Wrightman Alpines Nursery 2021 Fall Plant List
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Wrightman Alpines Nursery 2021 Fall Plant List A001 Acantholimon armenum Sun prodMessage: $14 Very dense, spiny cushions of blue-gray; pink flowers in early June. Easy and long lived; we have twelve-year old plants which have formed hummocks about 10cm x 30cm. A226 Acantholimon saxifragiforme Sun prodMessage: $14 New Very tight spiny silver cushions with prominent bright pink flowers; about 5-10cm. A choice Pavelka collection; Sipikor Dag, Turkey. A196 Acantholimon trojanum Sun prodMessage: $12 Dense, silvery cushions with big rose/pink flowers ~10cm tall; from Kaz Dag, Turkey: 1600m. A340 Acanthus hirsutus prodMessage: $12 A375 Achillea ageratifolia prodMessage: $10 New A291 Aethionema armenum Sun prodMessage: $9 Compact 10cm evergreen mound of soft pink blooms. Easy to grow and will gently self seed about. Jurasek collection from Turkey. A147 Allium flavum v. minus Sun prodMessage: $10 Dwarf form from Turkey with umbels of bright yellow flowers; delightfully curled leaves, 12cm.. A219 Allium forrestii Sun prodMessage: $10 A diminutive species growing at 4500m on the rocky slopes of Beima Shan in Yunnan; big red/purple flowers on short stems. A288 Allium kurtzianum Sun prodMessage: $10 Dense pinkish-purple clusters in summer. Grows to just 10cm high; excellent trough specimen. Rare endemic of NW Turkey; Jurasek collection. A362 Allium senescens ssp. glaucum Sun prodMessage: $10 New The bluish-gray, flat, curling "cowlick onion" leaves just can't be ignored in any garden, including the rockery. Drought tolerant, deer resistant, and a much appreciated late summer bloomer of pink globes. Half the size of the species with leaves reaching 15cm in height. A307 Allium thunbergii alba Sun prodMessage: $9 Just when you think the garden is done for the season, this easy to please gem brightens the day. Forms tidy clumps; stems 20cm high hold clear white blooms until frost. A318 Allium thunbergii 'Ozawa' Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $9 Just when you think all plants will have shut down blooming in the fall, this allium wakes up and gives you one last bouquet. And the flowers last for months, even after light frosts! Elegant ‘Ozawa’ flowers are held about 30cm high; rich purple with reddish undertones. Delicate, grassy leaves don’t distract from the blooms. Very easy to grow, and the deer of course don’t like them. From Gabriella Costea seed. A194 Allium virgunculae Sun prodMessage: $10 A very dainty allium with thin green leaves in a neat tuft bearing blue/purple flowers in the autumn until frost. Lacking a name only adds to its allure. 10 cm A137 Andromeda polifolia Ft. Chimo Sun prodMessage: $11 A collection from northern Canada which has proven to be a good grower; needle like leaves of bluish green; pink flowers; 30cm. A379 Androsace carnea v. halleri prodMessage: $11 New A251 Androsace hedraeantha Sun prodMessage: $12 Clusters of 2-4 pink flowers on small green cushions, shiny, pointed leaves. 2400m; Sar Planina, Macedonia. A151 Androsace minor Sun prodMessage: $12 New From 4200m Kangding , Sechuan; bright, lime green rosettes, very miniature in size; large white flowers. A283 Androsace robusta ssp. purpurea Sun prodMessage: $12 Reddish-purple flowers on tight cushions. Pavelka collection from 4000m Annapurna, Himalayas, Nepal. A152 Androsace robusta v. robusta Sun prodMessage: $11 New From Kashmir; lax, hairy cushions; big white flowers ageing to pink. A154 Androsace sarmentosa Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 From a wild collection at 3300m, Garwal. Soft cushions of lonate leaves, rose/pink flowers with a dark eye; spreads into larger mats. Page 1 of 35 Wrightman Alpines Nursery 2021 Fall Plant List A125 Anemone blanda 'enem' Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $14 New Collected by Janis Ruksans in the North Caucasus and named for a nearby village. The true species covered with absolutely pure gentian blue flowers in April. Easy to grow in gravelly/woodsy soil. A274 Anemone cf. obtusiloba Part-sun prodMessage: $12 New Large purple or white flowers. Jurasek collection from Litang, Sichuan; 4300m. A347 Anemone occidentalis Sun prodMessage: $11 A098 Anemone parviflora Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 Dark green, basal leaves; short stems bearing bluish/white flowers. A320 Anemone sp. Sichuan Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $12 New A145 Anemone x lesseri Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 A garden origin hybrid with shiny green, palmate leaves, to 15cm tall; many rose flowers about 2cm across. A070 Antennaria dioica 'nyewoods' Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 A fine pink flowered form. Makes dense carpets of green and silver. A015 Antennaria sp. (Beartooth collection) Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 Silver mat of geometrical leaves, very tight; white folwers. A370 Anthyllis montana 'Rubra' prodMessage: $12 New A286 Aquilegia barnebyi (mini form) Sun prodMessage: $10 Miniature form of A. barnebyi - possibly genetic or from exposed conditions. Juicy dark peach sepals with yellow corollas. Alplains collection; Rio Blanco Co. CO, 2576m. A374 Aquilegia coerulea prodMessage: $10 New A253 Aquilegia dinarica prodMessage: $10 New A299 Aquilegia hybrid Porteous Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 Large, fully purple blooms; plant forms a tidy and compact mound at 15-30cm high. From Barrie Porteous' garden. A130 Aquilegia laramiensis Sun prodMessage: $11 New Grows in the Laramie Mt. of Wyoming in rock crevices amongst subalpine conifers. Tiny plant (12cm), white flowers hang downwards just above the leaves- very dainty. A372 Aquilegia scopulorum Piute Co (UT) prodMessage: $14 New A373 Aquilegia scopulorum Sanpete Co (UT) prodMessage: $14 New A263 Aquilegia x micrantha Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 Hybrid collection from Colorado. Having the sticky leaves of a. micrantha, but the yellow corolla and peach coloured spurs speak of a. elegantula. A041 Arctostaphylos uva ursi 'Wood's Red' Sun prodMessage: $12 Excellent dwarf form. Mats of dark green leaves. Delicate pink lanterns followed by red fruits. A023 Arenaria acerosa Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 New Bristly stems of short, green leaves make cushions of unusual texture; numerous white flowers on 10cm scapes in spring. A108 Arenaria drypidea Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 Leaves arranged in a columnar fashion on short stems producing tight, globose cushions; somewhat like an acantholimon- an adaptation to cold dry conditions; white flowers with red spots; from Ercias Dag, Turkey at 2400m. A371 Arenaria grandiflora prodMessage: $12 New Page 2 of 35 Wrightman Alpines Nursery 2021 Fall Plant List A377 Arenaria hookeri v. desertorum Sun prodMessage: $12 New A312 Arenaria obtusiloba Sun prodMessage: $10 Mats of trailing stems with tufts of short needles. White blooms in late spring to early summer. Alplains collection from Albany Co., WY, 3310m. A025 Arenaria tetraquetra Sun prodMessage: $10 Dense, hard green mat of tetragonus leaves; many white, stem-less flowers in May. Use as a mat to intergrow with something larger such as dianthus or bulbs. A095 Arenaria tetraquetra ssp. granatensis Sun prodMessage: $11 One of the tightest mats I have seen; ground hugging little hummocks of light green and gold; especially attractive growing on tufa. The white flowers are stemless ~1cm wide. Excellent for combining with other mats or to use as a ''dry'' underplant for bulbs or a small alpine campanula, gentian or primula. A051 Arenaria Wallowa Mts Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 Solid hummocks with white flowers on 1 inch stems. A very tight, wonderful cushion. A376 Armeria girardii prodMessage: $10 New 1000m, France A028 Armeria juniperifolia Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 Hummock forming Spanish Thrift, very compact; lot's of pink flowers on 5cm stems. A029 Armeria juniperifolia 'Alba' Sun prodMessage: $10 A white flowered version with more glaucous leaves and condensed habit. It does best in very dry sand and full sun. A135 Armeria scabra ssp. sibirica Sun prodMessage: $10 An odditiy from the middle Rockies found on drier areas of alpine tundra; flat tufts of short, grassy leaves; opalescent spheres on short 10cm stems. A049 Armeria x 'Little Penny' Sun prodMessage: $10 A tiny armeria with stemless crimson pink flowers on a tight mound of red-purple foliage. A181 Artemisia frigida Sun prodMessage: $10 New A high collection ~3300m, Utah; small woody crowned shrub with spreading branches of silvery blue/gray foliage; flowers are small yellow discs on 10cm stems. A172 Asphodeline taurica Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 New Long, thin leaves errupting from the base of a thickened stock. The 40cm high flower spikes carry hundreds of stemless white flowers; an accent plant popular with garden visitors. A295 Aster diplostephioides Sun prodMessage: $10 Large, and extremely thin petalled purple daisy - that's what makes it striking. A taller alpine, at 20-45 cm. Jurasek collection, N. Qinghai, 3600m. A173 Aster dumosus 'Heinz Richard' Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $9 Hot magenta blooms from August to September. Only ~20cm tall. A313 Aster dumosus 'Wood's' Purple' Sun prodMessage: $9 Tidy 30cm mound, multitude of purple flowers with yellow centres in late summer to early fall. Disease resistant. A207 Aster mongolicus Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 A Josef Halda collection from the 2700m in Altai Mts. bordering the Gobi Desert. Short tufts of gray/green leaves amongst dolomitic rocks; large lavender/blue flowers on short stems, at ~6cm. Suitable for a trough. A378 Aster stracheyi prodMessage: $12 New M. Pavelka 91.2020 A036 Astilbe simplicifolia 'Willie Buchanan' Sun Part-sunprodMessage: Shade $9 Very low with sharply toothed leaves; pale pink flowers. A043 Astragalus angustifolius Sun prodMessage: $12 Received from Fred Case, this woody plant makes an excellent mat of silver divided leaves and white pea flowers. Easy to grow,and excellent draped over rocks. A037 Asyneuma limonifolium Sun Part-sunprodMessage: $10 New Clumps of narrow, wavy leaves; blue, star-shaped flowers on 30cm stems; campanula relative. Page 3 of 35 Wrightman Alpines Nursery 2021 Fall Plant List A314 Asyneuma linifolium Sun prodMessage: $10 Basal linear-lanceolate leaves spread beneath 10-15cm spikes adorning purple star like flowers. A subtle beauty – a close up look will bring delight! Jurasek collection from Dedegol Dag, Turkey; 2200m.