Ok - 10 times real fast and win a free plant of our choice!  What a moniker!  And what a Buttercup of Distinction.  Slow clumper with sumptuous big vibrant seriously double rich golden yellow flowers that causes our endocrine system to release something really good.  Rare and choice.

A seldom encountered Buttercup from the Pyrenees.  This is so well mannered that one has a tendency to think of it as a Trollius rather than a Ranunculus. Thick short rhizomes create a dense crown with rich green leaves and deep yellow flowers of good substance. Nice.

Scabweed.  Don't you love common names? Reminds me of some of the nicknames my mom had for me growing up. This alpine New Zealander is a very easy and very cool plant for a trough or rock garden. Hard flat white-silver mats with tiny cream dots of flowers in July.

Devil's Elder. This is a hardy large evergreen shrub to 15'-20' tree from Chile and Argentina where it grows in shaded situations along streams or bogs. It does well in our shade garden without being a tippler where it has handled nicely brief dips to 10F. The flowers are loose panicles of interesting wee green things which give way to purplish brown fruit.

This Reineckea hails from Japan and has low, grassy evergreen foliage with small candles of pink-backed white flowers in June followed by little red fruits.  A nice little easy slow carpeter and very good under larger Rhododendrons or as a small-scale groundcover.

This is a collection by Wynn-Jones in 2000 from near Baoxing Sichuan who thought at the time it was an unusual form, but it is well within the gradient for typical Reineckea carnea.  This is a must for the shade garden along with every other one Reineckea you can lay your hands on!

A distinct smaller form with wider leaves from our collection on the summit of Jinfoshan where it was growing deep moss on top of hard limestone flanged outcrops in a miniature stone forest.  We thought this might be a new subspecies but DNA says R. carnea.  The scented pink and white flowers are much more visible in this form.

A very fine form both in habit and flowers which was collected at 2000m on Emeishan in Sichuan China.

An evergreen Lily-of-the-Valley relative, this is our collection from Yunnan, China from our 1997 trip.  This is distinctly different than the Reineckia carnea of Japan as well as other collections from China yet DNA by Aaron Floden puts it right in the species.  Scented pink flowers at the base of the leaves.

Mountain dweller in the Cascades BC to CA, popping over to Colorado and up into the northern arctic regions.  Good rock garden plant down here where the livin' is easy.  Succulent blue-green leaves clad the many stems while the terminal clustered red flowers glitter like a garnet hatpin.

Western Azalea native to southern OR and northern CA.  I've seen this ringing Darlingtonia bogs in the Siskiyous in full bloom in shimmering 100 degree heat and it is a sight to behold.  Quite fragrant.

This represents the first introduction of this species to culltivation from our collection on a shaded cliff in Guangxi in 2012.  A pixie of a Rhododendron which is one of the Vireyas and has small glossy leaves and good, dark yellow, open-faced flowers of appropriate scale.  These are cutting grown.  Hardiness is unknown but Z8b is safe.

Crazy piece of work but in the best possible way.  This is a sport of this Japanese azalea species which would typically have the usual thumb-shaped leaves and wide flower petals but in this selection, the leaves and pink flower petals have become very long and thin like decorative sushi garnish.  Nothing like it and a universal must-have.

A floriferous hybrid with good-sized pink flowers that makes a definite statement en masse - you have to like pink a lot or this is not for you.  Subtly pale stripe on the midrib or keel of the petals is just a sweet bit of sugar frosting on this eye candy.  Quickly makes a dense little clump with lots of late spring-early summer flowers.  Similar and may be the same as 'New Look'.

Rhodohypoxis is a genus of small bulbs with dense grassy foliage and fairly large flowers for the size of the plant which are produced with exhuberance.  This one of the legion of pink-tinged white selections and is a good grower given well-drained yet moist soil.  Choice little rock garden subject.

Newer selection of this small clumping South African bulb which has intense deep red-pink flowers.  This is the perfect rock garden plant needing moisture while in growth and good drainage especially in winter when it is dormant.

Presumed hybrid between Rhodohypoxis and Hypoxis from a collection on the Hebron Farm property in South Africa. Great little rock garden plant provided it doesn't get too dry.

Easy and hardy little bulbous plant from South Africa and a good pink in this selection.  This makes dense tuffets of grassy foliage in spring and summer and covers itself in May/June with pink flowers.  Increases well but never a problem making an easy to divide clump when dormant.

Big pink flowers of substance on this densely clumping South African bulb.  Hardy outside here given good drainage in winter (and mulch if a bad winter) and a choice candidate for the rock garden provided it gets ample water when in growth.  Easy to grow in pots and overwinter in the garage.

Flower power is the smallest of packages, this little but mighty rhizomatous yet bulbous Iris family member from South Africa brings a degree of satisfaction far beyond it's size when its short grassy foliage becomes completely obscured for weeks in late spring by rose red flowers literally cheek to cheek.  Good increaser, hardy in zones 7-8.

This is one coming out of the garden of Matt Mattus and has garnered the name 'Matt's White'.  This may be a name functioning more as a placeholder for origin than a proper clonal name.  It is a good doer and basically obscures the foliage when in flower so be forewarned if you like leaves with your flowers.

A little densely clumping bulb with grassy leaves and a plethora of flowers of white blushing with pink shades which when it is full on can completely obscure the leaves.  This likes that illusive moist but well-drained soil and is a classic little goody for the rock garden.  Mulch if a severe winter.

Grassy little clumping rhizomatous bulb from South Africa which is easily grown here provided it has good drainage and moisture while in growth and a bit of mulch in winter. Dawn is a broad-petaled fairly large flowered selection in which the white flowers are just touched with pink.

A great rock garden plant for our area where it thrives on the sun and good drainage and rewards the neglectful gardener with unearned but copious amounts of showy white flowers.  If we get bitter cold in the winter, this South African wouldn't mind a wee blanky of mulch.

Love the Rhodohypoxis and this is one that is not that easy to find.  A tidy densely clumping bulb which loves good drainage when it is dormant in the winter and ample moisture when growing.  Great for the sunny rock garden with some water.  Medium pink flowers aging to white.

Lily Jean is a demure little thing with small double flowers randomly flecked with bits of red, pink and white.  Quickly increrasing to form a dense little tussock with scads of flowers.  This like ample moisture when growing and very good drainage in winter when dormant.  Rock garden plant.  Mulch if real cold.

A floriferous hybrid Rhodohypoxis from South Africa which white flowers nicely flushed in pink.  This will easily cover itself in flowers in June-July increasing quickly making a dense clump which can be divided.  Your friends will expect you to be gracious unless you come up with a plausible excuse.

Small but rapidly clumping bulb from South Africa with dense grassy leaves and small white flowers produced with some say reckless abandon during summer.

This little gem is the result of artificially induced tetraploidy which essentially means a doubling of the chromosome count.  Why should we care about something we can't see?  Because like athletes abusing steroids, this is extra vigorous with larger flowers as a result.  Bright cerise crimson flowers.  Yum.

Little bulby plant from the Drakensberg Mts in South Africa.  This is a good rock garden subject in that it likes good drainage in the winter.  When growing, keep it watered reasonably and it will bloom its tail off with loads of small reddish flowers.  Mulch if bitter cold in winter.