Petrophyton caespitosum (Rosaceae) (10x40, Z3, P, L, 1) ……………............…………. 100 seeds / $3.50

 12034.13  (W) Johnson Co., WY, 8200ft, 2500m.  Also spelled Petrophytum.  Slow-growing, bright blue-green mats produce white Astilbe-like spikes in late summer.  Highly adaptable to most fast-draining soils.  I have found this calciphile remarkably easy to grow.

Petunia integrifolia (Solanaceae) (16x45,A,L,1) .................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.00

 59879.07    Ascending runners spread from a central root and are massed with 1-1/2" (4 cm) vivid plum-purple flowers all summer.   Photo

Phacelia sericea (Hydrophyllaceae) (16x14,Z3,P,L,3:6w) .................................................... 100 seeds / $2.50

 76415.36  (W) Park Co., CO, 12150ft, 3704m.   Showy spikes of blue-purple with exserted golden stamens. Silver-gray, dissected basal leaves.   Photo

Phacelia sericea (20x12, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) ………………………………………................... 70 seeds / $3.00

 76415.23  (W) Park Co., WY, 8200ft, 2500m.  A somewhat dwarfer version of the Colorado population found on volcanic screes during the Penstemon absarokensis trek.

Phemeranthus teretifolius (Portulacaceae) (10x10,Z9,P,L,1) ................................................. 60 seeds / $3.00

 78414.08   Terete leaves on small caudiciforms with crisscrossing stems bearing pale purple flowers. Cute.

Phlomis tuberosa (Lamiaceae) (90x28,Z5,P,L,3:4w) ……………………..............……….... 25 seeds / $3.50

 78950.05    Whorls of pink to purple flowers along multiple stems arising from a woody crown, the roots sprouting small tubers. Coarsely-veined, pubescent leaves. Native from Europe to Asia.

Phlox aculeata (Polemoniaceae) (6x20,Z4,P,C,3:8w) ............................................................. 18 seeds / $5.00

 01300.46  (W) Wallowa Co., OR, 4650ft, 1418m.   Dense mats of non-viscid, lanceolate leaves studded with hundreds of gorgeous, deep pink flowers. This is a particularly robust population growing on a loam and scoria mix over basalt bedrock.

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.   Photo

Phlox alyssifolia ssp. abdita (2x10,Z4,P,C,4:12w) …………..……………...............…….. 15 seeds / $6.00

 05510.25  (W) Pennington Co., SD, 6600ft, 2012m.  Mats of stiff, wide leaves are covered with large, wide-open flowers colored pink, lavender or white. On limestone hills covered with pine duff.

Phlox austromontana v. jonesii (10x24,Z6,P,C,3:8w) ………………………….................. 10 seeds / $5.00

 10168.15  (W) Washington Co., UT, 4200ft, 1280m.  A more colorful and robust form of an otherwise fairly widespread species, restricted to SW Utah. Myriad bright pink, almost red, flowers adorn prickly plants covered with long awl-shaped leaves. Growing on S- and W-facing basalt slopes.   Photo

Phlox colubrina (15x35,Z6,P,L,4:12w) .................................................................................. 20 seeds / $6.00

 12794.18  (W) Washington Co., ID, 2300ft, 701m.  Masses of vibrant, deep pink, long-petalled flowers.   Photo

Phlox condensata (2x15,Z3,P,C,4:12w) ................................................................................ 15 seeds / $6.00

 12799.27  (W) Park Co., CO, 12300ft, 3750m.  Very dense cushions, similar to an alpine P. tumulosa.  Large snow-white flowers.  Often found on S-facing rocky tundra in the Mosquito Range.

Phlox grayi (4x18,Z5,P,C,4:8w) ……………………………………………………............. 15 seeds / $5.00

 32755.15  (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 7200ft, 2195m.  (= P. longifolia ssp. brevifolia = P. stansburyi v. brevifolia). An outstanding cushion Phlox with wide, stiff leaves and luminous cerise-pink flowers. Seeds germinate readily and I find the plants relatively easy to cultivate. Grows on volcanic loam which dries out in the summer. A recollection from the original locality (cover photo 1998).   Photo

Phlox hoodii ssp. canescens (2x15,Z4,P,C,4:12w) ................................................................ 10 seeds / $5.00

 35675.18  (W) Rio Blanco Co., CO, 6200ft, 1890m.  Very compact cushions stud themselves edge to edge with fragrant snow-white flowers.

Phlox multiflora (white) (3x20,Z3,P,C,4:12w) ....................................................................... 20 seeds / $6.00

 56994.37  (W) Big Horn Co., WY 9100ft, 2775m.  These extensive alpine mats transform into sheets of large white flowers.   Photo

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 pilosa ssp. riparia (8x20,Z7,P,L,3:8w) ........................................................................ 15 seeds / $5.00

 70594.17  (W) Kerr Co., TX, 2200ft, 671m.  The dwarfest among the Phlox pilosa clan. Bright, deep-pink flowers over hairy, glandular foliage.

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 pungens (4x10,Z4,P,C,4:12w) ...................................................................................... 10 seeds / $7.50

 70998.18  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6700ft, 2043m.  Dense and prickly mats of stiff, ribbed leaves cover themselves with white flowers. Endemic to tuffaceous soils in west-central Wyoming.

Phlox speciosa (pink) (16x20,Z6,P,L,4:12w) ........................................................................ 15 seeds / $5.00

 76716.36  (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 3600ft, 1098m.   A very nice, robust form here with narrow, slightly viscid foliage and bushels of deep pink, notched flowers. On N-facing serpentine slopes.   Photo

Phlox stansburyi (12x14, Z6, P, C, 4:8w) ............................................................................. 40 seeds / $5.00

 76794.11  (W) Inyo Co., CA, 7200ft, 2195m.  Very viscid, lanceolate foliage erupt into dozens of white, pink-throated trumpets with unusually long tubes, over an inch (3 cm).  In volcanic desert soil.

Phlox stansburyi (dwarf form) (5x20,Z5,P,C,4:8w) …………………………..............….... 40 seeds / $5.00

 76795.25  (W) Mono Co., CA, 8000ft, 2439m.  Wonderful pink flowers covering stiff-leaved open mats. The corolla tubes are shorter and the plants are much dwarfer and more spreading than the preceding population.

  Photo1   Photo2

Phlox tumulosa (2x16,Z4,P,C,4:12w) ……………………………………............………….. 8 seeds / $6.00

 78996.15  (W) White Pine Co., NV, 7200ft, 2195m.  Gray-green cushions virtually rock hard are covered with fragrant white blossoms, occasionally tinged pink.   Photo

Phyllodoce breweri (Ericaceae) (12x60, Z4, P, L, 3:6w) ...................................................... 100 seeds / $2.50

 10758.14  (W) Plumas Co., CA, 6850ft, 2088m.  Rosy-pink blossoms over fir-like stems.

Phyllodoce empetriformis (15x35,Z5,P,L,3:8w) …………………………......................... 100 seeds / $3.00

 39670.35 (W) Deschutes Co., OR, 6900ft, 2104m.   Acicular leaves with deep pink campanulate flowers.

Physaria acutifolia (Brassicaceae) (6x16, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) ..................................................... 50 seeds / $2.50

 01301.13  (W) Grand Co., UT, 7800ft, 2378m.  Handsome gray rosettes erupt into a blaze of yellow in late spring.  On loamy mountain screes.

Physaria alpina (4x14, Z3, P, L, 1) ....................................................................................... 75 seeds / $3.00

 05470.14  (W) Park Co., CO, 12100ft, 3689m.  Silver, offsetting rosettes surround themselves with deep yellow blossoms shading to almost orange in the throat.  On alpine screes. One of the best.   Photo

Physaria chambersii (9x10, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) .......................................................................... 50 seeds / $2.50

 12366.31  (W) Garfield Co., UT, 7400ft, 2256m.  Silvery-green rosettes have clusters of yellow flowers in the spring, followed by large balloons of tannish, angular fruit held erect.

Physaria condensata (2x7,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ................................................................................ 10 seeds / $5.00

 12800.16  (W) Lincoln Co., WY, 6900ft, 2104m.  Genuine xerophytes dwarfed by the constant wind and as silver-white as the gypsiferous badlands these plants grow on.  This new sp., described only in 1983, has decumbent, bright yellow racemes.  I have never seen much fruit set so seed always scarce.

Physaria dornii (6x16, Z4, P, C, 2) ........................................................................................ 75 seeds / $2.50

 15814.13  (W) Lincoln Co., WY, 6700ft, 2042m.  Yellow fls transform to voluminous brown fruits.

Physaria eburniflora (4x12,Z4,P,L,3:6w) .............................................................................. 30 seeds / $3.50

 21101.26  (W) Carbon Co., WY, 7500ft, 2286m.   Heads of moonlight-cream distinguish this species from the others in this genus. Endemic to a small area in central Wyoming, these silvery-green rosettes flower very early in the spring.

Physaria integrifolia v. monticola (14x8, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) ..................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 59878.13  (W) Sublette Co., WY, 8600ft, 2622m.  This silver-leaved alpine species bears yellow flowers and billows of fruit which are enormous compared to the small rosettes.

Physaria newberryi (8x18,Z6,P,L,3:6w) ................................................................................ 50 seeds / $3.50

 58433.27  (W) San Juan Co., NM, 7100ft, 2165m.  Large silver-gray rosettes produce the most voluminous fruit I have ever seen in this genus. Yellow flowers.

Physaria newberryi (7x12, Z5, P, L, 1) ................................................................................. 75 seeds / $2.50

 58433.17  (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 6750ft, 2058m.  Silver-gray rosettes produce yellow clouds of flowers.

Physaria saximontana (Brassicaceae) (4x10,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ..................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 76234.18  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6700ft, 2043m.  A choice dwarf species with chalky rosettes and clusters of yellow flowers. On tuffaceous mud/sandstone.

Pinus flexilis (Pinaceae) (540x360, Z3, P, C, 3:8w) ……………………….............……….. 45 seeds / $3.00

 30556.13  (W) Johnson Co., WY, 8200ft, 2500m.  "White Pine."  A regal pine similar to the Foxtail Pine with five leaves per bundle, each limned with very fine white lines.  Branches are incredibly tough, can be tied in knots without breaking.

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.

Plectranthus argentatus (Lamiaceae) (45x45, Z11, P, L, 1) .................................................. 40 seeds / $2.50

 21432.04  A splendid foliage plant covered with thick, downy hairs which impart a silvery sheen.  Pale lilac flowers.

Polemonium brandegei (Polemoniaceae) (18x15, Z3, P, GL, 4:8w) …………....................... 80 seeds / $3.00

 10754.45  (W) Albany Co., WY, 7400ft, 2255m.  Spikes of large, snow-white, campanulate flowers.

Polemonium carneum (22x16,Z5,P,L,3:8w) .......................................................................... 60 seeds / $4.00

 12218.16  (W) Douglas Co., OR, 5025ft, 1532m.   Loose mounds of green, pinnate foliage bear flower heads in delicate shades of soft salmon-pink. Found here under the shade of coniferous forests but grows considerably more compact in full sun.

Polemonium chartaceum (8x18,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ………………………………...............….. 100 seeds / $4.00

 12364.15  (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 8900ft, 2713m.  Tufted rosettes of chunky, sculptural leaves covered so thickly with glandular hairs as to impart a whitish cast to the plants. The funnelform, deep blue flowers appear in dense balls just above the foliage. A striking contrast to its habitat of deep brown andesite. One of the best.

Polemonium confertum (16x14, Z3, P, L, 3:8w) .................................................................. 100 seeds / $4.00

 12798.13  (W) Gunnison Co., CO, 12100ft, 3689m.  (= P. grayanum.)  A robust version of P. viscosum with super flower heads 3"-4" long.  Flaring, campanulate blossoms of bright sky-blue with orange anthers.  This collection from a remote section of Colorado which is rarely visited.

Polemonium foliosissimum v. alpinum (50x24, Z3, P, L, 3:8w) ............................................ 50 seeds / $3.00

 30794.13  (W) Cache Co., UT, 8600ft, 2622m.  (= P. albiflorum.)  Several upright stems from a central rootstalk bear large capitate flower clusters of snow white.  The tallest of the species offered here.

Polemonium kiusianum (40x18,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ………………………….........…………….. 40 seeds / $3.00

 52501.05     Produces quantities of mid-blue to blue-violet flowers in summer. Japan.

Polemonium pauciflorum (32x65,Z6,P,L,3:6w) .................................................................... 90 seeds / $3.50

 70095.17  (W) Cochise Co., AZ, 6800ft, 2073m.  Lax, pinnate foliage, often climbing on surrounding shrubs, bearing long-tubed trumpets in various peach and pale yellow shades.

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.

Polemonium viscosum (16x12, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) ................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.00

 90616.53  (W) Albany Co., WY, 10100ft, 3079m.  Small viscid leaves and trusses of purple-blue flowers.

Pollia japonica (Commelinaceae) (90x90,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ........................................................... 40 seeds / $2.50

 50210.16  (W) Yoro Range, Japan, 200m.  A rhizomatous perennial with glossy, ginger-like leaves and panicles of small white flowers on long scapes. Clusters of blue berries in autumn. From Japan.

Potentilla pensylvanica (Rosaceae) (8x10,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ………………………..........…... 100 seeds / $3.00

 70398.15  (W) Iron Co., UT, 11300ft, 3445m.  A dwarf alpine form of this somewhat widely spread species. Olive-yellow-green plants with hairy, pinnate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers. On a windswept, E-facing, volcanic mountain summit.

Potentilla pulvinaris (4x14,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ............................................................................... 20 seeds / $4.00

 70995.06     Densely caespitose cushions with silvery-green, sericeous leaves and ¾" deep yellow flowers.

Potentilla thurberi (35x24, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) ............................................................................ 50 seeds / $3.00

 78372.04  Ex Santa Cruz Co., AZ, 9000ft.  Unusually large, showy 1¼” diameter, dark velvet-red flowers nearly all summer.  Attractive foliage typical of herbaceous Potentilla.  Sun to part shade.

Primula auricula (Primulaceae) (12x14,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ……….........……………..................... 75 seeds / $3.00

 08759.05  (W) Tyrol.   Fleshy obovate leaves, often farinose, bearing clusters of deeply-notched, white-eyed, yellow flowers on short scapes. One of the easiest and most rewarding to grow.

Primula cusickiana (6x6,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ................................................................................... 40 seeds / $6.00

 13017.18  (W) Wallowa Co., OR, 5600ft  On W-facing, subalpine basalt terraces in the Wallowa Mtns grows perhaps the most exquisite of N. American Primulas. The entire short-stemmed inflorescence is farinose, bearing several glowing deep violet flowers with yellow bases, perfuming the air with a viola-like fragrance. Very early blooming, within a week after snowmelt.

Primula parryi (40x25, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) ................................................................................ 100 seeds / $2.50

 70214.24  (W) Summit Co., CO, 12400ft, 3780m.  “Rocky Mountain Primrose” with magenta flowers.   Photo

Primula rusbyi (8x10,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ........................................................................................ 70 seeds / $4.00

 75016.17  (W) Lincoln Co., NM, 11450ft, 3490m.  A very pretty and floriferous Primrose with umbels of violet. Each flower has a yellow eye and a crimson ring, the petals notched. The stiff green leaves are minutely toothed. The very similar P. rusbyi ssp. ellisiae will be found in this population.   Photo

Primula specuicola (8x8,Z5,P,L,3:5w) ................................................................................. 100 seeds / $4.00

 76718.28  (W) Grand Co., UT, 4100ft, 1250m.  The rosettes of spatulate, sparsely-toothed leaves are covered with a white farina and bear delicate umbels of lavender-purple flowers with a large white eye.

Primula suffrutescens (12x9, Z4, P, L, 3:8w) ..................................................................... 100 seeds / $4.00

 76970.54  (W) Plumas Co., CA, 7400ft, 2256m.  Rosettes of spoon-shaped, toothed leaves dot the alpine tundra with bright heads of magenta in late summer.  This Sierran species is one of the best.

Primula uralensis (18x10,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ………………………………………..........……... 50 seeds / $3.00

 87419.07  (= P. veris ssp. macrocalyx.) Bright yellow flowers from inflated calyxes over rugose, hairy leaves.