Piccies of Alpines today.

kindredspirit · Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 7:33 pm Post subject: Piccies of Alpines today.

Gentian.

Lewisia.

Phlox.

? Daphne?

Lychnis Alpinus.

More Lewisias.

Androsace.

kindredspirit · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:25 pm Post subject:

Good guy · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:53 am Post subject:

More lovely pics! Isn't the blue of the gentian a knockout? I'm interested to see the lewisias. I killed the first one I bought, years ago - I didn't know they need such free drainage. I've recently bought three more and hope to do better with them. Maybe I'll be posting my own pictures of them in a year.

tagwex · Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 1:35 am Post subject:

Maybe you could do a midnight run down to Limerick and rob a few and pass them off as your own!!!

Mz_G · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 11:45 am Post subject:

That red and green one near the end is stunning, v.exotic looking!

kindredspirit · Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 4:16 pm Post subject:

Good guy · Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:08 pm Post subject:

That's too bad! I hope any new ones you get do better for you. I'm going to pot mine up next month, I think. I'll gratefully follow your tips on removing old soil, etc. thanks.

Good guy · Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:05 pm Post subject:

Hi KS. Ive just had a look at your "Little Garden..." on our laptop and I'm finding all the buttons work properly. My previous difficulty must be something to do with my Ipad. Its a lovely slideshow and does your garden proud. Sometime, I'll get to see it for real, I hope!

kindredspirit · Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2015 6:22 am Post subject:

If you ever "fall out of the bottom" of Donegal and keep on going down south, you're more than welcome.

Good guy · Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:41 am Post subject:

Given the tendency of gravity to attract things towards the centre of mass (didn't someone once tell me Limerick is the centre of the universe?) it's more likely than not that I'll vist someday.

Thanks for the invitation.

kindredspirit · Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:52 am Post subject:

Allendale Charm yesterday.

Good guy · Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 12:20 am Post subject:

That is beautiful. A real treat and well named.

I've just had to go on an Internet trawl as the name Allendale intrigued me. It's a village in the upper Tyne valley in the north of England and I have family connections there. We spent two lovely summer holidays there when I was little. There are lots of Allendale cultivars - do you know anything about Ray Fairbairn who bred them?

kindredspirit · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:32 pm Post subject:

I've heard of Ray Fairbairn who bred all the Allendale varieties. There's a note about him in one of my copies of "The Alpine Gardener" but I can't seem to find it at the mo'. I think all the Allendale varieties have short flower stems (but I could be wrong on that). If Allendales are Geordies then they'll be tough plants. Smile

I put in the bones for three new troughs at the weekend but it'll be a couple of months before I'll have plants to put into them.

(I still have to tweak this one.)

tagwex · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:36 pm Post subject:

Was that a tin of exploding spaghetti on the wall?
Is that tofu in the third picture?
Might be going to Waterville shortly, that visit could be on.

kindredspirit · Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 7:56 pm Post subject: