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Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 04:14 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Not all are still in flower but these are some of the plants in my alpine bed.
Plant ForumThe bed.
Plant Forum Sempervivum (can't remember which one)
Plant ForumClematis marmoria (a little worse for wear from late frosts but still alive through its first winter!)

Plant ForumTulip tarda
Plant ForumHebe (?)

Plant ForumRanunculus gramineus (purchase at Cyclemn society show, Wisley)




Plant ForumErodium chrysanthum (Needs splitting. Anyone want some?)

Plant ForumErodium flower.

Plant ForumWaldsteinia ternata.

Plant ForumDaphne(?) Has babies if anybody wants one.
Plant ForumWanda, I think.

Plant ForumSempervivum(?) Got a little too wet and frosted but coming back now.

Plant ForumPulsatilla rubra. On its way over but the seedheads are as nice as the flowers IMO.

Growit - Hants UK, Zone "8/9"
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Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 04:35 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Look how healthy your Pulsatilla looks. They don't like it so much in my yard. I wish I could get one to look like yours. And your little Tulip. Now I'm really mad at the squirrels for eating all my bulbs! I love how you used the stones and lighting. Really a lovely garden to have along a path.

Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"
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Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 06:07 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Uh-oh, I'm coveting here, Moira. I would LOVE to have a designated alpine garden. Clematis 'Marmoria' is a real sweetie but then I like them all. Lovely pics!

Sunnyday2day - Michigan, Zone "Zone 5"
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Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 03:42 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi Moira,

Great alpine bed...I would love one too, but my soil is clay, so may have to do a raised bed.

Love your pulsatilla, but like Loretta, I can't grow them in my soil either, only in pots, you're right about the seed heads, they look just as attractive as the flowers....ideal for extending the season.

BTW, is your bed on a slope, or had you been on the wine before you took the photo..LOL!

Dee_b - West Midlands, Zone "7"
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Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 11:51 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Its looking really good and I have a feeling it may get bigger.

Cycnich - west sussex, Zone "8"
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Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 01:30 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I love your alpine garden Moira, I like everything in it.
Especially the Erodium, it makes a beautiful mound, I really like the colour and texture of the leaves too.
I bought some Erodium lindavicum and Erodium carvifolium seeds a few months ago, and am ready to plant out the ones that germinated.
The Lindavicum looks very similar to your chrysanthum, I wish I lived near you, I would be raiding your garden.
Am hoping to find an Erodium gruinum, or even the seeds.
Would be nice to have a collection of them.

Maggiepie - New Brunswick, Zone "4b"
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Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 01:38 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Dee_b wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 03:42 am:

BTW, is your bed on a slope, or had you been on the wine before you took the photo..LOL!


My question too (both parts...)
And can you describe how you prepared the area for your alpines.

Gardenfiend - Germany, Zone "7a"
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Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 03:41 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Love your bed of alpines! Such lovely little creatures these plants are. Have you tried alpine strawberries? (red & white) They oddly enough, much prefer partial shade in my garden despite the tags always saying full sun. I get lots of berries too....

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Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 05:16 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thank you everyone.



Loretta wrote on Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 04:35 am:

Look how healthy your Pulsatilla looks


I hate to say it Loretta but that is actually the smaller of the two. I only put that one in two years ago and on the opposite side I have the blue and that is much bigger. They are native to Britain so I do have an advantage in growing them.
Dee_b wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 03:42 am:

is your bed on a slope, or had you been on the wine before you took the photo..LOL!

Haha! Very possibly had had a glass or two but also it is quite difficult trying to fit the bed in to a single shot. It is sloped and bowed in the middle so I could get more of the plants in when I took the picture at a jaunty angle!
Here is a picture of that area of the garden that shows it better. This is from last year when I went on the roof to scrape moss off. Kind of aerial photography but a lot lower.
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and this one shows it looking down on to the lower level.
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Cycnich wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 11:51 am:

I have a feeling it may get bigger.

Haha! Is it that obvious? I do have a growing list of 'must haves' many from your posts included.
I cannot make this bed bigger but the whole garden lends itself to alpines. I just have to add a bit more sand and grit and I can plant alpines virtually anywhere. I do stick to the hardier ones though. Any fussier ones would have to be nearer to the house where it is much more sheltered.
Maggiepie wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 01:30 pm:

I wish I lived near you, I would be raiding your garden.

I would raid yours too Maggie lol!
Sounds like you have a bit of a crush on Erodiums. Seeing as you are not UK would you like some seeds of this one to add to your collection? That is if I get any. the mound is now so big that the flowers are few and far between this year and the middle has started to die off.
Gardenfiend wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 01:38 pm:

My question too (both parts...)
And can you describe how you prepared the area for your alpines.


Well you know the answer now to the first part of your question Mara as for the second part it all started with a palm tree! I have always wanted one and once planted I knew it would suck what little water there was out of that area so I would be hard pushed to grow anything but alpines. I added some composted manure to the area then gritsand. I then bought the cobbles and pressed them in randomly. (A bit like throwing daffodil bulbs and planting where they fall) and finally covered the whole area in grit and edged it off from the lawn so I could mow right up to it. I selected the alpines after doing all of that. Planting them according to where under the tree was the best position for them. To the left it is more shady and moist to the right sunnier and drier.
Stephie wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 03:41 pm:

Have you tried alpine strawberries?

Yes. They have their own bed as they spread rather too well. I only have the white flowering ones.
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I too grow them in a slightly shaded position. They do seem to prefer it.

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Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 06:13 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

What an impressive backyard you have! Your gardens look just lovely, Moira. I must admit I was surprised to see a palm tree.. it obviously loves it there and looks so pretty!

Sunnyday2day - Michigan, Zone "Zone 5"
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Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 07:56 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I see I mistook your retaining wall for a path. Thank you for the birdseye view. Your garden is beautiful, of course.
Growit wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 05:16 pm:

They are native to Britain so I do have an advantage in growing them.


I didn't know that. I guess that makes me feel a little better but not much.

Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"
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Posted on Monday, May 19, 2008 - 10:19 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Growit wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 05:16 pm:

Seeing as you are not UK would you like some seeds of this one to add to your collection?



Thanks Moira, I have sent you a PM.

Maggiepie - New Brunswick, Zone "4b"
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Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 04:47 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Sunnyday2day wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 06:13 pm:

What an impressive backyard you have! Your gardens look just lovely, Moira. I must admit I was surprised to see a palm tree.. it obviously loves it there and looks so pretty!


Thankyou Tanya. It has taken ten years or so to get it to the point where I do little but tweak. I don't have the time, energy or inclination for a high maintenance garden after doing someone elses all day. The Trachycarpus is about the hardiest palm tree out there but it was a challenge to keep it alive in its early years.
Loretta wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 07:56 pm:

I see I mistook your retaining wall for a path.

I do have to walk along it Loretta so it is a sort of path lol!
Loretta wrote on Sunday, May 18, 2008 - 07:56 pm:

Your garden is beautiful, of course.

Thankyou.

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Posted on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 03:40 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Wow some nice plants there. The clematis is a low growing plant rather than a climber?

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Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 03:57 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Very nice selection of plants. I had erodium in my raised bed but had to take it out as it was too vigorous. I also had 2 daphnes that outgrew the space and they are now in the garden - I have given countless seedlings from those away.

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Posted on Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 07:25 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi Moria I so enjoyed a walk in your pretty garden such a pleasure.

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Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 04:43 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Treelover wrote on Friday, July 04, 2008 - 03:40 am:

Wow some nice plants there. The clematis is a low growing plant rather than a climber?

Thankyou Larry. Yep,that is as tall as it gets.
Galanthophile wrote on Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 03:57 am:

I had erodium in my raised bed

Thankyou Ann. Which Erodium do you have?
Scotkat wrote on Saturday, July 05, 2008 - 07:25 am:

I so enjoyed a walk in your pretty garden

Thanks Kathleen.

Growit - Hants UK, Zone "8/9"

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