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    A flotilla of Phlox. :)

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      Second pic is Common Butterwort, which eats insects up on the mountains, third pic is Sedum spathifolium purpurea, growing on tufa and fourth pic is Night Phlox or Orange Eye.
       
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        Delightful as always kindred spirit. Love the “rivers” of phlox :)
         
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            Saxifraga "Canis Dalmatica"

            Wonder why it's called that? :) :) :)


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              That is lovely!
               
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                Physoplexis comosa (Devil's Claw)

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                Saxifraga "Spotty Cotty"

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                Pink version of Iberis sempervivens.

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                  I never seem to remember whether our cacti, succulents etc. all classify as alpines and we also have some plants that look like they do but I don't know whether they come into any of the categories.

                  We have lots in the garden, in pots and dozens in the greenhouse that have been there for 40+ years. The ones in the greenhouse get a bit overwhelmed by everything around them.

                  Just a few quick shots:-

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                  This is growing in a rather neglected flower bed
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                  This is in the same bed but I found it hidden under a red ants' nest and had to hose the nest away
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                    Sedum oreganum. N.W. USA.

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                    Suicide Lily. (South Africa)

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                    Teucrium ackermannii.

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                    Freesia laxa. (South Africa)

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                    Anchusa cespitosa. (from Crete)

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                    Tuberaria lignosa.


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                      Is the Suicide Lily a Gladioli species?
                       
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                      Yep. @longk

                      Gladiolus flanaganii

                      It's called the Suicide Lily because you'd be committing suicide to get up close to it in its native habitat on steep cliff faces in the Drakensburgs.
                       
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                        Crassula sarcocaulis.

                        Bonsai crassula (South Africa).


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                            Ooops ! Sorry, @longk

                            Potentilla tonguei.
                             
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