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AsteraceaeAchillea micrantha: complete guide
Achillea micrantha
Discover the delicate finely-leafed yarrow in our comprehensive guide. Growing tips, winter care and ideal for alpine gardens. Very hardy.
Yellow monkshood: complete guide
Aconitum anthora
Master Aconitum anthora (yellow monkshood) care, from planting to blooming. Toxicity warnings, ideal conditions, and companion plant suggestions.
Wolf's-bane: complete guide
Aconitum lycoctonum
Grow Aconitum lycoctonum (wolf's-bane) successfully. Alpine perennial care, toxicity knowledge, and shade garden design with monkshood.
Manchurian monkshood: complete guide
Aconitum variegatum
Grow Aconitum variegatum (Manchurian monkshood) successfully. Blue monkshood care, toxicity, and alpine garden design expertise.
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.
Orange agoseris: complete guide
Agoseris aurantiaca
Everything about Agoseris aurantiaca, the orange false-dandelion: location, soil, care and use in a naturalistic or rock garden.
Alchemilla coriacea: complete guide
Alchemilla coriacea
Full guide to Alchemilla coriacea, the leathery lady's mantle: preferred conditions, soil acidity, watering and garden planting partners.
Small lady's-mantle: complete guide
Alchemilla flabellata
Small lady's-mantle - a beautiful delicate groundcover for shaded areas and corners. Learn about complete care, blooming and companion plants.
Alchemilla inconcinna: complete guide
Alchemilla inconcinna
Alchemilla inconcinna is a rare alpine lady's mantle notable for its angled leaf lobes and preference for moist, acidic soil in sheltered, cool garden corners.
Allium obtusum: complete guide
Allium obtusum
Discover the Red Sierra onion (Allium obtusum), an elegant alpine bloom with delicate pink flowers perfect for dry gardens.
Allium wallichii: complete guide
Allium wallichii
Discover the Himalaya onion - an elegant alpine allium with white to purple flowers. Learn about this Himalayan mountain flower and its cultivation.
Anemone decapetala: complete guide
Anemone decapetala
Discover how to cultivate the South American anemone. Guide to climate, light, soil, and propagation of this unique alpine plant from the Andes.
Mountain anemone: complete guide
Anemone montana
Discover mountain anemone (Anemone montana). An alpine beauty with purple spring flowers for rock gardens and scree borders.
Northern Anemone: complete guide
Anemone parviflora
Grow the delicate Northern Anemone (Anemone parviflora): ideal conditions, soil, watering and care for this alpine treasure.
Pussytoes: complete guide
Antennaria parvifolia
Pussytoes is a tough, ornamental mountain plant. Learn how to grow this alpine beauty, where to place it, and maintenance tips for success.
Anthemis cretica: complete guide
Anthemis cretica
Cultivate Cretan chamomile in your garden. Tips on frost hardiness, location, soil, and flowering for this Mediterranean mountain plant.
Anticlea elegans: complete guide
Anticlea elegans
Anticlea elegans, commonly called white camas or mountain death camas, is an elegant alpine plant with delicate white-yellow flowers and distinctive blue-tinged foliage. Perfect for rock and alpine gardens.
Einsele's Columbine: complete guide
Aquilegia einseleana
Discover Aquilegia einseleana, a delicate Alpine columbine with unique purple flowers. Perfect for rock gardens and mountain gardeners.
RanunculaceaeAquilegia elegantula: complete guide
Aquilegia elegantula
Western red columbine (Aquilegia elegantula) is an elegant mountain plant with red and yellow flowers. Perfect for borders, woodland gardens, and partial shade.
Aquilegia eximia: complete guide
Aquilegia eximia
Van Houtte's columbine (Aquilegia eximia) is a rare California flower with red spurs and yellow blooms. Perfect for mountain gardens and partial shade.
Aquilegia nigricans: complete guide
Aquilegia nigricans
Bulgarian columbine displays elegant blue flowers in May-June with characteristic dark stems. This Carpathian alpine flower thrives in dappled shade with well-drained soil. Perfect for rock gardens.
Aquilegia scopulorum: complete guide
Aquilegia scopulorum
Aquilegia scopulorum, the rock columbine, is a delicate alpine flower with distinctive long-spurred blooms in pale yellow-white. Endemic to rocky high elevations of Nevada and Utah, perfect for expert gardeners.
Aquilegia viscosa: complete guide
Aquilegia viscosa
Discover Aquilegia viscosa, a rare alpine columbine with exquisite blue flowers from French Cevennes. Growing and care guide.
Haller's Rockcress: complete guide
Arabidopsis halleri
Discover Arabidopsis halleri, a resilient Alpine rockcress with white flowers. Perfect for challenging rock gardens and mountain environments.