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Our alpine team at RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) Garden Wisley in Surrey, United Kingdom, looks after a large Rock Garden, Landscape House and Crevice Garden, each with permanent planting schemes to maintain. But we also provide year-round color in our Display House showing off plants from the...

The sedum bloomed a field of brilliant yellow flowers, the sempervivum spawned families of hens and chicks. The wild strawberries had no runners but took up the slack, promiscuously seeding about. Willful explorers from my potted garden defiantly rooted into crushed slag on the top of an apartment...

As our winter in Minnesota finally releases its hold in April, I wander down my woodland primrose path each day looking for signs of the garden awakening from its long slumber. Having gardened here in central Minnesota for 30 years, it still brings feelings of wonder that plants gifted by my...

Cornell botanic gardens , co-sponsor of the 2020 NARGS conference in Ithaca, New York, is excited to welcome NARGS members and rock garden enthusiasts from around the world. What follows is a glimpse into Cornell Botanic Gardens’ rich history, renowned collections, and stunning geology to prepare...

Foresight 2020: Exploration and Inspiration is the theme of the 2020 NARGS Annual General Meeting and Conference to be held June 18-20, hosted by the Adirondack Chapter and co-hosted by Cornell Botanic Gardens. Why this theme? Foresight, because after you attend this conference, we hope you will be...

The rock gardening community and NARGS lost a good friend when Rex Murfitt died in August after a brief illness. Born in Leicester, England, in November 1926, he grew up with an interest in horticulture. During World War II, as a youth, he farmed vegetables as part of the war effort. After the war...

BACK IN 2010 , I visited Rex Murfitt and he showed me his expert technique for placing rocks and plants in a trough, right in his well-stocked alpine house.
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Description and General Information:This bulb is more correctly known today as Pseudomuscari pallens. It is native to the Caucasus Mountains where it grows in the subalpine or alpine zone, on grassy or stony slopes. The scapes reach 8-12 cm tall. The leaves are narrow and somewhat grass-like. The flowers are pale ice-blue, produced in typical grape-hyacinth spikes. Cultivation:This bulb is easy to grow in any sunny, well-drained site. Allow foliage to die... |
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