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AsteraceaeAchillea pannonica: complete guide
Achillea pannonica
Learn everything about Hungarian yarrow (Achillea pannonica), a graceful alpine plant. Discover how to grow this wild beauty in your rock garden or alpine border.
Adenostyles alpina: complete guide
Adenostyles alpina
Discover Alpine Adenostyle (Adenostyles alpina), an elegant mountain plant from Europe. Learn how to grow this shade-loving perennial in your woodland garden.
Androsace obtusifolia: complete guide
Androsace obtusifolia
Blunt-leaved rockjasmine forms tiny rosettes with white-purple flowers. Expert-level alpine for high-altitude troughs and scree gardens in cool zones.
Arum cylindraceum: complete guide
Arum cylindraceum
Discover Arum cylindraceum, the southeastern arum. Learn about this European shade-loving plant with distinctive hooded spatha, bright red berries, and unique seasonal interest.
PoaceaeSlender soft brome: complete guide
Bromus lepidus
Discover Bromus lepidus, an elegant European ornamental grass. Learn about extended bloom season, ideal planting locations, and plant care techniques.
Calamagrostis villosa: complete guide
Calamagrostis villosa
Discover hairy reed grass, elegant ornamental grass with fine silvery-white plumes and feathery appearance. Perfect for borders in semi-shaded garden areas.
Carduus crispus: complete guide
Carduus crispus
Learn about the curled thistle with its wavy spiky leaves. This European wildflower thrives in full sun on dry, well-drained locations with minimal care.
Carduus personata: complete guide
Carduus personata
Discover the masked thistle with vigorous growth and purple flowers. This European mountain thistle thrives in full sun on well-drained, nutrient-rich soils.
CyperaceaeCarex hartmaniorum: complete guide
Carex hartmaniorum
Meet Carex hartmaniorum, the small clubsedge from Central Europe. A hardy sedge for wet mountain locations. Complete care and growing guide.
Glossy-fruited sedge: complete guide
Carex liparocarpos
Glossy-fruited sedge (Carex liparocarpos) displays distinctive shiny fruits across European mountains. Learn cultivation techniques for this elegant moisture-loving sedge species.
Carex michelii: complete guide
Carex michelii
Micheli's sedge brings European charm to shady garden corners. Learn how to grow and maintain this elegant ornamental grass successfully.
Carex secalina: complete guide
Carex secalina
Rye sedge offers distinctive grain-like inflorescences and architectural presence. Create elegant designs in wet gardens with this temperate treasure.
Cerinthe glabra: complete guide
Cerinthe glabra
Discover Cerinthe glabra, the smooth honeywort. Learn how to grow and maintain this beautiful early-flowering alpine plant in your garden.
Crepis mollis: complete guide
Crepis mollis
Discover northern hawk's-beard (Crepis mollis), a robust European wildflower with yellow flowers. Our complete guide on growing requirements, maintenance and ideal locations.
Dryopteris remota: complete guide
Dryopteris remota (A.Braun ex Doll) Druce
Scaly buckler-fern: a rare European shade fern. Delicate fronds, moisture-loving, frost-hardy.
Eight-stamened waterwort: complete guide
Elatine hydropiper
Eight-stamened waterwort is a delicate, water-loving plant native to Europe. Learn how to grow and maintain this unique aquatic species.
CyperaceaeSoft-stem spikerush: complete guide
Eleocharis mamillata
Soft-stem spikerush (Eleocharis mamillata) is a versatile marsh plant for wet gardens. Winter hardy and wildlife-friendly, ideal for natural water features.
Angled Spurge: complete guide to this alpine European plant
Euphorbia angulata Jacq.
Discover Angled Spurge (Euphorbia angulata), an elegant Central European wildflower with yellow blooms and distinctive angular stems. Ideal for dry alpine and mountain gardens.
PoaceaeFestuca guestfalica: complete guide
Festuca guestfalica
Discover Festuca guestfalica, a hardy grass from European origins. Perfect for dry locations and poor soils. Read our complete care guide.
Confused Fescue: complete guide
Festuca lemanii
Discover confused fescue, ornamental grass with interesting texture. Perfect for dry meadows and gardens.
Round-leaved Bedstraw: complete guide
Galium rotundifolium
Galium rotundifolium is an elegant woodland plant with delicate white flowers and distinctive round leaves. Discover growth, care and companion plants.
GeraniaceaeGeranium aequale: complete guide
Geranium aequale
Discover Geranium aequale, a lovely wild geranium with soft pink flowers. Learn to grow this European perennial in mixed borders and wild gardens.
Hieracium prenanthoides: complete guide
Hieracium prenanthoides
Learn to grow rough-leaved hawkweed in your garden. This European plant offers fine yellow flowers and interesting foliage in summer and fall.
Hieracium racemosum: complete guide
Hieracium racemosum Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd.
Discover the Hawksbeard with its cheerful yellow flowers in late summer. Growing guide for this European wildflower in your garden.