Chrysanthemum alpinum syn. Luecanthemopsis alpina Alpine daisy Z 5-

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  Rosette of thick silver-grey leaves with an inch-long terminal tip of each spine

  

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  Rosette of thick silver-grey leaves with an inch-long terminal tip of each spine and offshoots, knowns as “pups” emerge near the base, even of young plants. Flowers only once & takes +10 years.  In Z 5-6 plant in spring to get established.

  Size: 18” x 18-28”
  Care: sun in well-drained soil. We grow this in Z 5A on the south-facing side of a mound of well-drained soil, with a few large rocks nearby and gravel mulch.
  Native: mountains of Arizona and New Mexico.

  First Americans in the SW traded baked leaves and buds hundreds of years ago. Roasted stalks,baked buds & water mixed & fermented make pulque, further distilled to make mescal or tequila.

• Antennaria dioica Pussy toes Z 5-9

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  Pale pink “pussy-toe”, resembling the pads of a kitten’s foot, flowers in early summer, great silvery-gray foliage, good groundcover and rock garden plant.

  Size: 2” x 18”
  Care: full sun in well-drained soil, drought tolerant
  Native: Temperate areas worldwide

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• Aster sibiricus syn. Eurybia sibirica Siberian aster, Arctic aster Z 3-9

  Lavender daisies from late-summer into fall

  

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  Lavender daisies from late-summer into fall, valuable for long-blooming and short size

  Size: 6-10” x 15-24” Care: sun in well-drained, to moist well-drained, acidic soil
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• Sesleria nitida Nest Moor grass Z 5-8

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  In early spring, about the time Robins appear, spike-like panicles of white turn purple atop mounds of gray-blue blades

  Size: 24”x16”
  Care: sun to part shade in most any soil
  Native: central and southern Italy

  Collected before 1861.