Seseli gummiferum Rubus that boasts over a dozen

that boasts over a dozen leaflets

This native North American pest moved from Mexico into the US probably around the 1930s

Each Asarum asperum plant will offer different leaf patterns

Propagation is by seed

great en masse or as a feature in the rock garden

Seseli gummiferum Rubus that boasts over a dozenI fell in love with the Crimean native Seseli gummiferum when I visited the Denver Botanic Garden in 2013. Although moon carrot is a biennial short lived perennial, we just had to share. The lacy silver blue foliage of Seseli gummiferum resembles a compact Artemisia 'Powis Castle', topped in summer with 30" tall spikes that emerge like a white Queen Anne's Lace, but then morph to a mauvy pink. In the wild, Seseli gummiferum grows above 3,000'