Rock Gardening Encyclopedia

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Botrychium lanceolatum

Rock Gardening Subjects

• Intro to Rock Gardening
• Good Rock Garden Plants
• Starting Plants from Seed
• Troughs
• Dictionary of Specific Epithets
• Natural Alpine Rock Gardens
• Hands-on Growing Experiences
• Soil for Rock Gardens and Troughs
• Plant Morphology Charts

Rock Garden Plant Reference Table

A compilation in spreadsheet format of useful information on rock garden plant cultivation

Recommended Rock Garden Plants by Region - NEW!

Rock Garden Plants by Genus

You can also go to the board "Family, Genera, Species" in the NARGS Forum to discuss or read messages about many of these genera.

Geranium subcaulescens

Physaria lepidota

Delphinium tatsiense

• Adiantum
• Armeria
• Asarum
• Brunnera
• Calochortus
• Campanula
• Corydalis
• Dianthus
• Escobaria
• Gentiana
• Gentianopsis
• Glaucidium
• Helonias
• Hepatica
• Heuchera
• Iris
• Jeffersonia
• Mertensia
• Penstemon – Dasanthera Group
• Physoplexis-Phyteuma
• Podophyllum – including Dysosma
• Primula
• Primula – Candelabra types
• Pulsatilla
• Ramonda
• Saxifraga
• Trillium

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