Alpines
Mountain plants built for thin, sharp, gritty ground. Almost all of them are killed by winter wet, never by cold.
27 species in alpines
alpineEdelweiss
Leontopodium alpinum
full sunDry
alpineTrumpet Gentian
Gentiana acaulis
full sunEven
alpineSaxifrage
Saxifraga paniculata
part shadeDry
alpineAlpine Aster
Aster alpinus
full sunDry
alpineAubrieta
Aubrieta deltoidea
full sunDry
alpineGold Dust
Aurinia saxatilis
full sunDry
alpineRock Cress
Arabis alpina
full sunDry
alpineSea Thrift
Armeria maritima
full sunDry
alpineAlpine Pink
Dianthus alpinus
full sunDry
alpineCheddar Pink
Dianthus gratianopolitanus
full sunDry
alpineHouseleek
Sempervivum tectorum
full sunDry
alpineBiting Stonecrop
Sedum acre
full sunDry
alpineMossy Saxifrage
Saxifraga x arendsii
part shadeEven
alpineRock Jasmine
Androsace carnea
full sunDry
alpineAuricula
Primula auricula
part shadeEven
alpineAutumn Gentian
Gentiana sino-ornata
part shadeEven
alpineTrailing Bellflower
Campanula poscharskyana
part shadeDry
alpineFairy Thimbles
Campanula cochleariifolia
part shadeEven
alpineAlpine Phlox
Phlox douglasii
full sunDry
alpineRock Rose
Helianthemum nummularium
full sunDry
alpinePasque Flower
Pulsatilla vulgaris
full sunDry
alpineLewisia
Lewisia cotyledon
part shadeDry
alpinePersian Stone Cress
Aethionema grandiflorum
full sunDry
alpineFairy Foxglove
Erinus alpinus
part shadeDry
alpineSnowbell
Soldanella alpina
part shadeEven
alpineMountain Avens
Dryas octopetala
full sunDry
alpineMoss Campion
Silene acaulis
full sunDry