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Tongue-leafed yarrow: complete guide
Achillea lingulata
Discover the elegant tongue-leafed yarrow, an alpine plant from the Balkans with fine foliage and yellow flowers. Perfect for rock gardens and borders.
Alchemilla alpigena: complete guide
Alchemilla alpigena
Full guide to Alchemilla alpigena, the calcareous Alps lady's mantle: location, soil, watering, and garden uses.
Allium narcissiflorum: complete guide
Allium narcissiflorum
Discover everything about Daffodil Garlic (Allium narcissiflorum). Growing tips and care advice for this alpine jewel in your front garden.
Androsace elongata: complete guide
Androsace elongata
Discover Androsace elongata, a delicate alpine plant from California mountains. Perfect for rock gardens and alpine troughs. Read our complete care guide for success.
Woolly Rockjasmine (Androsace villosa): complete guide
Androsace villosa
Discover woolly rockjasmine, a hardy alpine plant native to European mountains through to the Himalaya. Perfect for rock gardens and alpine troughs. Read our complete guide.
Blue rockcress: complete guide
Arabis caerulea
Everything about Arabis caerulea (blue rockcress): location, soil, watering, care and planting in the alpine rock garden.
Thyme-leaved rockcress: complete guide
Arabis serpillifolia
Complete guide to Arabis serpillifolia (thyme-leaved rockcress): sun requirements, soil, care and rock garden planting.
Genepi: complete guide
Artemisia genipi
Everything about Artemisia genipi: the rare alpine wormwood with intense fragrance, herbal tradition, and outstanding ornamental value in rock gardens.
Caltha leptosepala: complete guide
Caltha leptosepala
Discover the white marsh marigold, a stunning alpine plant with glossy white blooms. Perfect guidance for cultivating in moist garden settings.
Campanula piperi: complete guide
Campanula piperi
Discover the Olympic bellflower, a rare alpine plant with delicate purple blooms from Washington. Perfect guide for rock gardens.
Campanula scabrella: complete guide
Campanula scabrella
Grow this charming North American alpine bellflower in full sun and rocky soil. Compact form and reliable purple-pink blooms make it a rock garden treasure.
Narrow-corolla Bellflower: complete guide
Campanula stenocodon Boiss. & Reut.
Discover the narrow-corolla bellflower with delicate blue alpine flowers. A perfect alpine specialist for rock gardens and stone plantings.
Campanula wilkinsiana: complete guide
Campanula wilkinsiana
Discover Wilkins's harebell, a graceful alpine bellflower with delicate blue blooms. Perfect guide for rock gardens and alpine collections.
Mignonette-leaved Bittercress: complete guide
Cardamine resedifolia L.
Discover mignonette-leaved bittercress with fine foliage and white flowers. A charming alpine plant for shaded mountain gardens.
Carex bicolor: complete guide
Carex bicolor Bellardi ex All.
Carex bicolor, the two-color sedge, is an alpine sedge from Northern Europe and Asia. Perfect for alpine gardens with compact growth and extreme winter hardiness.
Alpine mouse-ear chickweed: complete guide
Cerastium pedunculatum
Full growing guide for Cerastium pedunculatum: ideal location, soil, watering, winter hardiness, and companion plants for rock gardens.
Richer's wallflower-cabbage: complete guide
Coincya richeri
Full guide to Coincya richeri, the alpine Brassicaceae from the southwestern Alps: location, soil, bloom time, winter hardiness and garden use.
Golden fleabane: complete guide
Erigeron aureus
Everything about Erigeron aureus, the golden fleabane: cultivation, location, soil, watering and care for this lovely alpine perennial.
Gentiana pannonica: complete guide
Gentiana pannonica
Discover Gentiana pannonica, a stunning alpine gentian with deep blue flowers. Growing tips for this prized mountain plant.
Spotted hawkweed: complete guide
Hieracium pictum
Full guide to spotted hawkweed (Hieracium pictum): ideal location, soil, watering, pruning, and care tips for this beautiful alpine perennial.
Mertens' rush: complete guide
Juncus mertensianus
Mertens' rush (Juncus mertensianus) - a compact alpine wetland plant with purple-brown flower heads for cool pond margins. Full growing guide.
Parry's rush: complete guide
Juncus parryi
Parry's rush (Juncus parryi) - a slow-growing alpine wetland plant for cool pond margins and rock gardens with water features. Full care guide.
SaxifragaceaeStarry saxifrage: complete guide
Micranthes stellaris
Full guide to Micranthes stellaris, the starry saxifrage: location, soil, blooming and garden use. A tough alpine plant for moist, shady rock faces and pond margins.
Minuartia verna: complete guide
Minuartia verna
Discover spring sandwort, an alpine dwarf plant with delicate white flowers. Ideal for rock gardens, zinc-rich soil and shady growing spots with excellent drainage.