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Starting in the Pit House, this member of the Saxifragaceae family from Japan, China and Korea has clusters of small star-like white flowers well above the large deeply divided reddish leaves.
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Mukdenia rossi
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Primula x 'Beatrice Wooster'
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From the extensive collection of Primulas in the Pit House, a hybrid of P. allioni x. P. marginata, both of which are from the Alps. Just one of over 160 different Primulas grown under glass at Stonecrop.
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A cultivar with narrow petals and farina in the throats of the flowers and on the leaves. Farina is a powdery covering produced by many Primulas to protect them against moisture loss.
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Primula marginata 'Dynasty'
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Primula marginata 'Gold'
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A cultivar with a wonderful pattern of much white farina on the flowers and slightly golden farina on the leaves.
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Brilliant golden flowering Hoop-Petticoat Daffodil--native to Southern France and Southern Spain. Note the curved stamens.
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Narcissus bulbocodium 'Tenuifolius'
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Primula x kewensis 'Thurgold'
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P. x kewensis (P. floribunda x P. verticillata from the western Himalayas and Ethiopia respectively) is a vigorous hybrid raised, not surprisingly, at Kew in 1896. This cultivar from that cross has whorls of buds covered in white farina opening to very fragrant bright yellow flowers.
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A member of the Papaveraceae family native to China with fern-like blue-green leaves and many open racemes of yellow flowers with green tips,
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Corydalis wilsonii
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Morisia monanthus 'Fred Hemingway'
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A member of the Cruciferae family, this is the only species of the genus. Flat rosettes of very narrow leathery dark green fern-like leaves and flowers with four petals, typical of the family. Native to Sardinia and Corsica--and named after Josephi Moris.
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Moving on to the Alpine House, a pot of Armenian native, Draba polytricha, in full bloom with bright yellow flowers above the small cushion of tiny leaves.
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Draba polytricha
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The Draba Collection
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An overview of the Draba collection in the Alpine House--consisting of over 12 species and including D. cappadocica, D. longisiliqua, D. rosularis, and D. mollisima
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A member of the Solanaceae family native to Chile and the only species of its genus, this evergreen shrub has small hanging tubular yellow flowers--and leaves with an unpleasant smell.
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Vestia foetida
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The Flintstone Bridge
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Outside, it was a chilly and overcast day, but the Cliff Garden facing the Flintstone Bridge will soon awaken. Just about a month ago, the bridge and boulders were covered in snow.
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The stems have lengthened on the Adonis shown on March 7, and the leaves have become further developed and much greener.
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Adonis amurensis
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Iris reticulata in a Raised Bed
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The first of the Irises to bloom outdoors at Stonecrop is this species native to the Caucasus Mountains.
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