Alpine Garden Plant List

The alpine garden was created in the fall of 2008. I have grown alpine perennials from seed and purchased some others from garden centers. These plants are all low-growing and good candidates for rock gardens. They are growing in full sun and in relatively poor soil. I will make notes of any plants that don't survive the winters, as growing alpine plants in zone 1 in northern Saskatchewan is a bit of a gamble in hardiness.

Many of the plants form low mounds. I hope for these little mounds to nearly coalesce and eventually form a nice carpet of plants around the rocks. I will keep adding plant photos to this list as the plants grow and bloom.

• Acinos alpinus (Rock thyme)-- small purple flowers

• Alchemilla alpina -- gift plant from local gardener, blooms in June. Spreads and can get a bit messy-looking if not trimmed back.
  

• Allium flavum v. minus -- yellow flowers, bloomed July 20, 2009

• Androsace primuloides “Sheppard” – died after planting
  
• Arabis caucasica “Rosea” -- started from seed, bloomed early June
  
• Arabis ferdinandi-cobergi “Variegata”--very attractive white and green foliage
  

• Aster alpinus “Goliath”-- started from seed
  
• Dianthus microlepsis white -- bloomed July
  

• Cerastium alpinum ssp. lanatum – white flowers, grey hairy foliage, growing and spreading fairly fast
  

• Delosperma nubigenum – yellow flowers, spreads very well
  

• Delosperma deleeuwiae -pink flowers, from Wrightman alpines spring 2009, bloomed July 21, 2009

• Draba mixed -- started from seed
  
• Draba polytricha – very tiny, feeble as of June 09, but overwintered extremely well without any damage to its evergreen foliage. Yellow flowers April 2010.

• Dryas octopetala “Alpine Carpet”- from Wrightman alpines spring 2009, overwintered well. Appears evergreen.
  
• Erigeron compositus--started from seed spring 2008, bloomed July 20, 2009
  
• Jovibarba small rosettes mix – started from seed, look like Sempervivum, overwintered well
  
• Lewisia hybrids -- very pretty flowers, plants reliably hardy over several winters only if in well-drained soil. The ones in the alpine bed rotted in winter.
  

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• Lewisia cotyledon “Little Plum”, “Regenbogen”, plus Lewisia mix started from seed
• Muscari armeniacum
• Narcissus “Tete-a-Tete”-planted fall 2008
  
• Papaver miyabeanum “Pacino” (Japanese poppy) – Self-seeds easily, with new plants starting to grow in late March.
  

• Penstemon rupicola “Pink Holly” --arrived in the mail mostly dead
  
• Saxifraga x arendsii “Peter Pan” – pink flowers, from Dutch Growers, overwintered extremely well.
  
• Saxifraga x arendsii “Purple Robe”-- from Dutch Growers, overwintered extremely well.
  
• Scabiosa japonica “Pink diamonds” – grown from seed, first blooms in 2008 on June 28. Cut off dead blooms after flowering season to keep it looking neat.
  

• Scilla siberica (Siberian squill) -- tiny spring-flowering bulb with deep blue flowers. Looks good in dense clusters, naturalizes and multiplies every year. Plant tips emerging from the ground April 20, 2010.
  
• Sedum kamtschaticum 'variegatum' -- red and yellow flowers, bloomed July 21, 2009. Winter hardy.
  

• Sedum laxum ssp. laxum--grey and pink foliage, very slow to start growing
  
• Sedum makinoi “Ogon” -- bright yellow foliage

• Sedum ewersii (Ewers Stonecrop) -- grey-green foliage, grew well; pictured in spring
  

• Sedum rupestre “Angelina”

• Sedum spathulifolium “Cape Blanco”
• Sedum spurium var. coccineum “Dragon’s Blood”
• Sempervivum (Hens and chicks) – various types
  

"Cobweb" hens & chicks"Ashes of Roses"

• Thymus pseudolanuginiosus (woolly thyme)
• Thymus serpyllum (creeping thyme)
  

• Thymus serpyllum “Elfin” -- the most low-growing, compact thyme I have ever seen
• Lemon thyme -- gift from family member, variegated fragrant leaves
  
• Veronica allionii
  
• Veronica armena – from Wrightman alpines

• Veronica whitleyi -- from Dutch Growers in Saskatoon

Shrubs:

• Actostaphylos uva-ursi (Bearberry). Foliage turns burgundy in fall/winter.
  

• Dwarf balsam fir. Minimal winter damage, with some brown needles in spring 2010.
  

• Dwarf mugo pine. Almost unaffected by winter damage.
  

• Nest spruce. Very little winter kill, but had good snowcover and little wind.
  

Ideas for more plants to try in the alpine garden:

• Phlox douglasii, Phlox borealis
  
• Silene uniflora 'Druett's Variegeted