(Alpine Rockcress)

Pretty and early-flowering, mountain rockcress is a low-growing perennial that brightens up rock gardens and mixed borders. This mat-forming evergreen has soft, gray-green leaves. In spring it puts forth short, upright stems topped with fragrant, four-petaled white flowers.

Hailing from rocky, mountainous areas in Europe and the Mediterranean, mountain rockcress is drought tolerant but does not appreciate extreme heat or humidity. It grows best in full sun and average soil with good drainage....

(Alpine Rockcress, Snowfix Rockcress)

Pretty and early-flowering, alpine rockcress is a low-growing perennial that brightens up rock gardens and mixed borders. This mat-forming evergreen has soft, gray-green leaves. In late spring it puts forth short, upright stems topped with fragrant, four-petaled flowers of white.

Alpine rockcress is drought tolerant but does not appreciate extreme heat. It grows best in full sun and average soil with good drainage. Its flowers attract bees and butterflies and look great in combination with pansies,...

(Alpine Rockcress, Caucasus Rockcress, Variegated Rockcress)

Pretty and early-flowering, variegated rockcress has lovely variegated foliage of soft green edged in cream. It is a low-growing perennial that brightens up rock gardens and mixed borders. This mat-forming evergreen has soft, gray-green leaves. In late spring it puts forth short, upright stems topped with fragrant, four-petaled flowers of white.

Alpine rockcress is drought tolerant but does not appreciate extreme heat. It grows best in full sun and average soil with good drainage. Its flowers...

(Alpine Rockcress, Caucasus Rockcress, Little Treasure™ Deep Rose Rockcress)

Pretty and early-flowering, Little Treasure™ deep rose rockcress is a low-growing perennial that adds a splash of color to rock gardens and mixed borders. This mat-forming evergreen has soft, gray-green leaves. In late spring it puts forth short, stems covered with fragrant, four-petaled flowers of cheerful rose-pink. Plant become so densely covered with flowers that they engulf the foliage.

Alpine rockcress is drought tolerant but does not appreciate extreme heat. It grows best in full sun and...

(Rockcress)

Usually pest-free and blooming in many shades of pink in mid to late spring, hybrid rockcress creates a delicate show in an alpine setting. This mat-forming, evergreen, short-lived perennial resulted from the cross of the vigorous wall rockcress (Arabis caucasica) with Arabis aubrietioides. The small leaves are held in loose rosettes. Each blade is an oval with small teeth and may range in color from medium green to gray-green, with or without tiny hairs. The small flowers, appearing...

(Compinkie Rockcress, Rockcress)

The long-blooming rockcress, ‘Compinkie’, produces a mat of tiny, fuchsia-pink flowers in mid to late spring. This colorful rock garden favorite is a cross between two alpines, the vigorous wall rockcress (Arabis caucasica) and Arabis aubrietioides. It is a short-lived perennials and is evergreen to semi-evergreen.

Its small, oval, light gray-green leaves are slightly hairy and held in loose rosettes along the trailing stems. The small flowers appear in mid-spring in where...

(Aristate Hollyfern)

The East Indian holly fern has magnificent fronds of green arising from a furry brown creeping rhizome. This evergreen fern is usually found in dry woodlands among rocks near the coast from India, southeastern Asia into Polynesia and New Zealand. The leaves are long, quite stiff and seem made from plastic.

Grow this fern in a shady spot in a moist but well drained soil. Cold winters may find the plant deciduous and returning its fronds in spring. Once established, this fern can handle periods...

(Aristate Hollyfern, East Indian Hollyfern, Variegated East Indian Hollyfern)

The variegated East Indian holly fern has magnificent tapering green fronds with prominent midribs glowing in a pale yellow. This evergreen fern is usually found in dry woodlands among rocks near the coast from India, southeastern Asia into Polynesia and New Zealand. The leaves are long, quite stiff as if made from plastic and arise from a creeping rhizome.

Grow this fern in a shady spot in a moist but well-drained soil. Cold winters may render the plant deciduous, with new fronds arising in...

(East Indian Holly Fern, Indian Holly Fern , Simplicior Holly Fern)

This attractive, fern produces broad triangular fronds directly from scaly creeping rhizomes (lateral stems). Indian holly fern is native to China and Japan and is found in a wide variety or habitats from dry uplands to moist stream banks.

Indian holly is clumping to spreading. The rhizomes scales are brown to tan and the leaf stalks green. The large triangular shiny leaves are evergreen in mild climates and deciduous in colder zones. They are two to three times divided with each pinna (the...

(East Indian Holly Fern, Indian Holly Fern, Simplicior Holly Fern)

This attractive evergreen fern with broad triangular fronds that are deeply divided is useful for flower arrangements. 'Variegata' has deep green leaves with yellow along the midribs and burgundy tinges during the cool season. Native to China and Japan, it is well-suited to the woodland border or shaded rockery.

Plant the variegated simpler hollyfern in rich, moist soil for a nice ground cover or mix with other shade-loving plants. This perennial fern may die to ground in cold winters and resprout...