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Plant Picture Guide

Acanthus - Akebia
Allium - Apios
Aquilegia - Asarum
Asclepias - Asimina
Aster - Atrichum
Bambusa - Campsis
Camptosorus - Chamaemelum
Chasmanthium - Coptis
Coreopsis - Dianthus
Dicentra - Erigeron
Eriophorum - Fragaria
Gaillardia - Hedyotis
Helianthus - Indocalamus
Iris - Lamium
Laportea - Lobelia
Lonicera - Maianthemum
Manfreda - Mimulus
Miscanthus
Mitchella - Onoclea
Ophiopogon - Osmunda
Pachysandra - Petasites
Phalaris - Philadelphus
Phlox
Phragmites
Phyllostachys
Physostegia - Polygonum
Polypodium - Potentilla
Prunus - Rhododendron
Rosa - Sasa
Sasaella - Scirpus
Sedum - Senecio
Shibataea - Stachys
Stokesia - Uvularia
Vaccinium - Vetiveria
Viburnum - Vinca
Viola - Zizia


Catalog as of February 04, 2010

Cerastium

(Caryophyllaceae - pink family)
About 60 species of mostly low-growing, annual or perennial herbs, distributed worldwide. Some species are cultivated as ornamentals.

tomentosum peren • ht 6" • zones 4-8

snow-in-summer

Cerastium tomentosum - May 23 Cerastium tomentosum - May 23


ground cover, dry - moist, sun
Italy and Sicily

Mat-forming, with trailing stems and white-woolly foliage. White flowers about 1½" across appear in late spring or early summer. Tolerant of poor, sandy soil. Useful as a ground cover.

cat # 2T3T
$7.95 each / 3-9, $7.50 ea / 10+, $6.95 ea