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Plant Picture Guide

Acanthus - Ajuga
Akebia - Apios
Aquilegia - Asclepias
Asimina - Athyrium
Atrichum - Campanula
Campsis - Chamaemelum
Chasmanthium - Coptis
Coreopsis - Dianthus
Dicentra - Euonymous
Eupatorium - Galium
Gaultheria - Helictotrichon
Hemerocallis - Itea
Juncus - Liriope
Lobelia - Lysimachia
Magnolia - Mimulus
Miscanthus
Mitchella - Onoclea
Ophiopogon - Osmunda
Pachysandra - Phalaris
Philadelphus
Phlox
Phragmites
Phyllostachys
Physostegia - Polygonum
Polypodium - Pratia
Prunus - Rhododendron
Rosa - Saxifraga
Schizachyrium - Silphium
Sisyrinchium - Thuidium
Thymus - Verbena
Veronica - Viburnum
Vinca - Zizia


Catalog as of April 01, 2008

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 ½" 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