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Gerdk

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Re: My own tiny rock garden.
« Reply #30 on: April 22, 2009, 09:05:40 PM »
Thank you for the answer = pic Krzysztof!
Unfortunately Viola alpina doesn't reach Germany! There is a station at the
' Wiener Schneeberg '  in Austria which is the most western occurence of this stunning plant.

Gerd
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Armin

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Re: My own tiny rock garden.
« Reply #31 on: April 22, 2009, 09:36:15 PM »
Hello Chris!

your tiny rock garden has developed nicely.
P. slavica and pratensis ssp. nigcricans are superb! And the Viola excellent 8) 8)

The seed of C. vernus ssp. scepusiensis has germinated sucessfully!
Many thanks.
The Viola alpina did not recover from snail attacks last year.
It is finally lost :'(
Best wishes
Armin

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Re: My own tiny rock garden.
« Reply #32 on: April 26, 2009, 12:07:51 PM »
Hi,
I got a photo from my brother of my Gentiana clusii which I was given from Johannes Höller some time ago. Now it looks like that:



Cheers,
Chris
Best regards,
Chris Ciesielski
Zary, Poland

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Paul T

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Re: My own tiny rock garden.
« Reply #33 on: April 26, 2009, 12:14:48 PM »
Lovely, Chris. :)
Cheers.

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Re: My own tiny rock garden.
« Reply #34 on: April 26, 2009, 04:01:40 PM »
Another lovely Gentiana, Chris ..... your garden is proving very successful indeed with such happy plants.
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Re: My own tiny rock garden.
« Reply #35 on: April 26, 2009, 05:50:21 PM »
Such a gorgeous blue gentiana in the sunlight, the plant looks so happy in your rock garden which I have been watching develop in the hope that one day i will grow alpines from seed as well as you do   :)
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Re: My own tiny rock garden.
« Reply #36 on: April 26, 2009, 06:28:07 PM »
Last year, when I went to Tatra Moutains in September, I have found a dead Gentiana with loads of seeds. I took some of them and sown in my rock garden. This year I saw hundreds of seedlings. If that seedlings are what I think they are, probably I brought Gentiana nivalis. :) I didn't believe I could germinate it successfully. If I will make it flower and than produce seeds I will be pleased to share them with you Ragged and other growers of course. :)

However, I am really surprised, how so small seedlings can produce a flower in one year. It is written, that this is an annual, not biennial plant. I am sure that in the first year the plant will grow up and flower the fastest in next year.
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Chris Ciesielski
Zary, Poland

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Re: My own tiny rock garden.
« Reply #37 on: April 26, 2009, 09:30:00 PM »
Chris,
lovely blue gentian. Hope for your your breeding success ;)
Best wishes
Armin

 


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