Growers of Alpine, Rock Garden

and Woodland Plants

Rock garden plants are commonly grown in naturalistic gardens, usually around and among rocks.  They tend to be compact in size, many have their origin in the mountain regions of the world, and they are often quite winter hardy.  The larger scale rock garden plants included here are grown in the open rock gardens, on hillsides, or draping over rock walls.

Small scale and miniature rock garden plants can be found on the Alpines and Trough Plants pages. Succulents are also ideal plants for the rock garden. 

Organized by exposure and growth form:

Full Sun (6 hrs or more)

Mat-forming - spreads by runners or rooting stems

Acinos alpinus – Rock Thyme

Antennaria dioica - Pussytoes

Anthemis carpatica 'Karpantenschnee' (Snow Carpet)

Azorella trifurcata

Raoulia australis - Mat Daisy

Raoulia subsericea - Mat Daisy

Sedum - Stonecrops

Thymus pulegioides - Wild Thyme

Thymus serpyllum - Creeping Thyme

Thymus serpyllum 'Elfin' - Creeping Thyme

Thymus serpyllum 'Magic Carpet' - Compact Creeping Thyme

Thymus serpyllum 'Minor' - Creeping Thyme

Grasslike Form -

Armeria maritima 'Alba' - White Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima 'Nifty Thrifty' - Variegated Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima 'Rubrifolia' - Red Leaf Sea Thrift

Armeria maritima ssp elongata - Tall Sea Thrift

Armeria pseudoarmeria ' Bee's Ruby'

Sisyrinchium californicum - Yellow-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium demissum - Stiff Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium striatum - Yellow Blue-eyed Grass

Mound-forming - 6" or less across

Arenaria ledebouriana

Onosma rigida - Golden Drop

Penstemon hirsutus 'Pygmaeus' - Pygmy Penstemon

Scleranthus uniflorus - Knawel Cushion

Talinum calycinum - Large Fameflower

Mound-forming or spreading -  Greater than 6" across

Alyssum wulfenianum

Arenaria montana - Mountain Sandwort

Dianthus barbatus nigrescens 'Sooty' - Sweet William

Dianthus deltoides - Maiden Pink

Jovibarba heuffelii

Asarina procumbens – Climbing Snapdragon

Cerastium tomentosum var columnae 'Silver Carpet' -  Compact Snow-in-Summer

Delosperma cooperi -  Hardy Iceplant

Delosperma nubigenum - Hardy Iceplant

Dryas octopetala - Mountain Avens

Dryas drummondii - Drummond's Mountain Avens

Gypsophila repens - Trailing Baby's Breath

Gypsophila repens 'Rosea' - Trailing Baby's Breath

Helichrysum bellidioides - New Zealand Everlasting Daisy

Iberis sempervirens 'Snow Cushion'

Nepeta mussinii - Catmint

Phedimus takesimensis (syn. Sedum takesimensis)

Pterocephalus perennis

Pulsatilla vulgaris - Pasque Flower

Scutellaria alpina 'Arcobaleno' - Rainbow Scullcap

Sempervivum

Silene uniflora 'Compacta' – Compact Maiden Tears

Silene uniflora 'Ice Cups' - Maiden Tears

Shrub - woody based perennials,

some are upright, others sprawling

Antirrhinum sempervirens - Climbing Snapdragon

Dracocephalum argunense - Dragon Head

Dracocephalum grandiflorum 'Altai Blue' - Dragon Head

Helianthemum appeninum - Sunrose

Helianthemum mummularium - Sunrose

Helianthemum oelandicum ssp alpestre - Alpine Sunrose

Lavendula angustifolia 'Hidcote Superior' - Compact Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia 'Lady Lavender'

Lavandula angustifolia 'Rosea' - Pink Compact Lavendar

Thymus x citriodorus - Lemon-scented Thyme

Thymus fragrantissumus - Orange-scented Thyme

Thymus vulgaris - Culinary Thyme

Uprights - 12" high or more

Achillea millifolium 'Colorado' - Yarrow

Campanula sarmatica - Bellflower

Euphorbia characias

Kniphofia uvaria  Hyb. - Torch Lily

Penstemon barbatus praecox nanus  'Rondo'- Beardlip Penstemon

Penstemon cardwellii  - Cardwell's Penstemon

Penstemon confertus - Yellow Penstemon

Penstemon eatonii – Firecracker Penstemon

Penstemon fruticosus - Shrubby Penstemon

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Springs' - Foothill Penstemon

Penstemon ovatus - Broad-Leaved Penstemon

Penstemon pinifolius - Pine Needle Beardtongue

Penstemon procerus - Small Flowered Penstemon

Penstemon serrulatus - Cascade Penstemon

Penstemon venustus - Lovely Penstemon

Penstemon whippleanus - Whipple's Penstemon

Petrorhagia saxifraga - Tunic Flower

Zauschneria californica - California Fuchsia

Sun to Part Shade

(Many need Afternoon Shade in hot climates)

Mat-forming - spreads by runners or rooting stems

Bruckenthalia spiculifolia - Spike Heath

Grasslike Form -

Juncus filiformis 'Spiralis' - Corkscrew Rush

Ranunculus gramineaus - Grass-leaved Buttercup

Sesleria caerulea - Blue Moor Grass

Mound-forming - 6" or less across

Aquilegia saximontana - Miniature Rocky Mountain Columbine

Campanula aucheri - Bellflower

Campanula bellidifolia - Bellflower

Campanula cochlearfolia 'Bavaria Blue' - Fairy Thimbles

Campanula cochlearfolia 'Bavaria White' - Fairy Thimbles

Lychnis alpina - Alpine Catchfly

Papaver alpinum - Alpine Poppy

Silene alpestris - Alpine Catchfly

Wahlenbergia albomarginata - New Zealand Bluebell

Mound-forming-  Greater than 6" across

Arabis blepharophylla 'Red Sensation' - Rock Cress

Aubrieta x cultorum 'Cascade Blue'

Aubrieta x cultorum 'Cascade Red'

Aurinia saxatilis 'Compactum Gold Ball' - Basket of Gold

Campanula collina - Dwarf Blue Bellflower

Campanula glomerata - Bellflower

Campanula linifolia - Bellflower

Campanula portenschlagiana - Dalmation Bellflower

Campanula poscharskyana - Serbian Bellflower

Hutchinsia alpina - Chamois Cress

Lychnis yunnanensis - Yunnan Catchfly

Minuartia laricifolia - Larch-leaved Sandwort

Minuartia rossii - Sandwort

Oxytropis megalantha - Asian Locoweed

Phyteuma scheuchzeri - Horned Rampion

Potentilla aurea - Golden Cinquefoil

Potentilla nepalense 'Shogran'

Potentilla megalantha - Strawberry Cinquefoil

Saponaria pumilio - Pygmy Soapwort

Saxifraga x Hybrids

Sedum spathulifolium - Broad-leaved Stonecrop

Sedum spathulifolium 'Capo Blanco' - Broad-leaved Stonecrop

Symphyandra zanzigur - Rock Bellflower

Upright - 12" high or more

Aquilegia alpina - Alpine Columbine

Aquilegia careulea - Rocky Mountain Columbine

Aquilegia canadensis - Canada Columbine

Aquilegia chrysantha v chaplinei - Chaplin's Gold Columbine

Aquilegia ecalcarata - Spurless Columbine

Aquilegia formosa - Western Columbine

Aquilegia rockii - Himalayan Columbine

Calamintha grandiflora - Calamint

Delphinium grandiflorum 'Delfy Blue'

Delphiium grandiflorum 'Delfy White'

Delphinium menziesii - Menzies Larkspur

Campanula punctata - Bellflower

Meconopsis betonicifolia - Himalayan Blue Poppy

Meconpsis betonicifolia 'Henson Violet' - Himalayan Poppy

Part to Full Shade

Mat-forming - spreads by runners or rooting stems

Alchemilla alpina - Alpine Lady's Mantle

Alchemilla erythropoda - Lady's Mantle

Veronica fruticans - Rock Speedwell

Grasslike Form -

Roscoea alpina

Roscoea auriculata

Roscoea purpurea

Mound-forming -

Viola coreana - Cyclamen-leaved Violet

Upright -

Campanula prenanthoides - Slender Bellflower

Vaccinium myrtillus - European Blueberry

Vaccinium vitis-idaea - Lingonberry

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