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A
beautiful foliage plant for cool moist conditions, the rounded
heart-shaped leaves are of a leathery texture on fine wire like
stems. Evergreen leaves are flushed with reddish tints. Leaf size
varies directly with moisture. Due to double chromosomes some plants
are half again as big as the ones with single chromosomes. Needs
ACID soil. 
A favorite ground-cover for shady locations with whorls of leaves & fragrant white flowers. Often used in 'May Wine'. Gets ragged in summer during droughts -- just mow it! Will take full sun if well-watered. Can be
inter-planted with Vinca minor for longer, two-toned flowering.
Pendulous, brilliant white flowers on 24"-48" stems every Summer. Native to the Cape Province of South Africa, it grows well in average garden soil and appreciates good drainage and full sun. You may find self-sown seedlings in the bed where it resides.
Stunning in mass.
An
acid loving shrub from China for a sheltered place with wonderful
PURPLE, MAUVE and BLUE BERRIES on the same plant, instead of the red
found on our Native. Found in warm, temperate woodlands.
Beautiful sprays of white flowers. Evergreen but good fall
color. Spreading. Can be used for tall groundcover.
Native
to Alaska but more than happy to move all the way down zone 8B! A
broad, shiny leafed evergreen with fine serrations, white scented
blooms in spring followed by stunning white berries. White
urn-shaped flowers in long clusters. Spreads by short stolons to
form a mat forming thicket. Foliage is deep bronzy red when young.
Similar in habit to Gaultheria procumbens but with more leathery
leaves. Easy as long as the roots don't dry out. An excellent
understory groundcover.
Native woodland plant with simple,
evergreen, serrated, dark shiny green leaves. Produces the famed wintergreen odor when
crushed. Leaves are whorled in a cluster at the tips of the
plants. White flowers in July are followed by red berries,
1/2" in August to September. Red tinted winter
leaves. Our clone of this plant is ASTOUNDING!
Huge, huge, huge berries! At least 1/2" when many forms
of this plant have 1/4" berries.
This pink form of Gaura is an
erect, clump-forming perennial which generally grows 30-36" tall on
rigid, wiry stems. Showcasing 4-petaled, butterfly-like
flowers which emerge rose pink from deep maroon buds. These
blooms appear in open panicles, several at a time over a long bloom
period from spring to autumn. The narrow, lance-shaped leaves
to 3" long are mottled with maroon. Tap-rooted so don't move
after it's established. Prune hard at winter's end to keep it
tight and compact instead of leggy.
Graceful
flowering stems with pure white blooms in abundance and resemble
Flying Butterflies hence the common name. Perfect in the
cottage garden or informal border and glorious in mass. Grows
in Zone 5&6 but needs mulch in winter. 'So White' is a
pure white form of the species. 
The largest of the white cultivars and a
big lovely plant it is. Can reach 6' in height but generally
stays around 4' with a few extra tall wands. Close to
everblooming. Usually starts to bloom a week or two earlier
than the others as well. The white flowers often have a blush
of pink and come from pink buds. 
An
easy to grow Gentian with tubular, deep blue blooms tubular flowers
with whitish throats open from leaf axils or in terminal clusters in
late summer. Reaching 10" tall with shiny, dark green foliage,
it must have lime-free soil. Mounding foliage is a bit more
sprawling than others due to its long thin foliage similar to a
wider leaved Liriope near the base. Delightful! Only
look at this
From
famed Epimedium hybridizer Darrell Probst comes this bountiful flowering, true
blue gentian. Bell flower blooms are HUGE 2" wide and
upward-facing and appear up and down the medium green stems.
Lance shaped leaves. Blooms from midsummer into early Fall
(long for a Gentian!)
Protect from afternoon sun in hotter zones.
Rich
sapphire blue flowers are produced in late spring on the 2' wide
clumper, thanks to the parentage of G. pratense. The color really
glows when set next to golden foliaged plants. If you have killed G.
'Johnson's Blue', try this one... much easier to please, the form is
quite similar, but not floppy. The foliage is deeply serrated like
lace doilies. The BEST BLUE. 
Gorgeous
star shaped carmine red blooms with thin
petals reminds one of a Silene virginica. Named for French
Actress Catherine Deneuve. Vigorous grower, it blooms from May
through September with a flower very unique to the Genus.
Dilys
forms mounds up to 10 inches tall and 3-4 feet wide! The flowers are a
soft purple with deep veins and last from July until October. Its
growth habit is such that it weaves in & around other plants or
rocks. Good ground cover or for hanging baskets or over walls.
Destined for great popularity! We are just crazy about Dilys.
It never stopped blooming on the bench the entire summer.
The
species from which so many great cultivars have come. Medium
pink blooms over fragrant semi-evergreen foliage makes a great
groundcover -- one of few plants that will live under a maple.
Rhizomatous (creeping) but easy to control -- not a rampant
spreader.
A
stupendous geranium, suitable for use as a groundcover or specimen.
Takes very well-drained conditions from Sun (w/ average moisture)
to Dry Shade -- like under a maple. Great scent. Czakor is an
improved 'Bevan's Variety' -- deep magenta pink flowers w/
contrasting red sepals - the darkest in the species. Rhizomatous.
Fragrant foliage. 
Blooms
May-June & sporadically thereafter. Apple scented, light green,
glossy leaves turn bronze & scarlet in autumn. Drought tolerant
when established. Semi-evergreen. Rhizomatous, quick spreader. Great
Ground Cover plant. Found by Walter Ingwersen on Mt. Kopriunik
in Yugoslavia in 1929. AKA, Geranium
'Walter Ingwersen'
Compact,
carpeting, useful as weed-suppressing ground cover. Apple scented
leaves turn bronze & scarlet in autumn. Semi-evergreen. Drought
tolerant when established. Rhizomatous, quick spreader. THIS IS THE
TRUE PLANT w/ a *white bloom (not pink) & pink sepals from Dr.
Hans Simon. 
All
the characteristics of the other Geranium macrorrhizums but with an
additional 'delicious' attribute -- it's variegated! So even
when it's not in bloom, it has something to offer. Creamy
white edges and streaks on the mid- green leaves. The
Magenta flowers have huge rose-red calyces that give this Geranium a
gorgeous distinctive look (and this is true for all the G.
macrorrhizums as well.) 
A
sweet Eastern woodland native that perks up a shady area in early
spring. Upward, saucer shaped 1 to 1 1/2" rosy-lilac
flowers in spring for 6-7 weeks! Needs adequate
moisture or will yellow and/or go Summer Dormant. Deeply
cut, palmately 5-lobed, dark green leaves (to 6" across).
Blooms give way to distinctive, beaked seed capsules which give rise
to the common name of crane's bill.
A bronze foliaged form of our Native Geranium. We
originally acquired a plug tray of it at the PPA meeting this in
2002 where new perennials are introduced then auctioned as a fundraiser.
So we were one of the first to introduce this beauty to the trade.
This
patented Geranium has masses of small, pale pink bloom with dark
pink veins throughout the summer on erect, branching stems above
deeply lobed foliage. Happy in sun or light shade, it will
encourage winged visitors to your garden. Shear after bloom
for tidiness and possible rebloom. Discovered in 2004 at the
prestigious Dutch nursery, Rijhnbeek (for whence this and many of
our plants come) and named for the owner's daughter-in-law is a
cross between G. endressi and G. sylvaticum 'Mayflower'. A
wonderful, vigorous performer!
From
the namesake’s French nursery, this shade lover produces generous
clumps of broad medium green leaves and smoky pink blossoms with a
white eye trimmed with a slate blue ring and dark veins. Strong
growing palmate foliage is divided into toothed lobes with chocolate
blotches. Blooms forever!
A
sterile hybrid between Geranium collinum and Geranium 'Kasmir
Purple' which puts on a fabulous display of violet blooms with
darker purple veins with spaced petals and white centers. The
fine, cut-leaf foliage is large, 'casually arranged' and the starry
violet flowers just float above it. But most of all, it blooms
from MID-MAY TO MID-OCTOBER, especially in cooler areas! 
Selected
for it's long bloom season (begins flowering in early May).
Flowering INCREASES throughout the season and by mid-summer, is just
crowded with small rosy blooms. Foliage is attractive
bronzy-green which makes a superb backdrop to the vivid rosy pink
blooms. Prefers neutral or somewhat alkaline soil!
A good spreader and filler between plants! More like a
groundcover. This is possibly
the most exciting Geranium introduced to trade in years! Very
different!
Big,
bold dark green foliage. Bright pink-magenta flowers with a black,
star-shaped center. EVERBLOOMING -- around 7 months in our area. But
more fabulous -- it's huge -- it's more like a shrub! There is
nothing else like this Geranium. Really! Clean, deep
green foliage is excellent. Hybrid by THE Geranium
Breeder
Alan Bremner of Scotland of G. endressii x G. psilostemon. Will often make it
in Zone 4 if sited well but doesn't do well south of Zone 8.
Pale
green leaves, un-blotched (so un-like the typical G. phaeum) and
dark 'Raven' purple blue (near black) flowers from May through July.
A selection of Geranium phaeum 'Lily Lovell' found at Rainforest
Gardens in British Columbia.
Samobor
has typical G. phaeum flowers, but the large leaves are arrestingly
zoned with dark brown. Stunning with gold hostas. Wonderful for
foliage effect. Prefers moist soil but tolerates deep, dry shade.
Planted in isolation, reseeds reasonably true. Cut back after
flowering for renewed, beautiful foliage. Easy to grow selections
from Croatia. Self seeds true (with the dark leaf zone) if no
other G. phaeums are around.
One of the larger geraniums, w/ 4-6" wide, shiny-green, serrated leaves. Because of the plant's height, it often needs support to remain upright -- plant w/ leggy azaleas, etc. Self seeds but if you don't want babies, shear when the flowers are past their best. Dense clump-forming habit. 
From
June on, 'Laura' is smothered with DOUBLE white blooms on downy
stems. The cut leaves create a mound of fresh green foliage
that's delightful in the border or cottage garden. This
sterile clone, like all sterile plants, is determined to set seed
and when it doesn't, just keeps trying by producing more and more
blooms. And, no self-seeding like her fertile relatives.
Astounding white blooms splished and
splashed with dark purple-blue over mounding green foliage. A
vigorous selection. Comes true from seed most of the time.
4-6" wide shiny-green, serrated leaves on one of the larger
Geraniums. Dense clumping habit. Easy care and low
maintenance once established. Takes more shade than most.
This
Cranesbill has purplish blue flowers with dark veins in striking
harmony with it's appealing, rough textured, gray-green foliage. The
foliage is quite different than most Hardy Geraniums and quite
lovely. Must have
well-drained soil.
A
Perennial Cranesbill to 18 in. high with much divided basal leaves;
small sprays of comparatively large, luminous dark violet-blue (like
denim) flowers with dark violet (almost black) stamens. A RARE species from Russia
and the Caucasus where it grows in meadows. Similar to G.
pratense but not so tall. Hardy to at least -10 degrees.
Possibly
the most in demand Geranium in the trade and with good reason!
It's
the Geranium of the Millennium according to the President of Blooms
of Bressingham, Adrian Bloom! Has large single violet-blue flowers
with white centers, appearing from June until the first frosts. A
combination of a long flowering period and vigor makes it a winner
even if the blooms weren't riveting. Huge 2 1/2" blooms.
G. wallichianum 'Buxtons Variety' and G. himalayense hybrid. *Dr.
Leonard Perry suggest Zone 3-4 on the cold end and we defer to his
expert opinion.
An
exciting new Geranium hybrid (G. procurrens x G.lambertii) noted for
it's chartreuse foliage and pale lilac blooms with darkest violet
veins. Similar to G. 'Ann Folkard' but different color blooms. Great
Plant Picks describes it's rambling habit as a great "knitter' for
the borders, scrambling around amongst it's neighbors knitting in
the bare spots. A long bloomer, from MAY UNTIL FROST, pair those
abundant blooms with deep blue Salvia's. If by chance, she grows too
abundantly, just shear her back, fertilize lightly and it will put
forth new tidy leaves and flowers.
Cultivars come and cultivars go.
The same with color. One years white's in and the next year
not but honestly, sometimes it's just hard to beat the species!
Especially this one! Plus it's a specific size that might be
just the size you need! Not dwarf, not huge but maybe just
right!
We
had it for years. It's easy, dependable, then we got caught up
in all the hot new hybrids and we discontinued it for awhile.
Well, of course, in 2003, G. sang. Alba (and all of the G. sanguineum) just
"showed itself" in our well-rained-on gardens and everybody wanted
it! Actually a plant that should be commonly available
but is always hard to find!
Compact,
mounding dark green foliage covered in carmine pink saucer-shaped
flowers. One of the most compact of the 'Bloody Cranesbill' --
Perennials Geraniums. Makes a tidy edger, great in troughs, perfect
in the Rockery. Deeply lobed, foliage turns red in Fall. Cut back
after bloom for re-bloom, often several times.
A
delightful, dwarf beautifully compact form of this classic Geranium. Beautiful in
trough or pot where the 2" tall but 18" wide foliage will
creep down over the edge. There very cold hardy, so even in zone 5 they
can live in a pot. The 1/2' Magenta blooms look huge compared
to the dwarf form. Also sold as G. sanguineum 'Little Bead' but our form is at the low
end of the height scale where some reach 4".
A
clump-forming perennial which forms a spreading mound of
foliage. Deeply-lobed, dark green leaves which often turns
attractive shades of red in autumn, set off 5 petaled, light pink
blooms with dark pink veins in May & June. Shearing after
flowering may encourage additional light bloom. Makes a
wonderful drought tolerant groundcover.
Much
larger than the typical G. sanguineum, generally 15" tall and
24" wide with 1" wide purplish-red blooms in spring to
early summer for 6-7 weeks. Cut plants back to about 4"
after the first heavy flush of blooms and you with improve the
foliage and encourage rebloom.
A
hardy and unknown Geranium species from Japan with rounded,
shallowly lobed leaves. Flared funnel shaped flowers are
rose-pink with a white center and veined with dark purple over
compact clumps of attractively glossy, marbled gray on green foliage
on trailing stems. Blooms on and off from July through
fall. Occasionally a lucky recipient will get a twice cut
frilly form which makes each bloom appear to have 15 petals instead
of 5. We know they were in our seed mix and will save them for
parent stock if we see them bloom BUT you might get one if your
order ships before bloom time! Needs adequate moisture during
the growing season but well-drained in winter. Hardy to - 15
degrees C.
Most
Geraniums have a single color flower, possibly with darker veins,
but 'Starman' has two tone, purplish pink blooms with fuchsia
veining AND Fuchsia markings near the center - like a Fuchsia star
in the center. It's an extraordinary burst of color in your
garden from June through August. Mounding foliage is nice too,
but nearly impossible to see when 'Starman' is in bloom!
However, the green leaves develop a distinctive purplish-red color
in Autumn. Introduced by Marco van Noort.
Geranium
'Sweet Heidy' (named for his wife) is the next breeding work from
Marco van Noort in Holland. The result of crossing blue and
pink flowered varieties of G. wallichianum (from which it gets it
long blooming and trailing habit) while bringing a new dimension to
its color. Similar in habit and looks to van Noort's 'Jolly
Bee' and 'Rozanne' but with a Purple Blue blooms, shading to pink
and a more prominent white central area, giving it extra 'pop'.
Deep purple veins and stamens! B
A
Blooms of Bressingham Introduction discovered by Sylvia Morrow, IK.
An dependable Geranium with vivid pink 1-1.5" bloom with pale
centers in early summer through frost. (In the hottest area, may
take a brief rest during July.) Mounding green foliage turns red in
Fall. TAPROOTED which is unusual for a Geranium so divide or
transplant with caught. Dead-heading keeps plants tidy and encourage
more blooming. Per the patent abstract, "A new and distinct cultivar
of Geranium plant named 
A
new Geranium to the trade with what we think is just a great
name! From the gardens of Germany's Countess Helen Von Stein's
Nursery and grower Rolf Offenthal comes this hybrid between G.
psilostemon and G. sanguineum. With very cutleaf green
foliage, up to 24" wide, it's topped all summer with
lavender/magenta flowers that are over an inch wide. Forms a vigorous
sprawling mat of blooms. Widely available in Germany, it's hard to
find here.
Extremely
free flowering. Each upward facing white flower looks like the
purple webbing has been carefully drawn on it with a fine colored
pencil. Rabbit and slug resistant lobed, toothed foliage is
semi-evergreen, mounding and makes a fine groundcover. Not fussy
about soil or light. In midsummer, if needed, rejuvenate plants that
are beginning to look weary, by removing old flowered stems and
leaves.
A
12-15" tall bushy grower with beautiful, soft greyish hairy leaves
& dark purple spots. Distinctive leaves are sharply cut &
turn a beautiful reddish color in Fall. Flowers in late season w/
dusky magenta-purple or sometimes pink w/ dark veins. Native from
Mongolia & China. Takes sun well if soil is
well-watered. This unknown Geranium really, really should be
used more. Wonderful furry leaves.
A sport of Geranium 'Jolly Bee' with a
18" wide mass of robust marbled green foliage that likes to weave
amongst other plant and that is topped with HUGE 2.5" wide rose flowers with dark veins from June
through frost. Not sure why it's call 'pink' penny 'cause it
isn't -- pink that is. More like a fuchsia purple or a rose
but not pink as in 'baby pink'. A G. wallichianum hybrid, 'Rozanne'
has to share the title for longest blooming Geranium with this
winner! They
both just won't stop! 
Similar
to 'Spessart', white w/ a touch of pink at the petal base & pink
stamens, appears pale pink from a distance. Leaves slightly lighter
green & a bit larger & more suitable where a large mass is
required. Shiny green leaves turn mahogany in winter. Hanging
baskets! Makes a great, non-aggressive Evergreen Groundcover. Beautiful,
even in winter when the foliage takes on burgundy hues..
Another
great geranium -- new to the trade. Karmina is Biokovo's sister but
with much darker blooms -- raspberry-pink. Same incredibly
dependable performance. Delightful fragrance in the foliage - try
laying one on a light bulb to perfume a room. Can be used as a slow,
superb, evergreen weed suppressing groundcover. Takes dry shade. Great looking in
winter with burgundy hues to the foliage. 
Another
new hybrid form the combination of G. dalmaticum and G.
macrorrhizum, this time w/ a deep baby pink bloom with a hint of
purple. Slightly
glossy green foliage - midway between the leaves of it's two
parents. It spreads to a nice flat mound and is wonderful as a
semi-evergreen, weed suppressing groundcover that is adaptable
and tough. This is the LOW GROWER of the group.
White
flowers for a long season atop fragrant evergreen leaves. A
2009 "Great Plant Pick" for the Pacific Northwest.
Purportedly an improved, more vigorous (according to some sources) 'Biokova'.
Others say the differences are slight but worth mentioning:
Biokova flowers age to salmon more quickly, St. Ola holds the white
longer so if the white is your desire this should appear more white
longer than 'Biokova'. 
Deep
lilac pink flowers, 2" across, veined magenta, gray-green foliage.
Vigorous & almost bush like, this geranium makes an EXCELLENT
groundcover. Self seeds some -- usually true. A very different type
of geranium. Remains bushy even in deep shade. Semi-evergreen to
evergreen depending on climate. Clear deep pink, veined almost
red.
A
new introduction from the Orkney Islands by Richard Rendall and
named for his daughter with a profusion of small bright red pink
blooms from May to October. Petals are notched and distinctly
separate. Foliage is a delicious chocolate red when emerging,
turning to green, on a low growing, reliable, hardy and adaptable
Perennial destined for popularity. Much shorter than the
typical oxonianum hybrid.
Okay,
now does this just have to be the best name ever! Another
plant like Fuzzy Navel that you just have to have because of the
name! But in addition to the apt name, it IS a slammer!
A hybrid with a unique color combination of deep orange with
red-tipped single and semi-double flower on Burgundy Red stems.
The 10" tall and wide short clumper has blooms on 18" stems just
begging to be cut and brought inside!
Clump
forming perennial with upright basal leaves to 8". Stem leaves
are deeply toothed but unlobed. From late spring to late summer,
brick-red to burnt orange flowers, 1 1/2" across, with
spreading petals & conspicuous yellow stamens. One of the Best
Perennials in our Gardens
With
a low mound of golden-chartreuse foliage (it's compelling feature),
wiry stems with bright orange-red blooms in May - June it's a winner
where ever you want a bright spot in the front of the border.
Best with protection from afternoon sun in hot summer areas.
Divide fall or spring if desired. Eos is the goddess of dawn
if you're curious about the name! Somewhat shy to bloom it's
primarily a foliage plant.
VERY new
to the trade with nodding yellow blooms in spring and early summer
over semi-evergreen foliage. Great for cut flowers, attracts
butterflies but deer don't like them. Silly deer!
Another of the 
A
new introduction from wholesaler Blooming Nursery of Oregon in
shades of orange, gold, mango and apricot in large, double blooms
that are shaped a bit like a rose. We're not sure whether to
look at it or eat it! Evergreen foliage looks neat and
tidy all year. Because it's sterile it has extra energy to put
into blooms instead of seed.
A
delightful new hybrid which has a burgundy calyx (bud) which opens
to a ruffled, apricot bloom with a rose blush. Blooms lighten
to peach as they mature. All the colors of a good 'Mai Tai'!
The semi-double flowers reach 1 1/2" across and sit atop burgundy
stems. Exhibits hybrid vigor and is more adaptable and longer
lived than the older chiloense types. A fast grower
rarely bothered by disease or pests. Needs at least 4-6 hours
direct sun. Another from the the 'Cocktail' Series of Geums
The
second introduction from the Cocktail Series of Geums from Intrinsic
Perennial Gardens. A hybrid with yellow flowers tipped in
grenadine/rose. Single and semi-double blooms start in May and
continue for a month. Dark red stems and lush foliage provide the
perfect back drop for this exciting bloom color that mimics the
cocktail it's named for. Occasional blooms throughout the
season.
One
of the sweetest, most delicate looking Eastern Native Plants but it
only looks delicate -- quite the tough customer actually.
Airy, star-shaped 5-petaled white blooms about fine foliage.
Looks best massed but even a single specimen is lovely. Good
seed heads for winter interest
Originally acquired years ago from Dick Weaver at the old We-Du
Nursery and sold then as G. x gandavensis. It forms a showy clump in the garden & provides excellent cut
flowers. Soft yellow blossoms, blushed with red in the center, top 3
ft. spikes in June and July. This plant is
STUNNING! Read the quote above to see why we're now calling
Gladiolus x gandavensis under it's new 'study' name, 'Carolina
Primrose' Can survive in Zone 6 with heavy snow cover or in a
protected spot.
Gorgeous
salmon blooms on a hardy Perennials Glad. Handsome
sword-shaped leaves. Dark purplish pink streaked lower petals
on 4" wide blooms. A high altitude glad from the Drakensburg
Mountains of South Africa is dependably hardy.
From
the Eastern Cape of South Africa, this vigorous colonizing species
has slightly nodding creamy-yellow blooms MOST OFTEN with large
purplish blotches on the lower petals. Grown from
wild-collected seed which is generally very consistent, it's
possible to get some variation. The species also has mauve to
yellow forms
One
of the most highly prized plants in horticulture according to Tony
Avent but only for those gardens in cooler areas or warm on the West Coast!
If you can grow it, you must have it! Beautiful silky blooms
to 3" wide like a Peony and palmate leaves to 6" like an
Anemone. Pricy, in part because it's slow to reach sale size
but slow is always a good quality because it means long lived and
not an aggressive neighbor.
"One of the world's truly great plants" according to our friend
Ellen Hornig of the former Seneca Hills Perennials. See NARGS
Tight,
compact mounds. Slow growing, deep rooted rockery plant. Small,
star-like blue flowers. Evergreen oliage turns rich purple in winter. It
deserves a special spot among treasures of limy scree. Root as they
creep along. Spoon shaped leaves. Bulbs may grow through Globularias.
Tough, dependable, slowly creeping and one of our best
rock garden plants. 
Russian
variety which furnishes the dried white statice used in dried
arrangements. Begins in the second year, but doesn't really come
into full flower production until the third year. "Tolerant of heat,
strong sun & some drought once established. Rarely seen in
American garden, it's effect is subtle & graceful. Sprays of
tiny, silvery-white flowers. 
A
miniature Gunnera with attractive, rounded leaves that has bronze
winter foliage and bronzed new spring growth. Perfect for the pond
edge or wet spot. Great texture and bright red, finger size stalks
of berries in winter that are stunning - think Christmas decoration!
Aster
relative w/ white, yellow-centered daisies that blooms & blooms
& blooms! Though the flowers are not large, the exuberance &
duration of flowering places this plant at the top of the list of
late summer bloomers. Rhizomatous. Hardy. Self-seeds some. We
just love this plant! You
absolutely and simply should have this in your garden!
AKA. Aster savatieri (but incorrect).
A
tufted species from the Himalayan region, it has soft, stalked,
grayish-green leaves. Blooming from early summer to autumn, the
white flowers, pinkish-purple veined. Must have a spot in full sun
with well-drained soil. This is a very different looking Baby's
Breath -- not at all what you're used to and one of our very
favorite plants!
Positively
teeming with tiny white flowers in summer. Good along a front
border or creeping in a path or over a wall. A dense mat of gray
foliage. Stems are often red. Need a Ph close to neutral. Tap rooted
and not easily moved once established. 
CA
The same as the white form only with
tiny pink flowers in summer. Also good along a front border,
creeping in a pat or hanging over a wall. A dense mat of gray
foliage. Stems are often red. Needs pH close to neutral.
Tap rooted and not easily moved once established.
