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103 plants
Achillea ageratifolia: complete guide
Achillea ageratifolia
Discover this delicate Balkan yarrow with white flowers and fine foliage. Ideal for rock gardens, borders, and dry locations.
German garlic: complete guide
Allium senescens
Discover Allium senescens, a low-growing ornamental with pink flowers and slender leaves. Care guide for borders and rock gardens.
Alternanthera pungens: complete guide
Alternanthera pungens
Discover creeping chaffweed - a low-growing groundcover with colorful foliage from Mexico. Learn all about cultivation and maintenance of this tropical plant.
Anemone palmata: complete guide
Anemone palmata
Discover the Palmate Anemone, a Mediterranean wildflower with cheerful yellow blooms. This low-growing plant brightens spring gardens with radiant color.
Gray rockcress: complete guide
Arabis caucasica
Learn how to grow Arabis caucasica (Gray rockcress): ideal light, soil pH, watering schedule, and care tips for thriving alpine-style gardens.
BrassicaceaeRunning rockcress: complete guide
Arabis procurrens
Discover running rockcress, an elegant groundcover with abundant white spring flowers. Perfect for alpine gardens and stonework. Full care guide included.
Thyme-leaf sandwort: complete guide
Arenaria serpyllifolia
A complete guide to Arenaria serpyllifolia - a low, drought-tolerant groundcover perfect for crevices, rock gardens, and dry spots in your garden.
Trailing-snapdragon: complete guide
Asarina procumbens
Discover how to grow Asarina procumbens: care tips, bloom season, ideal conditions and companion plants. Perfect for walls, rock gardens and hanging baskets.
Asarabacca: complete guide
Asarum europaeum
Learn how to grow Asarum europaeum successfully in shady spots. Soil, watering and maintenance tips for a healthy, evergreen groundcover.
Southern milk-vetch: complete guide
Astragalus australis
Grow Southern milk-vetch (Astragalus australis), a mountain plant with purple flowers. Complete guide for this hardy alpine species. Perfect for rock gardens.
Astragalus depressus: complete guide
Astragalus depressus
Astragalus depressus is a low-growing, hardy Mediterranean legume perfect for rock gardens. Learn how to cultivate this alpine plant in dry, sunny locations.
Prostrate Summercypress: complete guide
Bassia prostrata
Grow Prostrate Summercypress (Bassia prostrata): ideal location, soil, watering and care. Perfect for dry, sunny gardens and xeriscaping.
Pedunculate water-starwort: complete guide
Callitriche brutia
Learn how to grow and care for Pedunculate water-starwort: ideal conditions, growth cycle, and best companion plants for clear, shallow ponds.
Narrowleaf water-starwort: complete guide
Callitriche hamulata
Narrowleaf water-starwort (Callitriche hamulata) is a low-growing aquatic herb ideal for ponds and wetland gardens. Learn about care, growth, and planting.
Adriatic bellflower: complete guide
Campanula garganica
Everything you need to know about Campanula garganica: growth, care, ideal spot and planting partners. Perfect for rock gardens and front borders.
Common bittercress: complete guide
Cardamine hirsuta
Learn how to grow and care for Common bittercress (Cardamine hirsuta) in UK and European gardens. Soil, light, lifecycle, and control tips.
Alaska brownish sedge: complete guide
Carex brunnescens
Everything you need to know about growing Carex brunnescens: ideal conditions, care tips, companion plants, and how to maintain it year-round.
Dwarf sedge: complete guide
Carex humilis
Carex humilis is a low-growing, shade-tolerant sedge ideal for woodland gardens and moist, shady spots. Hardy and low-maintenance, perfect for naturalistic planting.
Lakeshore sedge: complete guide
Carex lenticularis
Discover Carex lenticularis, an elegant ornament for wet gardens. Low maintenance, perfect for water edges and boggy spots.
Carex oedipostyla: complete guide
Carex oedipostyla
Discover this alpine sedge for borders, rock gardens, and difficult spots. Evergreen, hardy, and low-growing with fine texture. Perfect for naturalistic design.
Cerastium arvense: complete guide
Cerastium arvense
Field chickweed is a low-growing alpine plant with pure white flowers. Perfect for dry banks, borders, and rock gardens requiring minimal maintenance.
Gray chickweed: complete guide
Cerastium brachypetalum
Everything you need to know about Gray chickweed: growth habits, care, ideal location, and companion plants. Perfect for naturalistic gardens.
Cerastium dubium: complete guide
Cerastium dubium
Discover doubtful chickweed, a delicate small plant with refined white flowers. Perfect for rock gardens and creating refined borders with meticulous detail.
Mouse-ear chickweed: complete guide
Cerastium glomeratum
Grow Mouse-ear chickweed (Cerastium glomeratum) successfully in your garden. Learn about light, soil, care, and where to buy seeds in the UK and US.