Description and General Information:
Onosma cinerea is often known in the trade as O.
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It’s mid-April, and at my feet tiny golden brushstrokes are painted atop the cheerfully lobed leaves of a Potentilla crantzii. I imagine I’m perched on a blustery ledge in the Central Highlands of Scotland, but as my gaze moves past the tiny cinquefoil I see flora of the Caucasus Mountains, the Japanese Alps, and North Africa. My armchair exploration while safely anchored at an elevation of a mere 525 feet (160 m) above sea level is made possible by the Walter C...
To the question, ‘’What is a Rock Garden?” my dictionary offers “a garden with rocks and rock plants.” The term, in current usage, springs from Reginald Farrer’s two-volume compendium, The English...
You know you have rock gardeners on your hands if the garden tour ends up (and stalls) in the nursery area. Aside from the rather obvious plants and rocks, a rock gardener’s garden is likely to have...
Just following 2008, when I first took the deep dive into rock gardening and became a member of NARGS, the hushed talk of the time was death. Membership numbers were declining, which made everyone...
