Code Plant Name Description Zone Currently
Available
Price
coroc Corydalis ochroeleuca A most impressive little plant (12") blooming non-stop summer through fall, with white blooms tinted light yellow. It is happy in any poor well-drained soil and where it is happy it self-sows generously. 5 Y $5.00

dappet
Daphne petraea
(ruprestris)
A little gem for the rock garden or trough with prostrate stems adorned with pink flowers in late spring and early summer. Prefers a limy soil with excellent drainage or crevices among rocks. 6 Y $6.00
diasi Dianthus simulans Very tiny tufts of blue-green foliage with itsy bitsy pink flowers--for troughs and rockery. 5 Y $4.00
diatr Dianthus 'Tiny Rubies' Miniature double pink carnations on 3" stems appear in June. Reliable in any well drained gritty soil enriched with lime. Does well in troughs. 5 Y $4.00
eromanErodium manescauiThe "hardy" erodium with large deep pink flowers on 6" stems. Needs a well drained soil and full sun.5 Y $5.00
erora Erodium
reichardii 'Album'
1/2" white saucer like flowers adorn this little gem all summer. Great in troughs, but you'll have to protect in winter as it is not quite hardy. 7 Y $4.00
erorp Erodium
reichardii 'Plenum'
Small double pink blooms adorn this plant all summer, and although hardy only to zone 7 it is an indispensible trough plant! 7 Y $4.00

eunopp
Eunomia oppositifolia (Aethionema) One of our favorite miniature shrubs for the trough or rock garden. Little mounds of wiry stems clothed with grey-blue foliage are terminated with purple budded flowers that open white in early spring. 6 Y $6.00

eujjar
Euonymous
japonica 'Rykujo'
Very congested growth on this miniature broadleaf evergreen gives the appearance of green coral. Interesting choice for troughs. 6 Y $6.00

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