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Abronia fragrans (Nyctaginaceae) (15x12,Z5,P,C,3:4w) ....................................................... 30 seeds / $3.50 30740.30 (W) Emery Co., UT, 4850ft, 1478m. Masses of white starburst flower clusters on spreading, prostrate plants with succulent, gray, rounded leaves. Blooms continuously all summer. In pink sand. Abronia nana (10x12,Z5,P,C,3:6w) ....................................................................................... 30 seeds / $4.00 58060.10 (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 takedae v. howozana (Campanulaceae) (10x25,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ........................... 80 seeds / $3.00 78052.18 Terminal racemes of violet-blue, broadly-open bells late in the year on dwarf plants. 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 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 grandiflorum (Brassicaceae) (14x16,Z5,P,L,2) ................................................... 40 seeds / $3.00 32769.07 Similar to A. schistosum but slightly larger and the flowers a deep lilac. 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 / $3.50 08740.08 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 / $3.00 56412.09 (W) 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 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 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 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 obscura (50x60,Z8,P,C,2) ........................................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 61076.19 (W) Perote, VC, MX. Small rosettes heavily armed with teeth. Dark reddish flowers. 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. 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 78478.19 (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) ..................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 78686.10 (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. Photo 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. Agave utahensis v. kaibabensis (20x24,Z6,P,C,2) ............................................................... 70 seeds / $3.50 87806.10 (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 5100ft, 1555m. Robust rosettes covered with blunt teeth and very long flowering stalks, often 15 to 20 feet tall. Agave utahensis v. nevadensis (14x24,Z7,P,C,2) .............................................................. 100 seeds / $3.50 87807.20 (W) San Bernadino Co., CA, 5100ft, 1555m. Smaller rosettes compared to A. utahensis v. eborispina with 2"-3" apical spines and 4 to 5 foot tall spikes bearing greenish-yellow flowers. Photo1 Photo2 Akebia trifoliata (Lardizabalaceae) (300x120,Z6,P,C,5) ........................................................ 20 seeds / $3.00 78820.08 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. Aletes humilis (Apiaceae) (3x12,Z4,P,C,4:12w) ..................................................................... 40 seeds / $5.00 35856.18 (W) Boulder Co., CO, 8500ft, 2590m. Mounding buns of cut aromatic foliage cover themselves with yellow button flowers. Similar to Shoshonea pulvinata, but with larger leaves. Endemic to Colorado. Photo 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 atrorubens v. cristatum (Liliaceae) (4x8,Z6,P,C,3:8w) .................................. 30 seeds / $3.50 07871.10 (W) Inyo Co., CA, 5700ft, 1738m. Pale pink umbels lying on the granite sands of the Mojave Desert. Allium atroviolaceum (80x18,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ........................................................................... 60 seeds / $3.50 07875.09 Ex Namrud, Elborz, Iran, 2100m. Dense, 3"-diameter umbels of dark violet flowers on rather tall stems. Allium brandegei (8x10,Z4,P,L,3:8w) .................................................................................... 75 seeds / $4.00 10744.18 (W) Owyhee Co., ID, 5800ft, 1768m. Over a few curling, wide leaves are borne several 2-inch-wide heads of white to pink flowers. Growing in fractured basalt loam. Photo Allium cratericola (3x9,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ....................................................................... 70 seeds / $4.00 12740.21 (W) Trinity Co., CA, 3650ft, 1113m. Dense umbels containing 30 to 40 pink, bell-shaped flowers atop a few narrow, channeled leaves. On exposed, W-facing serpentine slopes. May be challenging but this beautiful dwarf is worth the effort. Photo Allium cristophii (12x16,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ................................................................................... 25 seeds / $4.00 12744.09 Ex Kandovan, Elborz, Iran, 2300m. Rose umbels over 4" in diameter on thick stems. In limestone scree. Allium falcifolium (7x12,Z6,P,C,3:6w) ................................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50 30054.10 (W) Josephine Co., OR, 2700ft, 823m. Over 2 strapping leaves arise large, round, short-stemmed heads up to 3" across of amethyst flowers with acuminate petals. On S-facing serpentine. Photo 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. Allium macropetalum (9x10,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ............................................................................ 40 seeds / $3.50 56014.38 (W) Grand Co., UT, 4400ft, 1341m. Umbels of white to pale pink, the petals with purple midveins. Allium simillimum (2x5,Z3,P,C,3:8w) .................................................................................... 60 seeds / $4.00 76456.10 (W) Blaine Co., ID, 8800ft, 2683m. Probably the tiniest Allium you will ever see. Umbels less than an inch wide of glacier-white flowers lie prostrate over thready leaves. In fine granite soils. Photo Allium siskiyouense (5x9,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ................................................................... 70 seeds / $4.00 76476.41 (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 6100ft, 1860m. Sessile umbels of deep rose-pink to magenta flowers over two narrow, falcate leaves. This endemic to northern Calif. and S. Oregon is a dwarf version of A. falcifolium growing on high serpentine ridge crests. Photo Allium tribracteatum (2x6,Z7,P,C,3:8w) ................................................................. 50 seeds / $4.00 78763.11 (W) Tuolumne Co., CA, 5400ft, 1646m. An exceptionally dwarf Allium with pale pink to purplish-pink flowers in small heads. Best effect en masse. 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 peersii (5x12,Z7,P,L,1) ......................................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 70227.09 Thick, flattened, brownish leaves give rise to big, thick-sepaled buds opening to golden-yellow flowers. Has a long bloom period starting in mid-spring. 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 spathulata (3x30,Z4,P,L,1) .................................................................................. 60 seeds / $3.50 76700.08 Mats of thick, blue, flattened leaves produce huge magenta flowers prolifically in the spring for over a month. Photo 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 aff. villetii (Aizoaceae) (3x18,Z6,P,L,1) ................................................................ 30 seeds / $3.00 90456.09 Ex Middlepos, Northern Cape Province, RSA. Outstanding mats of cupped, upright leaves covered with bright yellow, white-eyed flowers. Original plants growing on a high, very cold plateau of the Great Karoo; possibly a new species. 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 eastwoodiana (35x50,Z5,P,C,1) ............................................................................. 40 seeds / $3.50 20767.19 (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. Photo Amsonia elliptica (40x15,Z5,P,C,3:8w) ................................................................................. 40 seeds / $3.50 25454.00 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 peeblesii (50x50,Z5,P,C,3:6w) ................................................................................ 15 seeds / $4.50 70221.70 (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 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 78656.19 (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 12352.28 (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. Androstephium breviflorum (Liliaceae) (9x6,Z5,P,CE,3:8w) .................................................. 30 seeds / $3.50 10743.28 (W) Grand Co., UT, 4400ft, 1341m. (= Brodiaea breviflora.) Few-flowered umbels of pale purple flowers, veined blue-purple. Anemone drummondii (Ranunculaceae) (6x10,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ................................... 100 seeds / $4.00 15748.41 (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 (Ranunculaceae) (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 / $3.50 78810.10 (W) Maricopa Co., AZ, 2300ft, 701m. 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. Photo 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. 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 barnebyi (Ranunculaceae) (40x18,Z4,P,L,3:5w) ...................................... 100 seeds / $4.00 10074.21 (W) Garfield Co., CO, 7270ft, 2216m. The butter-yellow corollas contrast beautifully with the peachy-pink sepals over bold blue foliage. Growing on limestone deposits near running water. Photo1 Photo2 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 / $3.00 12027.20 (W) Iron Co., UT, 11050ft, 3369m. Large, pure white, long-spurred flowers. On volcanic rock. Aquilegia flabellata v. pumila fl. pl. (15x12,Z4,P,L,3:4w) .............................................. 40 seeds / $4.00 30539.00 Blue and white semi-double flowers over waxy, blue-green, fan-shaped leaves. From Japan. Aquilegia flabellata v. pumila 'Rosea' (15x12,Z4,P,L,3:4w) .......................................... 40 seeds / $4.00 30540.00 Lovely rosy-pink and cream flowers adorn dwarf tufts of waxy, blue-green leaves. From Japan. Aquilegia flavescens (50x22,Z3,P,L,3:6w) .............................................................. 100 seeds / $4.00 30530.51 (W) Park Co., WY, 9400ft, 2866m. A hardier version of the yellow-flowered A. chrysantha, although the sepals and spurs tend to be more creamy-yellow. Photo Aquilegia jonesii (Ranunculaceae) (6x12,Z3,P,GL,3:6w) ......................................... 100 seeds / $4.50 50658.21 (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. Photo1 Photo2 Aquilegia laramiensis (Ranunculaceae) (16x12,Z4,P,L,3:4w) ................................... 45 seeds / $4.00 54074.11 (W) Albany Co., WY, 7800ft, 2378m. A rare species endemic to the Laramie Peak area, with pretty, dainty white flowers. 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 pyrenaica (20x16,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ............................................................................. 40 seeds / $3.50 70968.09 Deep blue to lilac-blue flowers with straight spurs. A dwarfer version of A. alpina. Aquilegia scopulorum (Ranunculaceae) (12x15,Z4,P,GL,3:6w) .................................. 60 seeds / $5.00 76128.31 (W) Piute Co., UT, 10950ft, 3338m. Beautiful dwarf with tight, glaucous, gray-green foliage and large, long-spurred, bi-colored flowers of blue and white. On E-facing screes of dolomite. Photo Aquilegia scopulorum (10x10,Z4,P,GL,3:6w) ........................................................................ 35 seeds / $4.00 76128.19 (W) Garfield Co., UT, 8000ft, 2439m. Superb dwarf blue foliage combined with numerous short stems bearing spurred flowers in a consistent sky blue contrast beautifully with its native habitat of the pink Claron limestone formation. Photo |
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