(Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat)

This beautiful perennial from mountains and high valleys of western North America is an excellent plant for dry upland gardens. It typically forms carpets of small spoon-shaped evergreen leaves that give rise in summer to upright woolly calf-high flower stalks topped with tight rounded clusters of light yellow blooms. A few variants of this plant grow as small upright shrubs. The flowers are a favorite of butterflies. The leaves are usually olive- to bright-green above and gray and felted underneath....

(Sulphur-flowered Buckwheat)

This beautiful mat-forming perennial from mountains and high valleys of western North America is an excellent plant for dry upland gardens. Its carpets of small spoon-shaped evergreen leaves give rise in summer to upright woolly calf-high flower stalks topped with tight rounded clusters of creamy yellow blooms. The flowers are a favorite of butterflies. The leaves are olive- to bright-green above and gray and felted underneath.

This plant does best in full sun and very well drained, relatively...

(Alpine Geranium, Cranesbill, Reichard's Cranesbill, Storksbill, Storksbill)

Perfect for rock gardens and stone wall crevices, the alpine geranium shines in early summer when it becomes covered with small, pinkish, cupped blooms. It is a tiny, mounding, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial native to the mountainous regions of of the western Mediterranean islands of Majorica and Corsica.

Small, heart-shaped, dark green leaves cover this plant all season. They are lightly hairy, have scalloped edges and a slight fragrance. From late spring to midsummer, small flowers appear...

(Alpine Geranium, Reichard's Cranesbill, Storksbill, White Storksbill)

Perfect for rock gardens and stone wall crevices, the white-flowered alpine geranium shines in early summer when it becomes covered with small, white, cupped blooms. It is a tiny, mounding, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial native to the mountainous regions of of the western Mediterranean islands of Majorica and Corsica.

Small, heart-shaped, dark green leaves cover this plant all season. They are lightly hairy, have scalloped edges and a slight fragrance. From late spring to midsummer, small...

(Alpine Geranium, Charm Storksbill, Reichard's Cranesbill, Storksbill)

Perfect for rock gardens and stone wall crevices, the colorful alpine geranium ‘Charm’ shines in early summer when it becomes covered with small, cupped blooms of bright pink with darker veins. It is a tiny, mounding, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial native to the mountainous regions of of the western Mediterranean islands of Majorica and Corsica.

Small, heart-shaped, dark green leaves cover this plant all season. They are lightly hairy, have scalloped edges and a slight fragrance. From...

(Alpine Geranium, Red Storksbill, Reichard's Cranesbill, Storksbill)

Perfect for rock gardens and stone wall crevices, the colorful alpine geranium ‘Rubrum’ shines in early summer when it becomes covered with small, cupped blooms of pink with ruby red veins. It is a tiny, mounding, evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial native to the mountainous regions of of the western Mediterranean islands of Majorica and Corsica.

Small, heart-shaped, dark green leaves cover this plant all season. They are lightly hairy, have scalloped edges and a slight fragrance. From late...

(Hybrid Storksbill)

At home in rock gardens and stone wall crevices, hybrid storksbill shines in early summer when it becomes covered with small cupped blooms that are deep red with maroon veins. It is a low, mounding but spreading evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial, a hybrid formed by the cross of Erodium corsicum and Erodium reichardii, both natives of Mediterranean isles.

Small, oval, green leaves with a hint of gray cover this plant all season. They have scalloped edges or lobes and a slight...

(Hybrid Storksbill)

Lovely in rock gardens and stone wall crevices, Bishop's Form hybrid storksbill shines in early summer when it becomes covered with small cupped blooms of rosy fuchsia-pink. It is a low, mounding but spreading evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial, a hybrid formed by the cross of Erodium corsicum and Erodium reichardii, both natives of Mediterranean isles.

Small, oval, green leaves with a hint of gray cover this plant all season. They have scalloped edges or lobes and a slight...

(Flore Pleno Hybrid Storksbill, Hybrid Storksbill)

At home in rock gardens and stone wall crevices, hybrid storksbill shines in early summer when it becomes covered with small cupped blooms that are deep red with maroon veins. It is a low, mounding but spreading evergreen to semi-evergreen perennial, a hybrid formed by the cross of Erodium corsicum and Erodium reichardii, both natives of Mediterranean isles.

Small, oval, green leaves with a hint of gray cover this plant all season. They have scalloped edges or lobes and a slight...

(Blue Eryngo, Blue Hobbit Eryngo, Blue Hobbit Seaholly)

Evergreen thistle-like leaves and steel blue flowers makes the dwarf Blue Hobbit seaholly or blue eryngo a favorite perennial for sunny, gravelly gardens and containers. Eryngium planum is a hardy herbaceous perennial native to dry rocky mountain slopes of southeastern Europe to central Asia. It has a dense basal rosette of heart-shaped, spiny dark green leaves that are leathery. In summer 'Blue Hobbit' is covered in plume-like flowers with a barreled cluster of fertile, tiny pale blue...