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  1. CarolineL

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    Love the gentian!
     
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      It's an Autumn flowering one. Most flower in the Spring.
       
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        I've never had any success with Lewisias but recently I saw some reduced so I bought two, and one of them is now flowering :dbgrtmb: ...

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        This time I am going to keep them in pots with my cacti and succulents ...
         
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            They love dry and hate winter wet. Keep dead-heading them all the time.
             
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              Dionysia "Norlynn Heather"

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              Cassiope.

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              Polygala.

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              Lewisia cotyledon.

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              Draba.
               
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                Physoplexis comosa from Lake Como.



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                  Everything is wonderful but the Cassiope in particular is a jewel. Thank you so much for sharing these photos, @kindredspirit !
                   
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                    Formosan lilies.

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                    Life on top of a limestone boulder. :)

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                    Not a paniculata, as the label is hidden, but a silver saxifrage.

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                    Aquilegia einseleanna in a repurposed sewer pipe. :)

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                    Pelargonium endlicherianum.
                     
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                      Looks good

                      Top photo.
                      Is that one of the Cheilanthes from me ?
                      Seems to have done well.
                       
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                      @Sirius Correcto! Yes, it's one of yours. The others you gave me are also doing very well. I particularly like the one with the dark edge to the frond. Thank you very much again for those. If you want any unusual ferns, let me know the names and I'll look to see if I have any of them. By the way, Cheilanthes has been renamed now. It's difficult to keep up with all this name changing. :)
                       
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                        I seem to recall reading that some of the Cheilanthes had been assigned to other genera, but not all ???
                         
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                        @Sirius I don't bother changing my labels now. Too many name changes so I'll live in the past. :) :)
                         
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                          Edelweiss.

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                          Calceolaria.

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                          Acis autumnalis.

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                          Gaultheria "Pearls" won't take any lime.

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                          On the Red List as critically endangered in Dagestan. (Caspian Sea). Has yet to flower.

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                          Very dainty Dianthuses.

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                          Acidic section of Alpine House.

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                          Growing in pure Derbyshire tufa. No soil.

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                          Chaenorhinum origanifolium 'Blue Dream'
                          "Fairy snapdragon" growing on a Limestone boulder on a paper thin depth of soil. Actually appears to be no soil at all.
                           
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