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Tony Lee

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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #15 on: September 18, 2009, 06:02:54 PM »
crevace garden,(sorry made a bog of this)

Martinr

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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #16 on: September 18, 2009, 06:22:26 PM »
Mark, if you want to use any of my pictures to project I can e-mail you some higher defintion versions once I've scaled the dizzy heights of the Stratford Via Ferrata with Maggi following of course!

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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #17 on: September 18, 2009, 06:29:28 PM »
nice scree, tony..

this reminds me, are there any good threads anyone can recommend on scree/general rock garden construction? i haven't tried searching yet, just thought there might be some favourite moments..

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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #18 on: September 18, 2009, 06:36:19 PM »
Martinr that size is OK
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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2009, 03:22:47 PM »
Great pics Tony and good to see them on this forum.  I thought you might be getting ready for hibernation down there in the midlands.
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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2009, 03:38:22 PM »
Don't know if these are any use Mark.  The setting is El Torcal north of Malaga and all the plants obviously enjoy it.
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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #21 on: September 19, 2009, 05:38:49 PM »
Thanks Cohan and Shelagh,not hibernating just trying to find something to give you and Brian a challenge in October in the foliage class.

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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #22 on: September 20, 2009, 01:01:56 PM »
No competition from us at Loughborough Tony we shall be rocking with the SRGC at Falkirk.   Now Ponteland may be a different matter. ;D
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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #23 on: September 20, 2009, 01:18:15 PM »
Thanks for the photos everyone. No-one seen any rockeries? I was out looking on Friday and saw nothing.
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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #24 on: September 20, 2009, 08:41:10 PM »
Take a look at Luc's pics on the Front Yard thread-stunning!
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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #25 on: September 21, 2009, 02:34:51 PM »
I now have a photo of a 20 year old rockery but could do with a much younger one
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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #26 on: September 21, 2009, 02:44:05 PM »
Not much rock there Mark...  ;)
Have you followed David's hint ?  If you'd like to use one or more pix of mine, just let me know.  ;)
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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #27 on: September 21, 2009, 03:20:22 PM »
Thanks Luc but what I need is what Mr and Mrs Joe Public would call a rockery - black plastic held down with stones, covered in bark or stones and planted with small trees and heathers.

The 'rockery' I showed above used to have stones, heather and small conifers
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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #28 on: September 21, 2009, 05:32:17 PM »
You surely don't think any of us are going to admit to having one of those!

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Re: photos needed - rockery and limestone mountains
« Reply #29 on: September 21, 2009, 05:36:36 PM »
Mark, the most common local interpretation of a "rock garden" is a mound of soil with random rocks cast about on it (sometimes even painted various colours!) and planted with petunias...   Really.

Along the same lines (but involving not-inconsiderable expenditure!), there is a front yard "tufa garden" nearby that is quite an amazing sight.  If I can get up the nerve, I'll take and post a photo of it.     :o
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