General Alpines

I am looking for swapping material of Daphne genkwa ‘Large Flowered Form’.
My Daphne list is available on request.

Viola beckwithii is a spectacularly beautiful violet of the eastern Sierra Nevada and northern Great Basin Steppes. Their bright little faces are seen dancing with the wind in early spring on drying meadows and sagebrush scrub. The fuzzy green/gray leaves are ternate with dissected linear leaflets. Hovering above these cushiony mounds are the pansy faced flowers. The lower petals in shades of fusha-white,with violet veins and yellow bases. The velvety upper petals are a deep maroon/purple.They often are found growing in loosely organized clonal fairy rings 12-18 inches across.

Dear members,

I saw Ranunculus andersonii on a seed selling website recently. I went back to the website and *poof* the chance to buy it was gone: it was missing from the list.

I'm just wondering if anyone has any Ranunculus andersonii for sale or trade. Please let me know.

Regards,
James

The topic named The Newsletter Link has been moved to NARGS and Chapter Events
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=471.0

Just thought I'd mention that this is their last catalog, and that you can only buy until 12/26. Then it's 'poof,' gone, another quality rock garden essential disappearing forever. I guess it's part of the makeup of a business based on a hobby rather than one based on a business plan to close when the hobby became too much work, but it hurts nonetheless.

http://www.rmrp.com/SeedCatalog/OnlineCat/index-Onlinecat.html

We already have a category for "Sedum, Sempervivum, Jovibara, and other Crassulaceae", but since we also have things like hardy Delosperma, I'm starting this topic.

I have had an Eriogonum siskiyouensis from Spring until now in a trough. Although it has grown the leaves are always discolored from a yellow to a pale green to a few healthy green ones. I have a nice collection of Eriogonums and this is the only one giving me trouble.

Does anyone add serpentine rock to to their Eriogonum mix? How about Selenium? Please let me know. Any info would be great! Thanks!

James

As is typical around here, we seem to get a secondary flush on many of our alpines come late September through October. Here are some current bloomers: Hypericum olympicum, Sedum middendorffianum 'Striatum', Pulsatilla pratensis 'Nigricans', Lindolofia longifolia and Papaver radicatum.

After a solid 18 days of gloom, rain, sleet and snow, we are finally back to seasonal temperatures and sunshine! :D
1) Gentiana cachemerica (foreground) and Potentilla nivea
2) Betula nana 'Ingwerson's Form' ex. Norway
3) Heterotheca jonesii just won't quit, and now sports a few orange flowers and buds (rather than yellow)
4) Betula pumila