Alpine Cinquefoil

LatinName: Potentilla neumanniana 'Nana'
Height: 5 cm to 10 cm
Spread: 15 cm to 30 cm
Type: Perennial / Rockgarden
Zone: 3 to 9
Bloom Time: Mid Spring to Early Summer
Sun Exposure: full sun
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Description:

Evergreen carpet, single yellow buttercup flowers. A classic.

Alpine Columbine

LatinName: Aquilegia alpina
Height: 45 cm to 60 cm
Spread: 25 cm to 30 cm
Type: Perennial
Zone: 2 to 9
Bloom Time: Mid Spring to Early Summer
Sun Exposure: full sun to part shade
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Description:

Bright violet-blue flowers, over compact grey-green leaves.

Alpine Constance Clematis

LatinName: Clematis alpina 'Constance'
Height: 180 cm to 250 cm
Spread: 180 cm to 250 cm
Type: Vines
Zone: 3
Bloom Time: Early Spring to Late Spring
Sun Exposure: full sun to full shade
Exposure Notes:

Description:

A hardy, vigorous vine with bright purple-pink bell-shaped, nodding flowers in April and May, repeats in the fall. Produces fluffy seed-heads. Pruning Group A - flowers on previous season's growth and requires minimal pruning. Prune immediately after flowering to remove dead and weak stems.

Alpine Currant

LatinName: Ribes alpinum
Height: 150 cm to 150 cm
Spread: 150 cm to 150 cm
Type: Shrub
Zone: 2
Bloom Time: Early Spring to Late Spring
Sun Exposure: full sun
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Description:

Rounded deciduous shrub with glossy green lobed leaves Has versatile uses in the foundation, mass plantings or as hedge. Can be sheared frequently into a formal hedge or left for an informal hedge. Adds nice definition to any landscape.

Alpine Draba

LatinName: Draba aizoides
Height: 5 cm to 10 cm
Spread: 15 cm to 20 cm
Type: Perennial / Rockgarden
Zone: 3 to 9
Bloom Time: Early Spring to Mid Spring
Sun Exposure: full sun
Exposure Notes:

Description:

Low hummock of evergreen leaves. Yellow flowers in early spring.