple flowers over blue-green foliage. From Japan. Aquilegia barnebyi (40x18, Z4, P, L, 3:5w) ………………………………………............... 80 seeds / $3.00 10074.13 (W) Rio Blanco Co., CO, 7400ft, 2256m. The butter-yellow corollas contrast beautifully with the peachy-pink sepals. Growing on oil shale screes and in gullies. Aquilegia caerulea (40x30, Z3, P, L, 3:4w) ……………………………………...........….. 100 seeds / $2.50 12029.66 (W) Gunnison Co., CO, 12100ft, 3689m. The lovely state flower of Colorado. White sepals and long spurs, deep sky-blue (occasionally pale blue) corollas. Prefers talus slopes. Aquilegia caerulea v. ochroleuca (40x30, Z3, P, L, 3:4w) ……………………….............. 100 seeds / $2.50 12027.11 (W) Garfield Co., UT, 8600ft, 2622m. Large, pure white, long-spurred flowers. On volcanic rock. Aquilegia chaplinei (25x14, Z6, P, L, 3:6w) ……………………………………….........….. 90 seeds / $3.00 12350.14 (W) Eddy Co., NM, 5000ft, 1524m. Essentially a dwarfer and more delicate form of Aquilegia chrysantha. Butter-yellow, straight-spurred flowers grace lacy foliage near seeps and waterfalls in the Chihuahuan Desert. Aquilegia chrysantha (50x35,Z4,P,L,3:4w) ........................................................................... 80 seeds / $3.00 12358.26 (W) Graham Co., AZ, 8500ft, 2591m. Floriferous, robust globes of cut foliage covered with solid goldfinch-yellow flowers. Growing in the dappled shade of white firs at an even higher location than our previously-offered New Mexico population. Aquilegia eximia (75x45, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) .............................................................................. 60 seeds / $2.50 29445.14 (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 5900ft, 1800m. Robust, viscid plants bearing red and yellow flowers (not seen but reported from this area.) On a rocky E-facing slope of serpentine. Aquilegia formosa (60x30,Z5,P,L,3:6w) …………………………………………............... 90 seeds / $3.00 30674.25 (W) Tulare Co., CA, 8500ft, 2591m. A vigorous form here with numerous, well-branched stems and many red flowers with short, straight spurs. Near a seep in the southern Sierra Nevadas. Aquilegia jonesii (6x12, Z3, P, GL, 3:4w) ............................................................................. 60 seeds / $4.00 50658.24 (W) Sheridan Co., WY, 10100ft, 3080m. A classic alpine species with gorgeous royal blue flowers and powder-blue foliage. Forms tufted mounds on limestone rubble. A challenge to cultivate. Aquilegia X micrantha (30x24,Z6,P,L,3:6w) ......................................................................... 75 seeds / $3.50 56413.35 (W) Montrose Co., CO, 5100ft, 1555m. The viscid leaves are pure A. micrantha but the flowers reflect influence from probably A. elegantula, yellow corollas and pink to peachy-red spurs. Photo Aquilegia saximontana (8x15,Z3,P,L,3:6w) .......................................................................... 40 seeds / $4.50 76094.17 (W) Boulder Co., CO, 11300ft, 3445m. The blue tufts seek shelter between and under large rocks in its native habitat but is highly adaptable. Blue and white flowers with short spurs. A rare endemic of the Front Range in Colorado.
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