LEWISIAS

[wolfgang vorig]

Hi Kristel,
Your Lewisia rediviva bed is great.

my "redivivas" this year.
Kind regards,    Wolfgang

[Luc Gilgemyn]

They look superb Wolfgang !!

[cohan]

And Rocky Mountain Rare Plants:
http://www.rmrp.com/

some others will have seen that RMRP has just put out their 2010 list, and it will be their last!

[David Nicholson]

Ironic isn't it, now there is a real opportunity Cohan.

[cohan]

Ironic isn't it, now there is a real opportunity Cohen.

very tempting, but nowhere near realisation (i don't have a fraction of the skill and knowledge sets at this point!)...lol

[mark smyth]

Now that Ron Ratko has retired it looks as though it is going to be impossible to get hold of wild seed from the North Western USA

well there goes my idea of growing some North American alpines from seed 

[David Nicholson]

Now that Ron Ratko has retired it looks as though it is going to be impossible to get hold of wild seed from the North Western USA

well there goes my idea of growing some North American alpines from seed 

Well, you still have a few options left:-

http://www.alplains.com/

http://www.southwesternnativeseeds.com/

and, if you are very quick as their last list finishes next month

http://www.rmrp.com/

Graham Nicholls has an extensive collection of plants available mail order


http://www.graplant.co.uk/

[Kristl Walek]

A bit earlier in this thread, I introduced you to Dorothy Staggs.
She is someone you should know about.
And of course that amazing Lewisia bed I showed earlier is hers!!!

Dorothy lives in Montana (Lewisia rediviva is the official state flower of that state) and has devoted the past few decades to this particular species---in terms of education, propagation and spreading it far and wide.

Her web site, Bitterroot Heaven, is an insightful view into the species (and into the psyche of this amazing woman).
Her "stages of growth" page is particularly worth looking at.

http://bitterrootheaven.com/default.html

Do check it out.

The photograph is hers.

[cohan]

Now that Ron Ratko has retired it looks as though it is going to be impossible to get hold of wild seed from the North Western USA

well there goes my idea of growing some North American alpines from seed 

Well, you still have a few options left:-

http://www.alplains.com/

http://www.southwesternnativeseeds.com/

and, if you are very quick as their last list finishes next month

http://www.rmrp.com/

Graham Nicholls has an extensive collection of plants available mail order


http://www.graplant.co.uk/

alplains new list is out!

[Tony Willis]

Allplains seed is superb and I have had excellent results with his Lewisia redivia and brachycalx plus several phlox etc.