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All of the following plants are suited for G-Scale railroaders, faery gardens, rock gardens, troughs, miniature landscapes, Jar-Gems (for strawberry jars),and between stepping stones.

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Welcome to Mark's dream section. The smaller the plant is, the more we like it. I find these miniatures, so often over looked and even walked on, absolutely fascinating. Why? Possibly as I mature in my plant tastes, the subtle details of these noble, slow growers are just as exciting as their substantial, bold, splashy counterparts. Possibly it is, that no matter how many varieties I find, there are, literally, always room for more. How about, they are just darn cute, like the tiny doll furniture, that make you yearn to be just their size. Perhaps it's the contrast with this weird world and my own sacred space, where everything is child-like perfection for my boys and me. No war, no hunger, and no weeds! Creating authentic miniature worlds, transport the artists and lucky participants.

- Whether spelled fairy, fairie or faery, surely they are tickled with the following plants, suited for small containers, troughs, outdoor railroaders and miniature landscapes. Many tolerate the harsh conditions between stepping stones & rock garden crevices. We won't belabor you with repetitive uses. We have attempted to assemble a selection of trees, shrubs, and groundcovers for all parts of the continental 48 states. Hardy conifer trees are now available for all
  - We hope you enjoy these selections as much as we have reveled in collecting them.

Ice Plant, Hardy Purple-Echlon

Delosperma echlonis var. latiolia

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2in. x 12
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Alpine Rockery,

Flowering, succulents-type plants are not often winter hardy, but take a look at its stats: quarter sized, pink-purple flowers all summer, prefers the hot, dry heat, and overwinters outdoors. It only asks for a very well draining soil to prevent winter rotting of the roots.

Ice Plant, Heart-Leaf Apple

Aptenia cordata `Red Apple'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P.Shade-Shade
Height: 2in. x 3' spreading
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Summer to Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Container, Groundcover, Houseplants, Ornamental

Our neighbor, Mr. Johnson, a plant and train collector, gave us this beauty of carmine red, 3/4ö flowers on a carpet of emerald green, heart shaped leaves. Nearly every walk-in customer asked what it was. For months we weren't sure. After selling out, we tracked down the botanical name. Grows anywhere, including full shade, albeit with fewer flowers. Fills a 12ö hanging basket by summer's end!

Ice Plant, Heart-Leaf Apricot

Aptenia cordata sp.

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P.Shade-Shade
Height: 2in. x 3' spreading
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Summer to Late Summer to Middle Fall
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Container, Groundcover, Houseplants, Ornamental

After the incredible response for ôHeart-Leaf Apple,ö Mr. Johnson came by with this, which ended up just as popular. Whoever's responsible for these 3 introductions - Thanks!. Combine with ôMarble Ruffles Cuban Oreganoö for the

ultimate low maintenance basket.

Ice Plant, Heart-Leaf Variegated

Aptenia cordata 'Variegata'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun to P-Shade
Height: 2in. x 3' spreading
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Flowers: Early Summer to Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Container, Groundcover, Houseplants, Ornamental

Check another ôHoly Grailö off Mark's list. While researching ôHeart-Leaf Carpet Appleö there was a reference to a strongly variegated form with red flowers and he found it. True to its flashy description, it sold out as fast as we could propagate it for our retail public. Order early!

Ice Plant, M & Mini Apricot

Delosperma rogersii 'Mulberry Mini Apricot'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3 x 6 inch spread
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Container, Garden Railroads, Houseplants, Miniature/Faery Garden

We found this midget apricot version of "Mini Yellow" and now it's your's (well if you order it and send the bucks.) Apricot, star shaped flowers never seem to stop on this mounding succulent. Durable enough for alpine trough gardens because "Jar Gems" not only forgive you, they love neglect!

Ice Plant, M & Mini Purple

Delosperma rogersii 'Mulberry Mini Apricot' X D. eckloius 'P

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3 x 6 inch spread
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Summer to Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden

Chalk up another Mulberry Creek introduction. This one has the purple flowers of "Palmiest Bridge" with the compact, slightly fuzzy, succulent leaves of "Mini Yellow". Although these are not winter hardy for us, they flower all eyar around, through the long winter in the greenhouse and our home. Just fun!

Ice Plant, M & Mini Sunshine

Delosperma rogersii 'Mulberry Mini Sunshine'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3 x 6 inch spread
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Summer to Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Borders, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

We selected this seedling because of its slighty larger and distinctly brighter yellow flowers than "Ice Plant, Mini Yellow." Same tight little mound with flowers that stop blooming only when it is overwatered. Sounds like a "Jar Gem" to me.

Ice Plant, M & Mini Wine

Delosperma rogersii 'Mulberry Mini Wine'.

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3 x 6 inch spread
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Borders, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

Chianti red flowers covering 2-3" mounds distinguish this fine "Ice Plant" adaptable to a miniature garden, in ground, in container or in a hanging basket with other sun lovers. Here's an idea for a mini landscape: choose a tree ("Spicy Globe Basil"), a shrub (this plant & and "Erodium"), a lawn interest ("Knawel Cushion") and grass ("Blue Eyed Grass, Dwarf Purple or Yellow").

Ice Plant, Ruby Star

Delosprma sp. 'Ruby Star'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 4in. x 18in.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Borders, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

Ruby represents its foliage (year round red tinge on its roughly 1" pickle-shaped leaves) and a Summer's worth of ruby red flowers. It's easy to grow whether in a strawberry jar, amid a collection of other "Ice Plants" or in combination with tiny shrubs, trees and groundcovers.

Ice Plant, Tiny Pink

Delosperma sp. ex. Beaufort West

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 2in. x 12
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Summer to Late Summer to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

An outstanding addition to our non-stop blooming "Mini Ice Plant" collection is this baby pink delosperma from Michigan's Arrowhead Alpines. It is described as "From the Niewveld Mountains outside Beaufort West" (wherever that is). Root some pieces in the fall for indoor winter blooms and an insurance policy that you have it for next year.

Ice Plant, Tiny White

Delosperma aberdeenense 'Abbey Snow'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Shade
Height: 2in. x 12
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Summer to Late Fall to Late Spring to Late
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Alpine Rockery, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

In a strawberry jar, these pure white, all season flowers and succulent small leaves add balance and needed "breath" to bright, tropical combinations.

Ice Plant, Trailing Yellow

Delosperma sp. (ie we haven't a clue)

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 2in. x 3' spreading
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Flowers: Early Summer to Late Spring to Middle Summer
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Container, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

A drought "Survivor" like the popular 'John Proffit' but with sunshine yellow "stars." Narrow, blue-green leaves grow faster & long. This tender perennial is winter hardy to Zone 7 and a cheerful addition to baskets or rock garden.

Ice Plant, Yellow Rosette

Delosperma basuticum (congestum Gold Nugget)

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5a 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Full Sun to Full Sun
Height: 1in. x 8
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy
Flowers: Early Summer to Late Spring
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Alpine Rockery, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

This ranks second hardiest of our "Ice Plants." Large 1 inch yellow flowers in late spring/early summer bedeck the succulent, cylindrical, blue/green leaves. At home in our sloped rockgarden or at the edge of the miniature perennial border.

IMPATIEN, MINI

Cold Tolerance: Zone 10a 10b 9a 9b
Light: P.Shade-Shade
Height: 2"" x 6
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Container, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade

Tender Perennial
These are not your box store / garden center type bedding impatien but an exotic look, reminiscent of New Guinea Impatiens. About half of the leaf and flower size of their oversed brothers, but with all the flower power, they are a welcome change for mini landscapes, small faerie gardnes, railroaders and flower boxes. This entire series is a gift from Cy Hide at Well-Sweep HerbFarm. Thanks, Cy!

Impatien, Mini - Cy's Fantasia

Impatien sp.' Hawaiian Series'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 8in. x 8in. wide
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Spring to Early Summer to Early Winter to
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Bonsai, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade

White flowers with completely random purple streaks or blotches.

Impatien, Mini - Cy's Sassy

Impatien sp.' Hawaiian Series'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 8in. x 8in. wide
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Bonsai, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade

Pinkish - lavender flowers

Impatiens, Pixie Double Burgundy

Impatiens 'Pixie Double Sparkler Burgundy'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 8in. x 8in. wide
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Spring to Early Summer to Early Winter
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Bonsai, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade

Mark saw these beauties the Summer of 2006 at Chicago Botanical Garden in the train garden, used as a blooming "Rhododendron!" All-season flowers enhance this mini-sized large shrub or small tree.

Burgundy and white double flowers.

Impatiens, Pixie Double Purple

Impatiens 'Pixie Double Purple'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: P.Shade-P.Sun to Shade
Height: 8in. x 8in. wide
Water: Wet-Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: Early Fall to Early Spring to Early Summer to Early Winter to
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Bonsai, Container, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade

Indigofera, Creeping Blue

Indigofera pseudotinctoria

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a
Light: Full Sun to Sun-P.Sun
Height: 3in. x 12
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Alpine Rockery, Garden Railroads,

Ivy, Henrietta

Hedera helix 'Henrietta'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P.Shade-Shade
Height: 2in. x 12
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: No
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade, Topiary

I've yet to see a smaller, more heavily variegated ivy than ôHenrietta.ö Great as a houseplant & an easy miniature topiary standard. Perfect for faery gardens as Ivy stands for friendship. So add one to your garden and make friends with ôGod's littlest angels.ö

Ivy, Mini Anita

Hedera helix 'Anita'

Cold Tolerance: Zone 5b 6a 6b 7a 7b 8a 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P.Shade-Shade
Height: 2in. x 12
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: No
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Baskets, Garden Railroads, Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade, Topiary

Precious, micro, maple-leaf foliage make a lush filler to any planting. Don't forget this faerie garden standard symbolizing friendshop & fidelity.

Ivy, World's Smallest

Hedera helix Spetchley

Cold Tolerance: Zone 6b 7a 7b 8a 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade to P.Shade-Shade
Height: 1in. x 12in. wide
Water: Normal
Soil: Organic-Loamy
Flowers: No
Common Uses:Groundcover, Miniature/Faery Garden, Shade, Topiary

This green ivy is so tiny and so non-aggressive, that there is no threat of it growing up and taking over your home exterior. It prefers to creep up tiny trellises, fences and espalier forms.

Jade, Bad-Hair-Day

Crassula muscosa (C. lycopodoides)

Cold Tolerance: Zone 8b 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Shade to Full Sun
Height: 6in. x 12in.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Garden Railroads, Bonsai, Container, Houseplants, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

Mark's common name may reveal his quirky sense of humor, but if you saw the haphazard growth pattern you'd chuckle and agree. It may be a slow growing jade only a weird plant collector could love, but if you're looking for a Southwest scene in container, ground or outdoor railroad set-up, here's your miniature saguaro cactus stand-in.

Jade, Bonsai Tree

Crassula sarcocaulis

Cold Tolerance: Zone 9a 9b-11
Light: Sun-P.Sun to P-Shade
Height: 12x12in.
Water: Dry-Normal
Soil: Sandy-Loamy
Common Uses:Jar-Gems"""" TM, Garden Railroads, Bonsai, Container, Houseplants, Miniature/Faery Garden, Ornamental

Clearly its common name demonstrates how easy it is to have bonsai look with not much intervention. It grows into a tree on its own. While it'll eventually reach 3 feet or more, you have many years to play around with it before you have to haul out a wine barrel sized container.

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