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C120 ROCK GARDEN AND EDGING PERENNIALS

These flowers are often used as edging of bulb beds and rock gardens

Name Bloom Flower Culture Habit & Use Propagation Season Color Seed. Softwood cuttings after bloom. Arabis caucasica White, lilac, Full sun. Well-drained 12 inch spreading plant. Rock March - May Gardens. Edging plants. Prune Division in spring and fall. Rock Cress lilac pink neutral to alkaline soil. back after flowering. 3-4" tall flower. Spaces up to 12". Armeria maritima Pink or Full sun. Dry, infertile Seed. Follow package label. Clump May - June Edging for rock garden. Cut Sea Thrift white soil. division in spring. flowers. Blue to Sun or partial shade. Anemone pulsatilla reddish April - May Well-drained, neutral 10-12" tall. Rock garden. Border. Seed. Division in the spring. Windflowers purple, to alkaline soil. white

Aubrieta deltoidea Rose lilac to Full sun. Well-drained 6" prostrate habit. Rock garden Seed. Cuttings after flowering. Division April - May Rock cress purple soil. edges. Trim after flowering. in spring.

Yellow, 9-12" prostrate. Rock garden Full sun. Seed. Division in spring. Cuttings in Aurina saxatilis lemon edging. Cut back half way after April - May Well-drained, dry soil June. Basket of Gold yellow, gray bloom. best. foliage. Division in spring. Softwood Seed, small plants at local nurseries Bellis perennis Red, white, Sun to light shade. April - June cuttings in June. Seed sown in cold early spring. English Daisy pink Cool, rich soil. frame in August. Erysimum asperum Yellow or Well-drained soil. 1-2 feet. Border, For biennial use, sow seed outside in April - May Full sun or light shade. Siberian Wallflowe orange rock garden. Use with bulbs. late summer, or indoors.

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C120 – Rock Garden Edging Perennials Name Bloom Flower Culture Habit & Use Propagation Season Color Full sun. Well-drained White, soil. Light covering of Iberis sempervirens 6-12" tall. Rock gardens and Cuttings in mid-summer. Division in April - May glossy green evergreen branches to Candytuft edging spring or fall. leaves reduce sunburn in winter. Red, Sun. Well-drained 3-6" prostrate. Edgings. Rock Phlox subulata magenta Layering or division after flowers March - May soil, slightly alkaline. gardens. Ground cover. rose, pink, bloom. Late fall cuttings in coldframe. Moss pink lilac, white Saponaria ocymoides Full sun. Well-drained 3-6" prostrate. Edgings. Rock Late Seed. Division in the spring. Cuttings Soapwort Deep pink soil. gardens. Ground covers. May - June mid-summer.

Cuttings with single rosette after Saxifraga spp. Pink, white, Partial shade. Moist, 3-12" clumps. Rock gardens. June - July flowering. Seed. Saxifrage yellow well-drained soil.

Dwarf prostrate. Rock garden. Dry Sedum spp. White, Full sun. Cuttings in spring. varies walls. Stone Crop yellow, pink Well-drained, dry soil.

Mid-summer Varies Full sun. Good Sempervivum 3-4" tall. Rock garden. Dry walls. Grown for Many drainage. Poor, rocky tectorum Edging. Containers. Separate small outer rosettes and plant. foliage. cultivars. soil is best. Hens and Chicks

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