Alpines. Piccies of

Petrocosmea forrestii. First one I'm trying out and I put it into too narrow of a gap, so I'll move it to a better position when it's finished flowering and hopefully it'll flower all around in a circle next year.

 

Autumn flowering Gentian.

 

I love these but they die every time I've tried them.

 

Yep, I find them a tad difficult. They can die for no obvious reason and often after only 2 or 3 years. I planted three here in this trough five years ago: two are still alive, one has slowly disappeared.

 

Alpines atop two limestone boulders made to look like a dolmen more than a metre high.

 

Oxalis versicolour.

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I had these last year, I'm hoping they'll come back. They're pretty.

 

Tiny, though.

 

This little Oxalis comes from just one place in South Africa. Very vibrant colour in the flesh.

 

Ramonda from the Pyrenees.

 

Linum "Gemmell's hybrid".

 

Armeria caespitosum.

 

That linum is gorgeous @kindredspirit - is it very low growing?

 

About 3 inches high when in flower.

 

Oxalis adenophylla "Silver Shamrock", which grows in the Southern Andes at altitudes from 3,000 to 8,000 feet.