(Alexander's Foot)

Commonly called Mount Alto daisy, Anacyclus pyrethrum is a low growing perenial taht has a daisy like flower with yellow centers and petals that are white on the front and red on the back. It blooms in mid-summer. Its ferny foliage has a silver cast. Native to the Mediterean region, this daisy needs good drainage and full sun. It will tolerate drought conditions, but does not like humidity. Mount Alto daisy may die during extremely cold winters. Use as edging or in the front of a perennial...

(Italian Bugloss)

A lovely perennial for sunny, well-drained gardens, Italian bugloss has branched stems covered with numerous rich royal blue flowers that will attract bees. Its green to gray-green leaves are covered with coarse hairs and are long and linear.

These plants are adapted to dry climates and require little to no water once established, so they thrive where summers are long and hot. Place in moist, well-draining soils in full sun and avoid excessive winter moisture to prevent the basal plants from...

(Italian Bugloss)

A lovely perennial for sunny, well-drained gardens, Italian bugloss has branched stems covered with numerous rich royal blue flowers that will attract bees. Its green to gray-green leaves are covered with coarse hairs and are long and linear.

These plants are adapted to dry climates and require little to no water once established, so they thrive where summers are long and hot. Place in moist, well-draining soils in full sun and avoid excessive winter moisture to prevent the basal plants from...

(Bog Rosemary)

Bog rosemary is a low, narrow-leaved, evergreen shrub inhabiting peat bogs throughout the upper Northern Hemisphere. Its dainty, white or pink, lantern-shaped flowers occur in clusters in late spring and early summer.

Several cultivars of bog rosemary are available. All require acid, moist soil and shelter from hot sun. They are splendid in a bog garden, rock garden, or combined with heaths, dwarf rhododendrons, and other acid-loving plants.

(Blue Ice Bog Rosemary, Bog Rosemary)

Bog rosemary is a low, narrow-leaved, evergreen shrub inhabiting peat bogs throughout the upper Northern Hemisphere. Its cultivar 'Blue Ice' has striking silvery blue-green leaves, and bears pale dainty, pale-pink, lantern-shaped flowers in late spring and early summer.

This shrub requires acidic, moist, but not waterlogged, soil and shelter from hot sun. It is splendid in a bog garden, rock garden, or combined with heaths, dwarf rhododendrons, and other acid-loving plants.

(Bog Rosemary, Dwarf Bog Rosemary)

Bog rosemary is a low, narrow-leaved, evergreen shrub inhabiting peat bogs throughout the upper Northern Hemisphere. Selected for its relatively compact habit, the cultivar 'Nana' also features a late-spring and early-summer display of dainty, pale-pink, lantern-shaped flowers. It requires acid, moist, but not waterlogged soil, and shelter from hot sun. It is splendid in a bog garden, rock garden, or combined with heaths, dwarf rhododendrons, and other acid-loving plants.

(Pink Pussytoes)

A mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial from mountains and dry plains of western and northern North America, rosy pussytoes is grown for its fuzzy pink flowers and its downy gray foliage.

This hardy perennial spreads via underground rhizomes to form low carpets of small spoon-shaped leaves with silvery felt-like surfaces. Small disc-shaped heads of pink to white flowers appear atop short leafy stems in spring or early summer. Flowerheads of female plants have numerous soft bristles, giving...

(Golden Marguerite, Kelwayi Golden Marguerite)

Commonly called golden Marguerite or ox-eye chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria is a fast-growing clump-forming perennial with many golden daisies. This easy-to-grow ornamental originates from Europe, has a bushy habit and puts forth ferny green foliage in spring. It flowers from late spring to summer offering a mass of small golden yellow daisies with golden centers. These are lightly fragrant and attractive to butterflies.

Golden Marguerite needs full sun, average to fertile soil with...

(Golden Marguerite, Susanna Mitchell Golden Marguerite)

Commonly called golden Marguerite or ox-eye chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria is a fast-growing clump-forming perennial with many golden daisies. This easy-to-grow ornamental originates from Europe, has a bushy habit and puts forth ferny green foliage in spring. It flowers from late spring to summer offering a mass of small golden yellow daisies with golden centers. These are lightly fragrant and attractive to butterflies.

Golden Marguerite needs full sun, average to fertile soil with...

(Common Snapdragon , Greater Snapdragon, Snapdragon)

Commonly grown as an annual, snapdragon is actually a short-lived perennial that originates from southwestern Europe and the Mediterranean. In northern climates it is commonly grown as warm season bedding plant, and in southern areas, with excessively hot, humid summers and mild winters, it is an excellent winter annual

This old-fashioned, clump-forming bedding plant has medium green, lance-shaped leaves. From summer to fall it bears upright spikes of distinctly lipped flowers that snap open...