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Dark-stemmed Sneezewort: complete guide
Achillea atrata
Discover the Dark-stemmed Sneezewort, an alpine perennial with white flowers and distinctive dark foliage. Perfect for rock gardens and dry alpine planting schemes.
Musk milfoil: complete guide
Achillea erba-rotta
Discover Achillea erba-rotta, an elegant alpine yarrow with delicate feathery foliage and white flowers. Full growing guide for alpine and rock gardens.
Allium crenulatum: complete guide
Allium crenulatum
Discover the Olympic onion, a North American alpine gem with delicate pink flowers. Perfect for rocky alpine borders and scree gardens with minimal maintenance.
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.
Antennaria alpina: complete guide
Antennaria alpina (L.) Gaertn.
Antennaria alpina, the alpine pussytoes, is a delicate mountain plant with silvery leaves and white flowers. Perfect for alpine rock gardens and troughs. Master its cultivation and care.
Sierra Columbine: complete guide
Aquilegia pubescens
Learn to grow and care for Sierra Columbine (Aquilegia pubescens). Practical tips for this alpine plant with blue and yellow flowers.
Rosy Cress: complete guide
Arabis collina
Discover Arabis collina, the Rosy Cress, a robust alpine rosette-forming plant with delicate pink flowers. Perfect for rock gardens and dry walls.
Crowfoot-leaved Hare's-ear: complete guide
Bupleurum ranunculoides
Discover Bupleurum ranunculoides, a delicate alpine plant with fine foliage and yellow flower clusters. Care, location, soil and companion planting for gardens.
Campanula baumgartenii: complete guide
Campanula baumgartenii
Baumgarten's bellflower is a rare alpine perennial with delicate blue flowers blooming in autumn. Expert care guide for hardiness, soil type, and gardening success.
Cardamine raphanifolia: complete guide
Cardamine raphanifolia
Cardamine raphanifolia (Greater cuckooflower) grows in southern France to northern Spain. This hardy perennial blooms with purple flowers in moist, shaded locations.
Carex breweri: complete guide
Carex breweri
Carex breweri (Brewer's sedge) grows on the western US coast. This compact sedge forms elegant grass mats and provides structure for alpine and rock gardens.
Carlina acaulis: complete guide
Carlina acaulis
Discover Carlina acaulis (Stemless Carline Thistle), a fascinating alpine plant with silvery-white flowers. Growing guide and care tips for your garden.
Cinchona pubescens: complete guide
Cinchona pubescens
Learn all about Cinchona pubescens (red quinine tree). Growing requirements, medicinal properties, maintenance and cultivation for this historical plant.
Samiland Gentian: complete guide
Comastoma tenellum
Discover the delicate Samiland Gentian, an alpine flower with purple stars from northern regions. All about cultivation, care and habitats in Europe.
Coronilla coronata: complete guide
Coronilla coronata
Discover Scorpion-vetch, an elegant European alpine with clustered yellow flowers resembling crowns. Learn cultivation, companion planting, and alpine garden design.
Delphinium menziesii: complete guide
Delphinium menziesii
Menzies larkspur is a delicate flower with blue blooms in natural habitats. Ideal for alpine gardens. Discover how to cultivate and care for it.
Mountain Larkspur (Delphinium montanum): complete guide
Delphinium montanum DC.
Discover the mountain larkspur, a rare alpine jewel from the Pyrenees with brilliant blue flower spires. Cultivation guide for this prized rocky garden plant.
Erysimum rhaeticum: complete guide
Erysimum rhaeticum
Discover the Swiss wallflower, an Alpine plant with cheerful yellow flowers. Perfect for rock gardens, scree beds, and borders with outstanding frost hardiness.
Geranium wallichianum: complete guide
Geranium wallichianum
Learn how to cultivate Buxton's Blue geranium in your garden. Placement, growing conditions, blooming, and care for this Himalayan hardy geranium.
Horminum pyrenaicum: complete guide
Horminum pyrenaicum
Dragonmouth is a rare Alpine plant with deep blue flowers. Learn how to cultivate this mountain dweller in your garden with our comprehensive care guide.
Chamois cress: complete guide
Hornungia alpina
Discover Chamois cress (Hornungia alpina), a tiny alpine plant with white flowers. Perfect choice for rock gardens and alpine troughs.
Juncus castaneus: complete guide
Juncus castaneus
Discover chestnut rush - an alpine plant for high elevations, cool climates, and mountain garden designs with water features.
Juniperus monticola: complete guide
Juniperus monticola
Discover mountain juniper: a majestic conifer for climate-resilient gardens. Native to Mesoamerican highlands, now in your garden.
Kelley's lily: complete guide
Lilium kelleyanum
Discover Kelley's lily (Lilium kelleyanum), a rare California mountain flower. Comprehensive care guide for this delicate alpine lily.