The littles

Here's a newish nursery in my area that's been quickly making a name for itself, Illahe Rare Plants (and they do mail order). I took this photo at the Salem Hardy Plant Sale last September. Their booth was a highlight.

Here was my haul from that sale, all Illahe!

In an unusual turn of events I planted everything but the yucca last fall. I never plant things in the fall, I just don't trust winter to be kind—and what do you know? It wasn't! (kind that is) But all of these plants lived and are doing great. They're just at the bottom edge of the protection I put down for the Aloe aristata. Some under the cover, some not...

Here's what I got. I bought two of this Draba novolympica, it's just so cute!

That's one at the bottom of this photo (we'll discuss the other plant in a minute)

Here's a shot with it's bloom.

Sadly this one, Myosotis pulvinaris, didn't make it to planting. We had a period of heavy rain and it quickly rotted, before it even made it into the ground. I was bummed.

Acantholimon halophylum (that's what the tag said, Google wants it to be halophilum)

It's the little spiky number you saw earlier.

Arenaria ledebouriana

It's not as fabulous as it was when I first planted it, but it's alive and I'm watching to see what it does in the future.

This one, Androsace sempervivoides 'Susan Joan', has grown to be my favorite. 

How cute right? Those dark stems with baby plants at the end! I need to get out there and make sure they can either root into something here or cut them eventually and root them in soil.

A flower shot for those of you who like such things.

As for the yucca, it was Y. torreyi, but it rotted in the shade pavilion greenhouse over the winter (photo from last fall). So sad.

The final plant from that haul is this Draba aizoides 'Napoleon', I used it in one of the planters I did for last fall's Upcycle and Plant at the Other Plant Sale, so it's living at someone else's house.

Since we're talking about small plants though, here's my chance to share how happy I am these Orostachys spinosa are still alive. I bought them last June while traveling (at a plant sale in Spokane).

They are extremely cold hardy, but need excellent drainage. 

One more little, a saxifrage. Saxifraga paniculata 'Lagraveana'.

When I started writing this post I thought I would get it published before last Weekend's Hardy Plant Society of Oregon's spring plant sale; Hortlandia. I was going to tell everyone that Illahe was selling there and to be sure to check out their booth. Oh well, maybe I'm glad I didn't get this post up before the sale, I went to their booth first and it was packed, things being quickly snatched up by the plant hungry! (I'll share my Hortlandia haul on Wednesday)

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