Hi i am new to alpine gardening does anyone have the following plants? -

[newstart]

Hi I was wondering if anyone had red pulsatilla's and primula guinevere :


If someone had the above(subject) plants I would be more than gratefull-Having mail order problems! Is it right time for propagating them?-I think by division with both? Any way if you have them ,and are willing to help out ,and its right time of year for me to ask i would love to pay the postage etc!
I am not sure whether its like a plant swap thing as I am new to scottish rock garden forums.

While I am here what is the best way of obtaining alpine plants other than using RHS plant finder for all the nurseries which do rock garden plants.

Quite possibly the answer is find folk who love alpines-hence being in this forum!?

[tonyg]

Hello newstart!
I have grown red pulsatillas from seed but it can be a bit of a lottery.  If you raise plenty and wait until they flower you can select the best reds to keep.  Pulsatillas are generally easy to raise from seed especially if you can get fresh seed.  They don't like root disturbance/pots much so the good news is that in well drained soil in a sunny spot they are easy in the garden.
Where to get seed?  SRGC and Alpine Garden Society seed exchanges have plenty of pulsatilla seed.  If you put a name and location into your forum signature you might get some offers of help local to you.
Division of pulsatillas sounds like a quick way to kill them but perhaps someone else has different advice!
Good luck!

[annew]

Hi Newstart. I have what is probably a very nice red pulsatilla in a 1L pot - probably because I got some seedlings mixed up so you might get P halleri slavica instead. That is also a very nice one though, and it won't have cost you anything, except the postage. Hopefully it will flower this year, it's already about 5 years old but is desperate to get out of its pot. I can also send you a primula 'Garryarde Guinevere', if that is the one you mean. Contact me offline if you want - click on the letter icon at left under my avatar.

[newstart]

Hi I was after a couple of Berberis to add small shrubs to collection. It is probably the wrong time of year for these as cuttings actually-thought i'd post it anyway. Thanks in advance if you have some spare ones.

[newstart]

I tried to order 60 or so alpines this year as I am new to alpines and alpine gardening.

Below is the list I am still after. It might be that nurseries stock them later- Any way here goes-

Aubrieta deletoidea
Alyssum spinosum'Roseum'
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Red Pillar'
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Golden Ring'
Antennaria dioica 'Alex duguid'
Armeria maritima 'Bloodstone’
Dianthus deltoides 'Brilliant'
Saxifraga stolonifera
Saxifraga fortunei
Daphne cnerorum 'Variegata'
Euryops acraeus.
Phlox subulata 'Samson'
Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Rode Klokke'
Sedum telephium 'Atropurpureum'
Ranunculus ficaria 'Brazen Hussy'
Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'
Saxifraga 'Johnann Kellerer'
Campanula carpatica 'isabel'

[mark smyth]

You dont want Hussy in a rock garden. It's very invasive

[annew]

I can send a seedling of Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Rode Klokke' (usually come true) along with the others I've promised you. I agree with Mark about Brazen Hussy, but if you are determined I can send that too.

[David Shaw]

We have 'Brazen Hussy' in the garden and it is quite well behaved. R. f. plena is another matter.

[newstart]

Hi if cuttings will take now or you have the following plants i would be really grateful. It is part of a new rock garden design but nurseries don't have all of them. If you can possibly help it will save me a lot of time trying to find these plants. I am very willing to pay the postage. Let me know if you have them for later on as cuttings if you feel it is more sensible and I will ask you again at that time.

Much appreciation David.         See list below-

Alyssum spinosum'Roseum'
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Red Pillar'
Berberis thunbergii f. atropurpurea 'Golden Ring'
Antennaria dioica 'Alex duguid'
Armeria maritima 'Bloodstone’
Dianthus deltoides 'Brilliant'
Saxifraga stolonifera
Saxifraga fortunei
Daphne cnerorum 'Variegata'
Euryops acraeus.
Phlox subulata 'Samson'
Sedum telephium 'Atropurpureum'
Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'
Saxifraga 'Johnann Kellerer'
Campanula carpatica 'isabel'

Thanks folks!

[Carlo]

David,

It'd be very helpful if you included where you are in your signature information.... This will help you in your quest.

[Maggi Young]

It will also help if you keep your posts on a similar subject together! 
I will merge them.

[Rodger Whitlock]

You don't want Hussy in a rock garden. It's very invasive

I guess my garden is something special: Brazen Hussy has, several times, taken one look, given a haughty sniff, and decamped to a Better Place.

[ChrisB]

I know Brazen Hussey is a bit invasive, but it is so beautiful when it flowers, on top of that bronze foliage, that I believe it has a place in the garden anyway.  If it roams where I don't want it, I dig it up and pot it for someone else to enjoy.  And it does nicely disappear after flowering, something your snowdrops don't do for ages, Mark.  There was a very nice one at the Hexham Show, and I was pleased that it deserved a place on the tables.  I'll be at the Cleveland Show, David, if you fancy driving that far, I could bring you one.  I also have P. 'Guinevere' if you want a bit of that.

[Carlo]

Her aggressiveness is precisely why I put her in the lawn...in tough spots near paths, etc. Brazen Hussy is just showing buds here...may be blooming in time for Easter.