Alpines in July

Wish I could grow Eriogonums...too wet here. I've not heard of that book on penstemon. I have Robert Nolds but a proper key would be most useful.

Love that shockleyi.

Todd, your Claytonia sibirica (from seed) have been blooming for a couple weeks now. I guess you just don't het enough heat there.

I seemed to have ruptured or slipped a disc in my back almost 2 weeks ago now. Am on my second round of Medrol and had an MRI scan Tuesday. So I haven't been doing a lot of garden stuff. I swear, I've been watching that seed pod of Iris minutoaurea so closely until this happened. I went to look for it yesterday, and it disappeared! Sorry Todd: no seed for you this year.

Lilium formosanum var. pricei seedlings are coming along:

Get well soon! Love that lily!

I'm amazed that Lilium formosanum survives our winters.....those at our BG have been outside for some 10 years.

Rick, my Claytonia siberica have been blooming outside for at least 6 weeks and still show no signs of stopping. However, they have never bloomed the first year from seed...guess I didn't start them early enbough in the past.

Sorry to hear about your back...I know what a bad back is like but I've never ruptured a disk!

This one was grow from seed by one of our NARGS Chapter members. They didn't all sell at our June sale (not flowering then), but it is now, and ready for purchase at our Aug 8 sale.

Silene keiskei var. akaisialpina

These done blooming now, but still a good pic . . .

Lilium formosanum var. pricei

The two "forms" of Claytonia sibirica:

Left: grown from NARGS seed.

Right: grown from seed from Todd.

I hope your back is better now, Rick.

Now where did I leave off... ?
Eriogonum flavum, not an alpine.

I planted a Lilium formosanum var. something-or-other last year which, unfortunately, did not survive - must try again! It's great to see they are hardy in your zones!

I keyed this out to Penstemon pachyphyllus... after many tries and much difficulty! Any dissenting views? (Be gentle, LOL!)

Penstemon secundiflorus (so labelled, and it seemed to key out that way).

Trifolium rubens, a delightful plant.

Erigeron peregrinus ssp. callianthemum

True alpines, though I hardly think of them as such, since they are popular and easily grown here...
Sempervivum 'Ruby Heart', one of a few new ones I've picked up in the last couple of years, in a new appreciation of them:

Penstemon speciosus var. kennedyi:

EDIT - Oops, this is a repeat!



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Saxifraga cotyledon is still in spectacular bloom!

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Azorella trifurcata:

Gentiana parryi:

Saxifraga 'Mrs. Winifred Bevington':

Caltha leptosepala continues to put out a few late flowers...

Linum flavum compactum:

Talinum sediforme:

Geranium orientali-tibeticum... this shoot popped up some distance from the main plant... a bit of a wanderer, it seems.

Leontopodium alpinum

Calandrinia ranunculina - small flowers on a new one this year.

Grown from seed by a friend last year, Dianthus haematocalyx ssp. pindicola:

Linnaea borealis in the acid bed. It doesn't bloom all that much, being in part shade, but it drapes over the edge nicely (after many years)!

Lilium cernuum var. album

Gentiana lutea

Onosma stellulata - the stiff hairs on last year's dead, dried leaves are almost like cacti glochids!

First flower on Serratula coronata, from seed last year.

First flowers on Sideritis glacialis, from seed last year.

Gentiana gelida

Gorgeous specimen of Lilium formosanum var. pricei. I had this once before but it didn't survive. Beautiful white cernuum too. Love white lilies.

Alta, you have far more alpines in bloom than I do at the moment. I agree that the white cernuum is wonderful!

The main plant in my rockery is Allium cyathophorum...a real weed!

Allium cernuum

Geranium magniflorum...I'm amazed that this South African has survived 3 winters!

My Leontopodium alpinum is also open

Leontopodium himalaicum...grown from seed last year. Looks like alpinum to me , just a bit smaller overall.

Codonopsis clematidae...not in the rockery but clambering through some other perennials

Dianthus pinifolius...or at least a close relative. Bloomed first year from seed, so I think it might be short-lived.