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The Androsace Group issues four Newsletters each year and two Androsace Notebooks. It aims to circulate information on the cultivation and naming of these plants and on their ecology and conservation status in the wild. It also aims to investigate the problems of preserving species and hybrids in cultivation and to take what steps it can to ensure such preservation. […]
A POND is not an essential feature of the bog garden, although its presence is to be desired when you can use the overflow to feed a marsh. It is essential, that the soil of the marsh garden be kept in a moist, swampy state through out year. The site of the bog garden must, naturally, be low-lying and where the […]
This is a south facing view of my garden where the rock garden resides. The soil was to hard to have Alpines or Rock garden plants to thrive so I had to raise the soil. The neighbor had a few large boulder left from the rock wall and a little talking the the tractor guy, I was able to get […]
With the “Oh lucky me” hardpan soil, I contracted the bulldozer to dig a hole 20 feet x 20 feet x 18 inches deep. I covered the hole with two layers of 4mm black plastic. Then, I filled the plastic with peat moss, clay, sand and left over rock form the construction site. IT WAS A MUCKY MESS…now it looks […]
Listing of Alpine Plants and how to use:: Provided is a list of Alpine societies that can provide you a world of knowledge on Alpine plants. The membership fees are current for 1996. I am not responsible for any future prices unless told Alpine Garden Society Director of the AGS Centre Avon Bank Pershore Worcestershire WR10 3JP, UK Membership […]
Alpine Auricula The American Primrose Society (APS), founded in 1941 in the Portland, Oregon has grown to become an international organization with members in the United States, Canada and 21 other foreign countries. The society is dedicated to providing its members with information about the taxonomy, culture and hybridization of Primulas. Members of the primula genus are found all around the […]
20 plants to use around this simple water garden design. 1. Myosotis scorpioides, forget-me-not 2. Astilbe Peach Blossom 3. Vinca minor-underplanting azaleas 4. Lobelia cardinalis, cardinal-flower 5. Hernerocallis Hyperion (day-lily) 6. Aruncus sylvester, goats-beard 7. Caladium, bicolor hybrids 8. Iris kaempferi, Japanese iris 9. Typha latifolia, cat-tail 10. Iris pseudacorus, yellow flag 11. Caltha palustris, marsh-marigold 12. Hosta plantaginea, fragrant […]
Listing of Alpine Plants and how to use:: THEME TROUGHS A great source of pleasure to me, is to design and plant out “Theme” troughs. There are many hundreds of theme ideas if you use your imagination.What about: Plants from your favourite country Troughs planted with your favourite colours Single genus troughs Troughs from an AGS/NARGS seedlist selection Plants […]
Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 Zone 7 Zone 8 Zone 9 Zone 10 Zone 11 Images sourced by Monrovia. Find more shade plants by selecting Monrovia banner. Apple Blossom Caladium Caladium ‘Apple Blossom’ Item #30368 Brightens the shady garden Bombshell Caladium Caladium ‘Bombshell’ PP23817 Item #30370 Brightens the garden Bunchberry Cornus canadensis Item #2764 Year-round […]
Shade plants for Zone 3 Gardening Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6 Zone 7 Zone 8 Zone 9 Zone 10 Zone 11 Images sourced by Monrovia. Find more shade plants by selecting Monrovia banner. New Plant Abiqua Drinking Gourd Plantain Lily Hosta (H. ‘Tokudama’ x H. sieboldiana) ‘Abiqua Drinking Gourd’ Item #3187 Unique Foliage Alakazaam Hosta […]