(Spurless Common Columbine)

Spurless columbine in the Barlow series have double flowers and come in many colorful varieties including bicolors. In mid-spring these plants develop mounds of sea-green three-lobed leaves and by late spring to early summer they bear tall stems of delicate, doubled spurless flowers that may be in shades of violet, blue, white, pink, rose or near black. Pretty golden stamens dangle from the center of each flower.

These originate from Europe and do best in sites with partial sun and fertile, well...

(Alpine Rockcress)

(Alpine Rockcress, Caucasus 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, Snow Cap Rockcress)

Pretty and early-flowering, 'Snow Cap' blooms more heavily than your average alpine rockcress. 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 attract bees...

(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...

(Bearberry, Emerald Carpet Bearberry, Kinnikinnick)

Many lawns in the American West were abandoned and replanted with this creeping, evergreen shrub to conserve water, and it has proven itself over the long term. It is a hybrid selection of Arctostaphylos uva ursi, which is native to a large range in Eurasia. The small, round green leaves of ‘Emerald Carpet’ are bone densely on twigs with characteristic sepia-colored, smooth bark that peels periodically as the plant ages. Growth is low and spreading, and becomes quite dense and uniform with...

(Bearberry, Kinnikinnick)

Drought tolerant and adaptable, bearberry, or kinnikinnick, is a spreading, mat-forming evergreen shrub typically grown as a groundcover. This super tough, plant is so cold tolerant that it naturally extends up into the farthest reaches of Alaska and northern Canada across into northern Eurasia. It has small, leathery, glossy leaves year-round and produces sweet clusters of pearly white to pale pink flowers in summer followed by bright red berries in late summer to fall. Its flowers attract bees,...