is it.
think it's G-shepherds warning
In not too sure from your photo. Is it candy pink?
This is a flower from my plant
no it's got a bit of blue to it. It is from seed from SRGC
As it came from seed it is more likely to be just a color form of sanguineum.
Are you a member od SRGC? I joined this week.
Yes about 10 years but must pay my sub.Friends gave me so many bits for my first real garden, that getting seeds from over seas and growing them was a way of giving back some thing different.I am on my third garden now. I probably wont ever have plants that are true,but some come close,and it is still great to see the first flower.I will keep posting, as it's great to see the real thing.
A friend has a New Zealand trough filled with NZ alpines.
I bet that looks nice,there are great photo in the SRGC. I hope to get up a mountain or two next year, I have'nt done that in a while. In the past I have had a few NZ alpines ,but they do not do to well closer to sea level.This photo is from two gardens ago I think it is C semicordata can't see the leaves well enough to know now.
A friend has the National Collection of these. In his garden, which is huge, he has a natural rocky out crop. He cleared away more of the soil and planted his collection in the cracks which gives good drainage. Our winters are just a wee bit wet for them to grow well but once they are established they start to multiply.
I have Clematis cartmanii 'Joe' which I think has NZ origins
The parents Clematis cartmanii 'Joe'are C. marmoraria x C. paniculata, and it is named in honour of its originator, Joe Cartmann, a New Zealand gardener.
the clematis you have is from NZ.Here is a photo of a alpine meadow I think your friend would like to be there.
one of N Irelands best alpine growers has been down your way.
Would that be a Mr H McBride. I remember his stunning photo in the SRGC.
good morning Bootandall.
he be the man. Imagine you know who he is. Harold gives fantasic talks and has a garden crammed with goodies. He is the main propagater of the AGS Ulster Group and wins at all the shows.
Over the winter I will be making 8 tufa troughs out of plastic troughs and fish boxes, a new raised bed (3 already and a peat bed) and a scree/crevice garden.
I bought the NARGC book 'Rock Garden Design and Construction' recently to get some new ideas
http://www.timberpress.com/books/index.cfm?do=details&ID=642
You will see some of my raised beds in various stages if you have the time to look here http://davesgarden.com/threads.php?user=mark These house my Galanthus collection along with lots of species Tulips and Narcissus.
You are going to be very busy.I have had a look in to see the raised beds ,but got side tracked. I have made a few troughs, a friend showed me how . We line the container with wide strips of sacking leaving the ends out over the edges, when it set enought it very easy to lift out. Is that how it done over there. My troughs look very old and tired, a bit like me at the moment.I have been painting the out side of my home. I'm on the second coat with half the house to go. Looking forward to seeing the troughs in the making
dont know about seeing them in the making as my promises to show photos as I go along never materialise but you will see the finished troughs. Maybe a before and after shot will do. Troughs should look old and tired LOL
I should have said the plants!