SALIX 

Do not confuse these miniature shrubs from high elevations with the usual willow trees of riverside and moist places. These mostly grow on screes and in cultivation require similar conditions. Several are grown here on raised scree beds.

BOYDS PENDULOUS 

This superb form  of S. repens has greeny yellow congested prostrate stems that produce rosettes of grey green foliage. In spring creamy white upright catkins half an inch long are covered in gingery fuzzy pollen.  The whole plant is no more than 15 inches across and when allowed to trail over a raised bed or trough is one of the most attractive spring sights, always greatly admired by our early visitors. 

LANATA

Too large for most rock gardens we have propagated this on demand. Large pointed leaves so woolly as to appear to be grey in spring feeling like velvet. The 2 inch long fat catkins covered in golden hairs are produced before the leaves. Upright growth to 3 ft. 

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A superb form of this ground hugging or trailing species that is clothed in tiny mid green leaves and in late spring is almost covered with pink catkins that are a good inch in length.

SERPYLLIFOLIA

One of the smallest and most congested willows. Its slender stems hug the ground and follow contours. Leaves before catkins which are freely produced and cover the plant in a 'sheet of gold' in late Spring. Loves lime. 

SATUREJA MONTANA

(possibly ssp. 'illyrica') Very useful for its' late flowering on our grittiest trough from July to October. Dark green ascending branches to 6 in. covered in tiny leaves, that  almost disappear beneath masses of deep lilac/purple flowers. Prune back in autumn otherwise it becomes straggly. 

'pale lilac form'

We grow the usual mid purple and the white form on the same scree, a few seedlings are produced and one flowered a delicate pale lilac, we thought it distinct enough to isolate and reproduce - so here it is.

ALBA'

The rarely offered white form of this attractive scree or pan plant. Similar to the above, but slightly less bold, with paler green foliage, the pure white flowers are produced over a long period. 3 inches.       

Prostrate Turkish  gem with grey green crinkly mat forming foliage. Just above the foliage racemes of pale lemon yellow narrow typical hooded flowers each one almost an inch long on semi prostrate stems to 2 in.

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This plant makes a superb pan for alpine house or exhibition purposes. Almost moss-like in growth, covered in late summer with large clear pale mustard yellow  flowers tight on the mat. Appreciates cool gritty compost with some shade. Hates overhead moisture. 

ARACHNOIDEUM ‘DENSUM’

We do not usually offer ‘Semps.’ but this is so good and popular with our nursery visitors that we decided to list it. Almost pure white tight and hairy rosettes that quite quickly make a mounded mat on a lean scree. Deep purple pink flowers on red stems. 3 in. 

ARACHNOIDEUM var. GLABRESCENS

A regular winner in the ‘Semp’ classes at National shows this produces a flat mat of small deep green glabrous rosettes. 

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SISYRINCHIUM 'CALIFORNIAN SKIES' 

On summer garden open days we always sell out of this superb plant. Deep blue large flowers, just atop the foliage. 8 inches.

AGM  A very distinct member of this family. Fairly broad, almost iris like leaves to about 6 inches and broad open faced butter yellow flowers with a brown central ring, each about one inch across and standing just proud of the foliage. Gradually forms a clump and when happy on a sunny scree is very floriferous. 

SOLDANELLA MINIMA

PINDICOLA

Relatively large leaves of deep green with ash grey reverse. 8 inch stems carry up to three deeply fringed lilac flowers.

Tiny prostrate shrub. Tangled branches covered in toothed deep green leaves. Many tiny rose pink flowers in heads about 4 in. across on erupting semi prostrate stems. Ultimately the shrub is 18in. diameter. 6in high  

Attractive sub shrub for a sunny well drained position. Dark green glossy leaved upright stems to 15 in. Rosy lilac flowers at leaf axils in succession from August to November. 

Small compact subshrub with decumbent greyish yellow woolly stems. Narrow crinkly greyish white hairy leaves and in early summer heads of distinct greenish yellow flowers.

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 Distinct cultivar that gives a splash of gold to a sunny well drained site. Topped with purple flowers in summer, it reverts to green in autumn but clipped back hard the new foliage regrows gold in spring. 4 ins. 

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 A form of this seldom offered mountain daisy which is more vigorous than usual. Within 2 years a mound of congested foliage 3 in across x 2 inches high will cover itself with  1 in starry purple petalled, yellow centred flowers. A winner on the show bench.

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One of the most attractive species. Short greyish hairy leaves form a dense rosette which produces a short stemmed densely petalled flower which is usually pale lilac but is variable in the wild from white, through cream to lilac. 2 in. 

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Seldom offered and not that easy, this 2 in. high miniature has deep blue-green fairly broad leaves that are a perfect foil for the broad petalled snowy white flowers. Originally grown from seed of a particularly good form that was a feature of the rock garden at Gothenburg, we have shown this plant twice at AGS shows, both times being a winner. We offer four year old sedlings of this superb form.  second size - 2 per pot

NEW

The gem of the genus - apple green typical foliage to about 18 inches studded with fantastic blue, white eyed open faced starry flowers.

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Newly introduced by Flores and Watson in 2000, this is proving to be a most attractive species. Freely twining its sparsely clad stems produce at regular intervals quite large deep acid yellow flowers. Hardiness not tested as yet. 

The blue-grey slightly crinkled leaves make an open weave almost flat carpet over an area of 2 ft all around the central point. Opening in May the foliage is then studded only a few weeks later by orange-yellow flowers for a considerable period. The whole then disappears till the following spring. Full hardy here but needs to be planted 10 in. deep in a sunny position.                                      

6-50 

This delicate member of the liliaceae is similar to the better known U. grandiflora, but the form that we offer is less than half the size, grown side by side in our limy soil. Never fails to produce its many pendant, pale yellow, tubular flowers over many weeks in late spring. Prefers a little shade. 12 inches.

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