Alpines. Piccies of

They look lovely, especially the Saxifrages which are so pretty

I've got some Alpines too

I've got a few young Alpine Daphnes (x transatlantica Eternal Fragrance, Cnoreum Verlotti, susannae Tichborne & susannae Cheriton), a Saxifraga Peach Melba which flowered a couple of months ago shortly after I bought it, a couple of Sedum Vera Jamesons (which I am going to plant out front between some rocks in a raised bed), a Lewisia Little Peach which is currently flowering, a Leucanthemum Sunshine Peach and a very weird looking Cordyalis Purple Leaf which currently has a flower on it (very odd looking thing which I was given free as part of my order). No idea what I'm going to do with that one.

 

Since last year I acquired a Lewisia. It was 20 pence from the bargain bench in a local nursery. It is now heavily in bud.
I wish that I could say the same for the Saxifrages.

 

Anchusa caespitosa today.

 

Lewisias today.

 

White Saxifrage today.

 

Gentian.

Lewisia.

Phlox.

? Daphne?


Lychnis Alpinus.


More Lewisias.

Androsace.

 

Lovely pictures Kindred. I've noticed that alpines tend to have strong, bright colours.

 

Anchusa Cespitosa flowering for the second time this year.

 

Looking good Kindredspirit! I love the bright colours that alpines often provide, they may be pretty much ground hugging plants but the flowers more than make up for their height.

 

Loving those colonies of Sempervivum!
I put some rosettes in the wall and they've gone. There one day, gone the next.

 

My first impression of these pots was not great but on a second look they are really unusual and would look great in the right place. I am definitely going to give them a go. Nice work!!

 

I've moved onto very low, circular troughs of a metre in diameter now. Piccy of two here. The frontmost one is mostly Tufa and the furtherest one is sheets of limestone rock. I'll try and dig up better pictures.

 

i love them thinking i may do a little project myself at some point