Pincushions, Yellow Umbrellas and Prickly Greeks

[Sinchets]

I'll second that Paul. Though you do have me glad that you are in Australia! Only in that there were occasionally Astragalus/ Oxytropis for sale at members stalls at various AGS shows I have been too- I think if you'd been there we would have been elbowing each other out of the way!

Simon,

You'd better believe it. Might even have been more than elbows involved. (Grumble, Grumble, Grumble!)

 

Can be quite frustrating viewing these things from afar. It's one of the reasons I rarely visit the shows section down at the bottom of the main page..... just too painful I think to see those things so perfectly grown and so unavailable here!    Sometimes I succumb and visit, but very rarely.

Yes, I understand what you mean. I miss the shows and seeing the plants in person to marvel at the things people are growing to near perfection. The Botanic Gardens here don't have alpine gardens, and I don't know of anyone else with an 'Alpineum'- but I get to compare notes with nature and the trips people take me on here give me lots of ideas too. 

[Ragged Robin]

Simon, on Sunday I went to a miniature Alpine Botanical Garden in Vaud that might interest you under Travel/Places to Visit

[Sinchets]

Thanks