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Rarely encountered in gardens this is native to rocky shaded slopes in northern Albania, it is similar to carinthiaca with attractive spikes of blue flowers over clumps of hairy leaved foliage.____ZONE 5

Collected at 8,150’ in the San Gabriel Mountains, Ron collected this unusually compact form from steep granite slopes where the finely hairy foliage cascaded in mats of dark silvery green, which were covered in late summer by the 2” intensely red tubular flowers. Punnett has grown Zauschnerias in the garden for years and this high altitude form has an excellent chance of wintering.____ZONE 5

Halda’s 1999 collections from hot dry rocks in the Hissar Range in Uzbekistan at 1800m Joseph considers this the best tea plant in Central Asia and don’t forget the attractive low gray cushions topped with pink flowers.____ZONE 4

Pure white Calla these are the hardiest type. Here is a post from one of the aroid forums ---thought I would inform Calla Lily lovers in cold climates of a species/form that will grow where winters can be cold. I live outside of Buffalo, NY (zone 6) and planted Z. aetheopica 'Crowborough' form. It survived the winter of 2006/07 and is beginning to put on good healthy vigorus growth. I was very casual about protecting it as our winter began extremely mild. That changed in the middle of January, however it still survived! We get snow cover that acts as insulation. I bought it from Arrowhead Alpines. It has not bloomed yet, but possibly this summer.____ZONE 6