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One of the true stars of our new crevice garden this Turkish native may not be what you expect of a Veronica but certainly is what you expect of a first-rate garden plant. Slowly forms a glossy evergreen mat of tiny cut leaves that conjure up thoughts of ultra-skilled clockmakers or artists who craft on grains of rice. This alone makes it a worthwhile do-er but the all-encompassing eruption of botanical-blue star shaped flowers is the real charmer. These arrive beginning in Spring and are still chugging along, if not at full force, in October at the time of this writing. 

Truly a Sea Holly as this Eryngium is a dune plant throughout a good part of Europe. Hard to beat texturama for the dry garden, Mediterranean style or really, any ol' garden as long as you aren't too nice to it. Good drainage in lean soil and you can bask in the splendor of the gray, lightly spiny foliage and the small light purple flower buttons.

We are excited to offer this formerly European-only delicacy out of the legendary Aberconwy nursery. Part of a breeding program to combine the compact form of 'Doksa' with the typical pink flowers of the species this was the most compact of the bunch. A perfectly exotic showplant for the Alpine enthusiast or an adorable and adaptable rock garden adornment for the avid gardener. 

Received as seeds from the self-proclaimed (and rightly so) "Veratrum Guru" Christoph Ruby, these plants originate from a now long devastated patch of habitat in the Balkans. Luckily careful stewardship by the esteemed gardeners of Hof Botanic has ensured the preservation and indeed proliferation of their genetics. The var. flavum has been the victim of taxonomic erasure but is kept here to denote the vibrant yellow-green flowers in this strain. The usual lush pleated foliage, deer resistance, and imposing size combined with provenance you can't help but feel good about make these a winner in a moist spot with a bit of shade. 

A purple flowering variety of this Asian gesneriad. While the leaves are pretty typical of the family at maturity, the immature leaves are incredibly textured like the interior of corrugated cardboard, or pruned fingers from a overly luxurious bath. Bright purple, tubular, star-shaped flowers somewhere between Nicotiana and Asarum held in small stalked clumps above the rosette.  Prefers a rocky wet but well drained spot akin to its native environment.

A cool tolerant species from the Himalaya, we keep this in our 40F greenhouse over the winter and it seems to like it. We're not traditional orchid growers as a rule but this has been super-easy, even in pots like everything else here. White flowers are of good size.

Elegant, graceful and beautiful form of the species with thin radially arranged leaflets and lovely narrow-waisted dark purple flowers accented by white stripes held fully visible below. The spathe limb or hood of the flower tapers to a long thread. This former variety lacks hairs on the spathe tube rim or lip which would need magnification to see anyway. Increases by short runners terminating in a bulb and will form a colony in time. We saw this just above Kangding in China in 2006 including a fantastic black-leafed colony of a single clone which resides not in our garden but in our memories as a longing unfulfilled.