Hokonui Alpines
Plant Catalogue

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AETHIONEMA pulchellum $7.00
Heads of clear pink flowers in abundance make a lovely display on this little bushy plant with its blue grey foliage. Early summer. Sun. Free-draining soil with lime. H15cm x W25cm.

ALSTROEMERIA hookeri $7.00
A very dwarf species from South America. Soft pink open-faced flowers, lightly flecked with chocolate, in autumn, after the leaves die down. Sun. H10cm x W30cm.

ANACYCLUS depressus $7.00
White daisies backed with red on prostrate stems. Lacy silvery mat. Sun. H5cm x W30cm.

• ANAGALLIS monelli $7.00
An uncommon species for a sunny position and free-draining light soil, this has showy brilliant blue flowers with red eyes from early summer until autumn. Low mound of deep green foliage on branching stems. H15-20cm.

ANCHUSA caespitosa $7.00
Brightest blue stemless flowers, each with a snow white eye, nestle amongst the compact rosettes of deep green foliage. Sun. Deep gritty soil. H3 x W12.

• ANDROSACE jacquemontii $7.00
This is a really delightful little species with short-stemmed umbels of lavender flowers over furry grey rosettes tucked into a compact hummock. Sun and free-draining soil but not dry. H5cm x W10cm.

ANDROSACE laevigata Gothenburg $7.00
Tidy low domes of fresh green foliage with large clear pink flowers on short stems in late spring. Sun. Gritty fertile soil. H7cm x W10cm.

• ANDROSACE mucronifolia $7.00
Short-stemmed umbels of pale creamy pink yellow-eyed flowers in spring. Little light green rosettes in a tight cushion/mat. A beautiful little Himalayan treasure for a crevice on the rockery or in a trough. Part sun and a cool gritty soil. H5cm x W10cm.

ANDROSACE sarmentosa Lilac Form $7.00
A carpet of grey green rosettes spreading by stolons. Pretty pale lilac pink flowerheads. H10cm x W30cm.

ANEMONE x lesseri $7.00
Shallow bowls of rose pink appear over tufts of deeply cut foliage from late spring onwards. Well-drained soil in sun or part shade. Winter dormant. H15cm. Few.

• ANEMONE magellanica $7.00
This South American species has deeply divided foliage with 25cm stems of primrose yellow bowls in spring. Winter dormant. Sun. Few.

ANEMONE obtusiloba patula $7.00
From a central tuft of lobed and downy foliage radiate long stems ending in beautiful blue saucers over summer. Thrives here in light shade with ample moisture during flowering. H15cm x W30cm.

• AQUILEGIA laramiensis $7.00
A rare species restricted to the Laramie Peak area in its native Wyoming this has dainty white flowers in spring. Part sun/shade. H15cm x W15cm.

• AQUILEGIA scopulorum Tall Form $7.00
This elegant form has mounds of blue grey foliage and 20cm stems carrying light blue long-spurred flowers. Sun or part sun and a cool free-draining soil with added dolomite lime. Perfect for the rockery or smaller garden.

• ARABIS caucasica variegata $7.00
This low carpeting plant has loads of white flowers over green foliage which is attractively marked with creamy yellow. Excellent groundcover on a dry bank or wall and great as an edging on the sunny border.

ARISAEMA flavum $7.00
A winter-dormant tuber with 1-2 leaves per plant and unusual little 'flowers' of lemon yellow in summer. The spathes have a pointed tip which turns down to form a cowl which hides the tiny spadix and its minute flowers inside.

ARISAEMA species $8.00
A tuberous perennial with ornamental green and white striped spathes in early summer. Part shade and free-draining humus-rich soil. Approx 45cm high in flower. Winter dormant.

• ASPERULA lilaciflora caespitosa $7.00
Emerald green mat. Prostrate stems covered with pretty pink tubular flowers in summer. Good over a rock in the alpine garden, edge of a wall or trough. Sun. H4cm x W30cm.

• ASTER alpinus Blue $7.00
Large showy lavender blue daisies on short sturdy stems. A fine easy variety. Sun. H12cm x W30cm.

ASTILBE crispa $7.00
A very good dwarf astilbe with short thick spikes of soft pink flowers in midsummer over most attractive crispy crinkly ferny leaves. Our visitors often snap this up before it flowers, just for the foliage. Moist fertile soil. Winter dormant. H20cm.

AUBRIETIA Pink Double $7.00
Double flowers of clear pink appear on this neat cushion in spring. Sun. H7cm x W20cm. Excellent on the rock garden, walls.

• AUBRIETIA The Cardinal $7.00

AURINIA saxatile citrinum $7.00
This fine perennial species makes a low mound of grey green foliage with a good display of pale moonlight yellow flowers in late spring. Excellent on sunny walls, banks and rock gardens.

• CALCEOLARIA fothergillii $7.00
Baggy flowers heavily stippled with rusty orange, and bands of rust brown, yellow and white across the lip. A vigorous plant with abundant flowers. H10cm x W15cm.

CAMPANULA alpestris $7.00
This forms a mat of ground-hugging rosettes which produce large upturned bells of blue on short stems in summer. Winter dormant. Sun. Gritty fertile soil.

• CAMPANULA betulaefolia $7.00
Low clumps of toothed foliage and lovely pendant white bells in summer. A gem for the connoisseur and delightful over the edge of a trough or in a crevice on the rock garden. Winter dormant. Sun. Gritty fertile soil.

• CAMPANULA carpatica turbinata $7.00
Large showy bells of deep lavender blue on a slowly spreading mat. A fine compact easy variety, excellent subject for the beginner. Sun. H15cm x W40cm.

• CAMPANULA Elizabeth Oliver $7.00
Similar to C.haylodgensis but the pale blue double flowers are like dainty little bells rather than saucers. Creeping. Sun. H12cm.

CAMPANULA garganica Dickson's Gold $7.00
The fresh golden yellow spring foliage makes a fine backdrop to the pretty blue starry flowers which appear in summer. Sun.

• CAMPANULA G.F.Wilson $7.00
Slowly spreading mat. Large open bells of rich purple on slender stems. Midsummer. Sun. H7cm x W30cm.

• CAMPANULA Lisduggan $7.00
A trailing variety ideal for walls, baskets, containers and rock gardens. Long sprays of lavender pink starry flowers in summer. Sun. H20cm x W45cm.

CAMPANULA troegerae $8.00
A choice Turkish Bellflower with pink buds opening to widely flared saucers. Grey foliage. Related to C.betulaefolia and likes a partly shaded well-drained position.

CAMPANULA zoysii $9.00
This is a very distinctive species with abundant tubular blue flowers which are crimped closed at the mouth. Not difficult to grow in a free-draining soil with a dusting of lime worked in. Excellent in a container, rock garden or trough and we recommend that you divide the little mat regularly as it tends to exhaust the area it is growing in. Uncommon and only rarely available in New Zealand.

CHAMAECYPARIS pisifera Snow $7.00
This is a handsome little dwarf Conifer which makes a rounded bush of feathery bluish green foliage beautifully splashed all over with cream. Looks fresh all year round. Part sun.

• CHRYSANTHEMUM catananche $7.00
A low tufted plant with deeply cut grey green foliage and cream daisies with a distinctive maroon band around the eye. Warm sunny positions and a free-draining soil. H10cm x W15cm.

CHRYSANTHEMUM mawii Ruapuna $7.00
This forms a low bushlet with daisies which are just a little smaller than our usual form of Ch.mawii, of deep pink with a suggestion of terracotta. A welcome addition to the sunny rock garden.

COLCHICUM agrippinum $10.00
A fine dwarf corm which flowers in late autumn and winter. The slim lilac pink flowers have pointed petals chequered with lilac purple. Although Colchicums are commonly called Autumn Crocus they should not be confused with true Crocus which are very different. Summer dormant. Sun.Larger pots with several corms.

CRASSULA sarcocaulis $10.00
One of the best little plants for late colour in the smaller garden. It makes a rounded low shrub of succulent leaves covered with gazillions of little ruby buds which open to tiny pink flowers by late February. Never needs trimming. After flowering just brush your hand over the plant and all the faded flowers fall off leaving a tidy little bush. Simple! Sun. H20cm x W35cm.

• CYCLAMEN coum $7.00
Shiny dark green rounded leaves, some beautifully marked with silver, and chubby flowers of good clear pink in spring. Increases well. Corm. Sun or part shade.

CYTISUS x kewensis $12.00
A semi-prostrate dwarf shrub from Kew Gardens, London. Arching stems of lightly scented creamy flowers in spring. Lovely for picking and does not seed. This is the only broom we can sell to farmers' wives! Sun. Highly recommended. H25cm x W50cm.

DELOSPERMA congestum White Form $7.00
A succulent cushion with large white stemless daisies from pale primrose buds. Distinctive and unusual. An exceptionally hardy species for a sunny position

DELOSPERMA John Proffit $7.00
Here is an excellent little semi-prostrate plant for the sunny garden, pots and container gardens. Fleshy leaves with a continuing display of large shiny daisies of glowing rose purple. Sun and fertile free-draining soil.

• DELPHINIUM luteum $7.00
A Californian coastal native from Sonoma County. Low tuft of deep green foliage. Slender branching stems of pale primrose Larkspurs from limey lemon buds. Winter dormant. Sun. Free-draining soil. H25cm.

DELPHINIUM menziesii $7.00
A delightful dwarf Delphinium species with deeply cut foliage and slender spikes of deep blue Larkspurs in summer. Sun. Ordinary soil. Winter dormant crowns.

DIANTHUS - this large group includes Carnations, Pinks and the smaller rockery Dianthus. Most make a cushion or mat of pointed grey leaves and carry single or double flowers, usually strongly perfumed, in early summer. A sunny position and a free-draining soil with a little dolomite lime worked in will keep them healthy. Plant them in the garden at the same soil level as they were in the pot. They are excellent plants for banks and walls, as edgings, and on the rockery. Apart from the very tall Florists' Carnations they can be grouped into three sizes - tall(H25cm x W30cm), medium(H15cm x W30cm) and dwarf(under 10cm high).

DIANTHUS arvenensis $7.00
This forms a low cushion of grey foliage with masses of scented clear pink flowers in midsummer. Sun. An easy dwarf variety for walls, rockeries, paving or over the edge of a trough garden.

• DIANTHUS Cherry Ripe $7.00
This forms a tuft of blue green foliage and has perfumed flowers of luscious cherry rose red. Dwarf. Sun.

DIANTHUS Creme de Menthe $7.00
Grey cushion. White flowers with a green eye and chocolate flecks. A great little dwarf variety for troughs and rockeries. Christchurch raised.

DIANTHUS Fringed White $7.00
Hundreds of little pure white flowers with fringed margins over a broad grey cushion. Beautiful spicy perfume. Excellent for a sunny position on the rock garden or over a wall. Dwarf.

• DIANTHUS Highland Fraser $7.00
This is a lovely laced variety suitable for the rock garden, front of the border, and walls. Pale pink flowers, each petal with a fine margin and central bar of ruby red. Medium.

• DIANTHUS microlepis $7.00
This is such an dear little plant with its display of wee clear pink flowers over the dense cushion in early summer. Sun. Well-drained soil. Dwarf.

DIANTHUS Pink Jewel $7.00
Little deep pink 'rosebuds' on fine stems. One of our most dependable and free-flowering dwarf varieties. Good on the rock garden, walls, paving, and especially recommended for beginners.

DIANTHUS Pretty $7.00
Sweetly scented pale rose pink double flowers flushed deeper rose in the centre. Nice compact habit. Sun. Free-draining limey soil. Rock garden, banks, walls, paving.

DIANTHUS Windward Rose $7.00
Cushion. Perfumed nicely double flowers of lilac pink. Medium.

DODECATHEON dentatum $7.00
American Shooting Star. Low clumps of toothed and frilled leaves and, in summer, 15cm stems carrying white flowers with upswept petals and protruding chocolate anthers. Winter dormant. Moist peaty soil.

DODECATHEON pulchellum $7.00
Flowering size plants from seed collected Gilpin County, Colorado.

• DRABA bryoides imbricata $7.00
Mossy light green dome. Threadlike stems of wee yellow flowers in spring, summer, autumn. An excellent species for the open garden as it doesn't mind winter wet. Sun. H10cm x W15cm.

ERIGERON aureus $7.00
One of my favourite little North American daisies, this makes a compact mound with plenty of its deep golden yellow flowers in early summer. Likes a sunny position and a fertile free-draining soil but not too dry.

ERIGERON linearis $7.00
You might be forgiven for thinking this is a nice wee grey grass until you see its golden daisies appear in late spring. A distinguished species from western North America for a sunny well-drained position amongst rocks. H10cm x W20cm.

• ERIOGONUM umbellatum Cream/Brick $7.00
Propagated from seedlings of the selected form 'Alturas Red'. Grey green mat. Heads of red buds opening to cream pompoms which mature to brick red. sun. H15cm x W20cm.

ERODIUM chamaedryoides Bishops Form $7.00
Soft downy cushion. Showy short-stemmed flowers which are larger and a richer pink than the usual form. Sun. H5cm x W20cm.

ERYSIMUM Orange Flame $7.00
This cushion is covered with a lively display of crushed orange flowers from late winter until early summer. Lovely with blues and creams. Rock gardens, banks and walls. Sun. H8cm x W40cm.

FOTHERGILLA major $12.00
For all plant connoisseurs we are pleased to offer this fine shrub with its superb fiery red autumn foliage and fluffy creamy white flowerheads in spring. Multi-stemmed in habit, growing to approx 1m high. Just starting to colour up now.

GENTIANA acaulis $7.00
Large trumpets of intense blue in late winter and spring. These are lovely chunky plants raised from seed from a reliable flowering variety, 'Harlem Gem'. Sun. Very firm planting in a fertile gritty soil with well-rotted cow manure if possible. H10cm x W30cm

GENTIANA x carolii $7.00
Autumn flowers in jewel-like turquoise blue. Very compact old variety. Cultivation as for the other Asiatic Hybrids above.

• GENTIANA species $7.00
This mystery species was part of Alistair Blee's collection, labelled as G.olivieri and also cephalantha. However it resembles a free-flowering light blue-flowered compact version of G.septemfida. Sun.

• GERANIUM subcaulescens $7.00
Showy rosy carmine flowers with striking sooty black stamens over neat tuft in summer. Sun. H12cm x W25cm.

• GLAUCIDIUM palmatum $8.00
A very choice plant for a cool fertile soil in part shade, this has beautiful big lavender poppies and large leaves like maple foliage. Winter dormant. H40cm x W50cm.

GYPSOPHILA tenuifolium $7.00
This species forms a tight dome of foliage with many slender wiry stems carrying clear pink single flowers in summer. Sun. H30cm.

GYPSOPHILA repens alba $7.00
A prolific pure white-flowered rockery Gypsophila which really 'froths' over during summer. Marvellous on walls and banks. H12cm x W45cm.

HELIANTHEMUMS: - you may know these by their other names as Sun Roses or Rock Roses. They aren't true roses but the flowers look rather like single roses, over a low bush of soft grey or green foliage. They love plenty of sun, are frost tolerant and take dry conditions well once established. Clip back as soon as the early summer flowers have dropped - this will produce masses of flowers for the following year. H20cm x W30cm. Ideal for edging, sunny banks and dry walls. Available varieties are listed below.

• HELIANTHEMUM alpestre serpyllifolium $7.00
A grey mat-forming species 'Rock Rose' which is ideal for the smaller garden, rockery or over the edge of a trough. The little developing flowerbuds hang like wee sage green toggles and are a delight in themselves. Fluffy-centred flowers of clear yellow. Sun. H5cm x W30cm.

• HELIANTHEMUM Annabel $7.00
Spikes of clear pink fully double flowers held well up above the foliage. An excellent variety.

• HELIANTHEMUM Ben Affleck $7.00
Grey foliage makes a great foil for orange dark-eyed single flowers.

HELIANTHEMUM Ben Fhada $7.00
A succession of pure yellow flowers held well above compact green foliage.

• HELIANTHEMUM Chocolate Blotch $7.00
Single flowers of deep rusty orange with darker eye.

HELIANTHEMUM Cream Bouquet $7.00
Fully double flowers of cream to moonlight yellow. Lovely.

• HELIANTHEMUM Double Deep Rose $7.00
Rich rose to rose red double flowers. Green foliage.

HELIANTHEMUM Lois $7.00
Abundant flowers of warm peach pink. H25cm x W40cm.

• HELIANTHEMUM Pink Beauty $7.00
Large frilly rich pink single flowers.

HELIANTHEMUM Snow Queen $7.00
This sun-loving dwarf bush has single flowers which are more cream than white. It thrives in hot positions and needs just a little clip over after flowering to maintain its tidy shape. H25cm x W40cm.

HELIANTHEMUM Wisley Primrose $7.00
Similar to Ben Fhada, foliage is greyer, flowers are larger and of a delicious clear lemon yellow. My favourite variety amongst our collection of these Sun/Rock Roses.

HELICHRYSUM argyrophyllum $7.00
This forms a carpet of silvery satin-textured leaves with a fine display of papery daisies in autumn which persist throughout winter. The flowers are a much purer clear yellow than our photo suggests. Ideal for a sunny wall. A light trim in spring keeps it well-groomed. H10cm x W60cm.

• HELICHRYSUM sibthorpii $7.00
A mound of downy silvery foliage over which clusters of deep peach pink glossy buds open to moonlight yellow paper daisies. Sun. H15cm x W30cm.

• HELONIOPSIS orientalis $7.00
Evergreen clumps of sharply pointed foliage with sturdy stems carrying several lilac pink flowers with bluish stamens, in spring. A charming species for a cool fertile soil in part shade.

HEPATICA nobilis Blue $8.00
Beautiful flowers in a range of colours from light to deep blues through to purple blues above a clump of dark green leaves in spring. New growth often flushed with warm brown. Part shade. Cool fertile soil. H15cm x W40cm. Good bushy plants from Swedish seed.

HEPATICA nobilis Marbled Leaf $8.00
Lovely chunky seed-raised plants with beautiful leaf markings which are a feature of this form. Flowers blue. Part shade. Cool fertile soil. Very popular so don't miss out.

• HEPATICA nobilis Rose Pink $7.00
Deep green kidney-shaped leaves with a central posy of lovely rose pink flowers in spring. Cool shady positions with fertile soil.

• HEPATICA pyrenaica $7.00
Pure white flowers with white stamens from a green centre. Beautifully marbled foliage on this species. Part shade. Moist cool humus-rich soil.

HEPATICA transsilvanicus $7.00
Spreading carpets of large deeply lobed leaves and lovely large pale blue flowers in spring. Shade. Tolerates drier soils better than the preceding varieties. H15cm x W60cm.

HIRPICIUM armerioides $7.00
This resembles a miniature Gazania whose pale creamy lemon daisies have a satin sheen to them and the petals sport a navy blue-black reverse. Spreads gradually to make a group of compact tufts. Sun. H10 x W35

IBERIS Little Gem $7.00
A first-rate display of sparkling pure white flowers in early summer is produced by this very compact evergreen bushlet. Easy in an open sunny position. H20cm x W30cm.

IRIS cristata alba $7.00
Dwarf Crested Iris. Pure white flowers with a little gold crest on the falls. Winter dormant. Early summer. Part shade and moist leafy soil. H15cm x W25cm.

IRIS gracilipes alba $7.00
A dwarf rhizomatous species with fans of light green leaves. Slender stems carrying pure white flowers in spring. Winter dormant. Shade. Moist fertile soil. H20cm x W20cm.

IRIS innominata Golds/Yellows $7.00
A low-growing Californian Iris with narrow leaves and beautiful rather flat flowers in a wide range of colours. Here we offer two bushy plants per pot. Seed-raised so no two will be identical. Mostly yellows to golds but may include chestnut browns. Sun or part shade and a lime-free humusy soil.

IRIS innominata White $7.00
Same as above, with pure white flowers veined with deep yellow.

IRIS setosa canadensis $7.00
Clumps of narrow grass-like foliage. Finely veined flowers of deep lavender blue in late spring. H15cm.

IRIS verna $7.00
This is a pretty little American with lavender blue flowers with yellow crest. A rhizomatous species with narrow foliage which dies down in winter. Part sun and free-draining but cool fertile soil. H15cm x W20cm.