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Iliamna grandiflora (Malvaceae) (100x45,Z5,P,SC,3:4w) ..................................................... 35 seeds / $4.00 32749.57 (W) Bernalillo Co., NM, 10300ft, 3140m. Vigorous Hollyhock-like bushes with large (over 2") lavender-pink flowers lining each stem by the hundreds. Magnificent in full bloom. Iliamna rivularis (120x90,Z3,P,SC,1) .................................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00 74570.17 (W) Teton Co., WY, 6800ft, 2075m. Stately, imposing specimens for the back of the border or as a garden focal point, these Hollyhock-like bushes display multitudes of satin cups along each stem in rich pink to pearly white hues. Impatiens textori (Balsamaceae) (60x25, A, C, 1) ................................................................. 16 seeds / $2.50 78374.04 Bushy-looking plants with typical ovate leaves and broad, pink flowers. Japanese species. Ipomoea leptophylla (Convolvulaceae) (60x120, Z4, P, SC, 1) ............................................ 30 seeds / $4.00 54350.23 (W) Lincoln Co., CO, 5400ft, 1645m. Heavy, trailing stems bear shiny, lanceolate leaves and beautiful, violet-magenta funnel-flowers with a darker throat. Roots become massive with age and seedlings resent transplanting -- sow singly in deep pots or directly into the garden. Photo Ipomopsis globularis (Polemoniaceae) (12x8,Z3,B,L,4:6w) ................................................... 60 seeds / $3.50 32562.27 (W) Park Co., CO, 11900ft, 3628m. This choice biennial alpine displays very fragrant furry globes of pale lavender to cream. Tiny, basal-branching rosettes the first year. Endemic to the mountains of central Colorado. Ipomopsis longiflora (22x16,Z5,B,L,3:6w) ............................................................................ 80 seeds / $3.00 54738.16 (W) Santa Fe Co., NM, 6900ft, 2104m. Numerous ghostly-blue flowers with long tubes. Ipomopsis macombii (35x22,Z7,B,L,3:6w) ............................................................................ 60 seeds / $3.50 56092.17 (W) Santa Cruz Co., AZ, 6500ft, 1982m. Multiply-stemmed, glandular plants with linear leaves. The long-tubed flower trumpets are a beautiful shade of lavender-blue. In the wild, blooms in late summer. Iris bracteata (Iridaceae) (35x30,Z6,P,C,4:8w) …...………………………………............... 40 seeds / $4.00 10748.26 (W) Josephine Co., OR, 2130ft, 650m. Beautiful, large yellow flowers, veined maroon, over broad foliage. Endemic to a small area near Takilma in southern Oregon. Iris bucharica (40x18, Z6, P, C, 4:8w) ………………………………...........…………….... 25 seeds / $4.00 10892.04 Known as the Horned Iris because the leaves are grooved with a white horny margin. The leaves are stacked in tiers with the cream and rich yellow, fragrant flowers emerging from every axil. Iris flavissima (18x12,Z5,P,C,4:8w) ...................................................................................... 30 seeds / $4.00 30548.07 Yellow flowers with an orange beard over narrow, grass-like foliage. Iris missouriensis (40x40,Z5,P,L,4:12w) ............................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.50 56556.37 (W) Bernalillo Co., NM, 10300ft, 3140m. A robust population with numerous blue-violet flowers. Jamesia americana (Saxifragaceae) (150x50,Z4,P,L,2) ....................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 05636.18 (W) Larimer Co., CO, 8000ft, 2440m. An attractive, deciduous shrub with exfoliating bark and crenate leaves green above, gray-tomentose underneath. Showy white flower clusters at the ends of the branches. Prefers part shade and peaty soil. Photo Juno aucheri (Iridaceae) (20x14,Z5,P,C,4:8w) ....................................................................... 10 seeds / $4.00 09023.06 (=Iris aucheri.) Beautiful, fragrant flowers with blue standards and falls with a yellow crest. Keckiella breviflora v. glabrisepala (Scrophulariaceae) (40x30, Z6, P, RL, 3:6w) .............. 100 seeds / $2.50 10757.14 (W) Alpine Co., CA, 6600ft, 2012m. A multi-stemmed subshrub with serrate leaves and panicles of bilabiate, whitish flowers, often pink to rose tinged. On dry, rocky, SW-facing slopes. Keckiella corymbosa (40x30, Z6, P, RL, 3:6w) ……………………….…………….......... 100 seeds / $3.00 12764.14 (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 1600ft, 488m. From a woody base arch multiple stems, sleek with shiny, oblanceolate leaves, each terminating in compact panicles of hairy, deep red, lipped flowers. Kelseya uniflora (Rosaceae) (3x24,Z3,P,L,4:6w) .................................................................. 45 seeds / $6.00 85852.28 (W) Johnson Co., WY, 8200ft, 2500m. The classic cushion -- literally welds itself to limestone outcroppings, preferring shady, vertical, and seemingly the most inaccessible crevices. Domes of tight rosettes produce pale to rose-pink blossoms. Slow-growing, a challenge for the patient. Germination erratic, hold flats at least 2 years. Photo Kirengeshoma palmata (Saxifragaceae) (100x45,Z5,P,L,3:16w) ........................................... 45 seeds / $3.00 70144.07 (W) Japan. Palmately-lobed leaves and cymes of showy, trumpet-shaped, yellow flowers. Koeberlinia spinosa (Koeberliniaceae) (40x65, Z8, P, L, 2) ………...…………..............….. 25 seeds / $3.00 76721.14 (W) El Paso Co., TX, 5200ft, 1585m. A formidable tangle of thorns with hundreds of thick, spine-tipped stems branching in every direction. Tiny flowers are followed by black and red berries. Kumlienia hystricula (Ranunculaceae) (10x12,Z7,P,L,3:8w) …………………............….... 100 seeds / $4.00 35976.25 (W) Butte Co., CA, 1600ft, 488m. Growing in near-vertical wet sheets of moss, this unusual Ranunculus relative has rosettes of lobed, rounded leaves and showy flowers consisting of white petaloid sepals and smaller yellowish sepals all surrounding a central cluster of stamens. Lepidium nanum (Brassicaceae) (2x16, Z4, P, L, 1) .............................................................. 30 seeds / $4.00 58158.15 (W) White Pine Co., NV, 7200ft, 2195m. Tiny sessile cream flowers stud rock-hard green cushions. On limey, loamy caliche. Photo Lepidium ostleri (2x6, Z5, P, L, 2) ........................................................................................ 40 seeds / $4.00 77678.14 (W) Beaver Co., UT, 6740ft, 2055m. Green-black cushions of minute, incised leaves with tiny racemes of pure white. Endemic to the San Francisco Mtns in the Great Basin. A recollection of a super species introduced by us back in 1995. Leptodactylon californicum (Polemoniaceae) (90x55,Z6,P,L,2) ……………............…….... 30 seeds / $4.00 12154.15 (W) Santa Barbara Co., CA, 1350ft, 410m. Wiry stems of acicular leaves and masses of large, bright deep pink flowers with a white eye. Blooms in under a year from seed. Leptodactylon pungens (Polemoniaceae) (12x22,Z3,P,GL,3:8w) ........................................... 75 seeds / $3.50 70958.28 (W) Fremont Co., WY, 7750ft, 2363m. Spiny bushlets covered with hundreds of delightfully fragrant, creamy flowers. Photo Leptodactylon watsonii (6x15,Z4,P,GL,3:6w) …………………………............…………... 70 seeds / $4.00 92178.15 (W) Custer Co., ID, 6600ft, 2012m. Forms delightful spiny clumps which cascade over rocky areas to perfection. Large cream blossoms open from tightly-spiralled buds in the evening. Lesquerella alpina (Brassicaceae) (5x8,Z5,P,L,3:6w) …………………………............….... 50 seeds / $3.00 15470.11 (W) Garfield Co., UT, 8000ft, 2439m. Dense tufts of linear, silvery-white leaves bear broad umbel-like clusters of yellow. On limestone hills. Lesquerella alpina ssp. parvula (4x9, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) .......................................................... 60 seeds / $3.00 15471.13 (W) Lake Co., CO, 9500ft, 2896m. Compact buns of thread-like leaves bear short scapes of yellow flowers. On subalpine, rocky slopes. Lesquerella arizonica (2x7,Z5,P,L,2) .................................................................................... 70 seeds / $3.50 07440.27 (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 6500ft, 1982m. Very compact buns of gray linear leaves turn solid yellow in the spring. Lesquerella intermedia (4x6,Z5,P,L,2) ……………………………………….........…….... 60 seeds / $3.50 55878.15 (W) Emery Co., UT, 7000ft, 2134m. Tufts of gray, long-spatulate leaves and yellow flowers. Lesquerella ovalifolia (6x8, Z5, P, L, 3:4w) .......................................................................... 90 seeds / $3.00 69015.14 (W) Fremont Co., CO, 4800ft, 1465m. Intensely silver, oval leaves and racemes of yellow. Lesquerella tumulosa (2x10, Z5, P, L, 2) .............................................................................. 75 seeds / $4.00 78956.14 (W) Kane Co., UT, 4920ft, 1500m. Probably the most caespitose of the genus with filiform, grayish-green leaves on hard cushions. Yellow flowers on very short stems. On white oil shale. Lesquerella subumbellata (2x3,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ....................................................................... 70 seeds / $3.50 85587.17 (W) Uintah Co., UT, 7550ft, 2302m. Tiny silver-gray tufts with very short scapes of yellow flowers. Leucocrinum montanum (Liliaceae) (5x16,Z4,P,SC,3:8w) .................................................... 25 seeds / $4.00 56758.37 (W) Fremont Co., CO, 5425ft, 1654m. "Sand Lily." Long, strapping leaves arise from a deep rhizome in mid-spring, followed by clusters of ground-level, fragrant, pure white, star-shaped flowers. Photo Leucophyllum frutescens (Scrophulariaceae) (150x120, Z7, P, L, 1) ………...................... 100 seeds / $2.50 30758.14 (W) Doña Ana Co., NM, 4400ft, 1340m. Eye-catching, silver-gray bushes are nearly everblooming and are especially colorful after rains. The Penstemon-like blossoms are violet with white throats and gold speckles. Used extensively in Chihuahuan Desert landscaping. Leucophyllum minus (60x50, Z7, P, L, 1) ........................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.00 56558.14 (W) Culberson Co., TX, 3800ft, 1158m. Miniature shrubs covered with chalky blue leaves and blue Penstemon-like flowers in abundance. A spectacular native of the Trans-Pecos region. Lewisia brachycalyx (Portulacaceae) (4x9,Z5,P,L,3:8w) …………………………............... 80 seeds / $4.00 10750.45 (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 6900ft, 2104m. From flat rosettes of deep-green, spatulate leaves arise spectacular bouquets of bowl-shaped, sessile flowers. Normally pure white, there are some wonderful deep pink forms in this population. I've had two-year-old plants bloom but it takes up to 5 years to build a mature crown sporting dozens of blossoms. Summer dormant and deciduous. Photo Lewisia brachycalyx (4x9,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ……………………………….........……………... 80 seeds / $4.00 10750.95 (W) Washington Co., UT, 6150ft, 1875m. This population has pure white flowers only. Photo Lewisia cotyledon (15x20, Z6, P, L, 3:8w) .......................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 12778.16 (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 5100ft, 1555m. The predominant form is white broadly striped deep pink. However, many variations prevail here from solid deep pink to red and orange hues. Lewisia cotyledon v. heckneri (28x24,Z6,P,L,3:8w) ............................................................. 30 seeds / $5.00 12780.16 Ex cult. from original wild site Trinity Co., CA, 5380ft, 1640m. A superb form with rosettes of large, serrated leaves. Spectacular inflorescences of pink to rose-pink. Originally on W-facing ledges of crumbling schist. Hand-pollinated and protected to keep seed genetically pure. Lewisia cotyledon v. purdyi (12x8,Z6,P,L,3:8w) ................................................................... 80 seeds / $4.00 12782.16 (W) Josephine Co., OR, 4700ft, 1433m. This form has rather tight rosettes of short, broadly obovate leaves, earning it the name "button rockrose." Deep pink to butter-yellow flowers. Lewisia leeana (pink) (18x16,Z6,P,L,3:8w) .......................................................................... 30 seeds / $4.00 54230.26 (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 6050ft, 1845m. Acid-green rosettes of erect, quill-shaped leaves bear panicles of numerous small deep pink flowers. On N-facing outcrops of serpentine. Lewisia rediviva (4x10, Z3, P, L, 3:8w) ................................................................................ 90 seeds / $3.50 74316.24 (W) Custer Co., ID, 7500ft, 2286m. Clusters of breathtaking satiny-rose flowers, 4 to 6 cm across. After a dry summer rest, succulent, quill-like rosettes sprout from the long, forked taproot. Photo Lewisia rediviva v. minor (4x6,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ……………………………………................ 90 seeds / $3.50 74315.35 (W) Nye Co., NV, 6800ft, 2073m. Large, sumptuous flowers of white. In granite scree. Photo Lewisia rediviva v. minor (3x5,Z5,P,L,3:8w) …………………………………............….... 90 seeds / $3.50 74315.45 (W) Mono Co., CA, 8000ft, 2439m. Dwarfer than the Nevada population but perhaps only because of the higher altitude. Ligularia soldanella (Asteraceae) (5x12,Z3,P,L,1) ................................................................ 35 seeds / $4.00 76754.38 (W) Summit Co., CO, 12600ft, 3841m. One of the best in the genus with succulent, dark beet-red to nearly black leaves. Short-scaped flowers with wide yellow petals. W-facing steep screes. Photo Lilium concolor v. strictum (Liliaceae) (60x20,Z6,P,C,5) ...................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50 12761.07 This beautiful dwarf Chinese lily has star-like, glossy, vermilion flowers. Lilium aff. pardalinum (120x25, Z6, P, C, 5) ......................................................................... 90 seeds / $3.00 70174.15 (W) Josephine Co., OR, 2100ft, 640m. Flowers not seen but leaves look typical for the species. Lilium pumilum (40x15,Z6,P,C,5) .......................................................................................... 30 seeds / $4.00 70956.06 Pendant, orange-red to vermilion flowers with a glossy sheen. Very narrow leaves. Lilium washingtonianum (120x30,Z5,P,C,5) …….............................…………………….... 40 seeds / $4.00 92176.15 (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 4750ft, 1448m. Magnificent long and narrow white trumpets of heavy substance and powerful fragrance. On S-facing, dry volcanic slopes. Photo Linanthastrum nuttallii (Polemoniaceae) (14x18, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) ……….................……..... 45 seeds / $2.50 58978.14 (W) Lake Co., CO, 11300ft, 3445m. From a central rootstalk arise scores of stems covered with needled leaves in whorls at intervals. White, tubular flowers emanate from every node. Linaria purpurea (Scrophulariaceae) (40x18, Z5, P, L, 1) ………………………................ 100 seeds / $2.50 70974.03 From clumps of linear, glaucous leaves erupt dense racemes of innumerable purple-violet flowers with curved spurs. Linum kingii (Linaceae) (7x10,Z5,P,GL,3:6w) ....................................................................... 50 seeds / $4.00 52558.38 (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6700ft, 2042m. Highly ornamental, powder-blue, spiraling foliage sprouts heads of lemon yellow flowers with helicopter-like petals. Loves calcareous soils. Linum rigidum (10x12,A,C,3:6w) ........................................................................................ 100 seeds / $3.00 74532.27 (W) Baca Co., CO, 5100ft, 1555m. Attractive and long-blooming annuals which appeared by the millions in southeast Colorado in the spring of 2007, turning whole fields apricot. Photo Linum viscosum (20x15,Z4,P,C,1) …………………………………………........................ 45 seeds / $3.00 90576.06 Whorled, viscid leaves on upright stems bedecked with saucers of deep lavender-pink. Photo Loeseliastrum matthewsii (Polemoniaceae) (4x10, A, L, 3:6w) ….............……………….. 100 seeds / $2.00 56178.15 (W) Inyo Co., CA, 4600ft, 1400m. Lavender-pink fls with white bands / maroon splotches. Lomatium columbianum (Apiaceae) (90x50, Z7, P, C, 3:8w) …………….................……... 20 seeds / $3.00 12756.24 (W) Klickitat Co., WA, 250ft, 76m. Huge mounds of blue, dissected, glaucous foliage carry umbels of ruby-red flowers very early in the spring, followed by enormous fruit. On basalt. Lomatium dissectum v. multifidum (100x65,Z4,P,C,4:8w) .................................................. 30 seeds / $3.00 15591.46 (W) Custer Co., ID, 6000ft, 1829m. Impressive plants with expansive, feathery, emerald-green leaves and broad umbels of deep purplish flowers. This is the hardiest population yet found. Lomatium macdougalii (12x9, Z5, P, C, 4:8w) …………………............………………….. 45 seeds / $3.50 56112.13 (W) Yavapai Co., AZ, 5900ft, 1800m. One is immediately struck by the exceptionally beautiful leaves of fine filigree covered with downy hairs. One of the tiniest Lomatium species, with yellowish flowers often tinged purple. Lomatium macrocarpum (12x14, Z6, P, C, 4:8w) …………………….............………….... 40 seeds / $3.00 56113.24 (W) Chelan Co., WA, 5700ft, 1738m. Large white umbels over finely pinnate gray leaves. Lomatium mohavense (10x10, Z6, P, RC, 4:8w) ……………………………..............….... 75 seeds / $3.00 56735.11 (W) San Bernadino Co., CA, 6100ft, 1860m. Hairy, dissected foliage, globe-flower umbels. Luetkea pectinata (Rosaceae) (9x60,Z6,P,L,1) ……………………………….......……... 100 seeds / $3.00 70312.35 (W) Deschutes Co., OR, 6900ft, 2104m. The mossy-looking rosettes form extensive, bright-green carpets on the forest floor up to 30 feet across. Short spikes of creamy-yellow flowers. Lupinus lepidus v. aridus (Fabaceae) (25x30,Z6,P,SC,1) ……............................................. 40 seeds / $3.50 54371.26 (W) Yakima Co., WA, 3300ft, 1006m. Compact, dense racemes of deep royal blue, the large banners snow white, over mounds of hairy, gray leaves. On volcanic loam derived from basalt. Photo Lupinus leucophyllus v. belliae (70x40,Z4,P,SC,1) …………………………...................... 10 seeds / $3.50 54291.16 (W) Blaine Co., ID, 4700ft, 1433m. Vigorous plants unfurl dense racemes of cream to very pale lilac flowers over silvery-green, hairy leaves. Great for the specimen area of the garden. Lupinus obtusilobus (Fabaceae) (35x35,Z6,P,SC,1) .............................................................. 30 seeds / $3.50 71078.16 (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 3500ft, 1067m. Small, palmate leaves, densely silky-hairy on both sides. Spikes of blue flowers. Lychnis alpina (Caryophyllaceae) (14x16,Z4,P,L,3:4w) ......................................................... 40 seeds / $3.00 15472.06 Ex Austria. Leafy tufts bear many compact heads of deep pink to purple-pink flowers. Lychnis miqueliana (55x25, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) ….............................……………............…..... 40 seeds / $3.00 56572.14 Plants bear several stems clothed in ovate leaves and heads of numerous apricot flowers. Lychnis wilfordii (40x20,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ................................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 92554.06 One of the most attractive Lychnis, from Japan. Spidery, laciniate, blood-red flowers over ovate, light green foliage. Rare and beautiful. Macronema discoideum (Asteraceae) (35x35,Z3,P,C,2) ....................................................... 40 seeds / $3.00 15586.27 (W) Lake Co., CO, 10800ft, 3293m. Small shrubs of fragrant foliage (faintly of cinnamon) are topped with creamy heads resembling shaving brushes in late summer. Maihuenia poeppigii (Cactaceae) (6x60, Z6, P, GL, 4:6w) ……………………............….... 50 seeds / $4.00 70638.11 (W) Volcán Antuco, VIII Reg., Chile, 5500ft, 1677m. Prickly mats with white spines and small finger-like, terete leaves. Yellow fls. appear in summer and are followed by egg-like capsules. Malacothamnus fremontii (Malvaceae) (80x40,Z6,P,SC,1) ……………..............……….... 40 seeds / $3.50 30753.25 (W) Tulare Co., CA, 6500ft, 1982m. A deciduous subshrub with ovate, white-felted leaves, giving an overall gray-green cast to the plants. Hundreds of pale purple flowers line the stems. Mammillaria grahamii (Cactaceae) (7x4, Z7, P, GL, 2) ………………..….…..................... 50 seeds / $3.00 32751.14 (W) Douglas, AZ. Well-spined bodies with hooked centrals bear nice pink flowers. Mammillaria grahamii v. oliviae (5x3, Z7, P, GL, 2) ………………………....................... 40 seeds / $3.00 32752.13 White-spined bodies bear attractive flowers of magenta with broad white tips. Mammillaria heyderi (6x10,Z6,P,L,2) ……………………………………............……...... 40 seeds / $3.00 35308.15 (W) Kent Co., TX, 1800ft, 550m. JRT4181 Flat stems about 4" round. Short, typical yellow or red spines with dark tips. Creamy, pink-tinted flowers in rings with mid-stripes, followed by bright red fruits. Mammillaria heyderi v. nova (4x6,Z6,P,L,2) ……………………...........……………….... 30 seeds / $4.00 35309.15 (W) Wichita Co., TX, 1000ft, 305m. JRT4182 Flat stems only 3" or less in diameter but with much longer spines than usual. The radials are 7/16" long and the centrals are 5/16" long, in a wine-red color. Creamy white, pink-tinged flowers with mid-stripes. Likely a new variant. Limited. Mammillaria meiacantha (2x15, Z6, P, L, 2) ........................................................................ 90 seeds / $3.00 56251.10 (W) Eddy Co., NM, 5750ft, 1753m. Flat bodies with prominent tubercles bearing pink flowers followed by red fruits. Mammillaria meiacantha (15x8,Z6,P,L,2) ………………………………………................ 40 seeds / $3.00 56251.25 (W) Pecos Co., TX, 3200ft, 976m. JRT4191 Giant stems over 6" in diameter by 3" tall. Metallic-hued flowers often in double rings, white with tannish mid-stripes, followed by reddish-purple fruits. Mammillaria meiacantha (4x8,Z6,P,L,2) ……………………………….............………..... 40 seeds / $3.00 56251.35 (W) San Miguel Co., NM, 4000ft, 1220m. JRT5191 Nice blue-green-tinted stems about 4" in diameter. Flowers and fruits like 56251.25. Mammillaria meridiorosei (8x4, Z7, P, L, 2) ........................................................................ 45 seeds / $3.00 56384.14 (W) Eddy Co., NM, 5500ft, 1676m. Densely-spined, small barrels / nice pink to purple flowers. Mammillaria wrightii (3x8, Z5, P, L, 2) …………………………...……….............……..... 30 seeds / $3.50 92755.24 Ex Manzano Mtns. Non-clustering stems, fine hooked brown spines, large magenta flowers. Maurandya acerifolia (Scrophulariaceae) (2x24, Z8, P, L, 1) …………...............………..... 80 seeds / $3.00 01238.11 (W) Maricopa Co., AZ, 2900ft, 884m. Scalloped, hairy, maple-shaped leaves bear 3/4” long, tubular white flowers, shading to pale yellow in the throat. On E-facing cliffs of rhyolite. Maurandya wislizenii (100x60, Z7, P, L, 3:6w) …………………………………................ 40 seeds / $3.00 92586.14 (W) Socorro Co., NM, 4800ft, 1463m. Vines with sagittate leaves, striking 1” soft blue flowers. Melampodium leucanthum (14x22, Z5, P, C, 1) ................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.00 54292.14 (W) Fremont Co., CO, 4800ft, 1465m. “Blackfoot Daisy.” Pure white Zinnia-like blossoms on symmetrical mounds nearly all summer. Excellent for hot, dry sites. Enjoys limey soils.
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