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Ron and Joan, a very welcome to the Forum from Holland.Now that you've made it up here at last , I am hopeful to see many more comments and pictures.
Quote from: Ron and Joan Beeston on December 18, 2009, 02:24:22 PMIt has given me enormous pleasure to see posted images of Zdenek’s latest mind- blowing crevice creations and I am told that the task of planting up his latest example at Bangsbo Botanic Garden is a 2-year project. Pictures give a good idea of the forces employed in what is only the first stage leaving planting and infill or topdressing in the hands of the delighted (or awestruck) beneficiary. It has been my good fortune to visit the Czech Republic on several occasions and to see unbelievable work by a growers who were pioneers in the work. I mention only two:(First two images)Ota Vlasek makes beautiful use of granite and the first two images try to illustrate the vertical stratification in relatively small outcrops. Perfectly matching “rotten granite” packed into crevices and for the topdressing give a perfectly natural look to this very large rock garden. Ota told me he had spent two whole days planting and packing an area of one square metre of the rock face. I missed badly your juicy comment and top quality photgraphs. Ron. Thenks for your voice. ZZ(Second pair of images)Milan Cepicka has filled his relatively small garden with limestone (I would guess about 20 tons) and I will let the camera speak for me. This is a case of art concealing the crevices and I think this man should placed in front of camera so that his skills may be captured as a master class Returning home Zdenek employed basalt across the Irish Sea and Derbyshire tufa in my own garden (another story) but so far as I know sandstone elsewhere. I am not experienced enough to know of the whereabouts of the considerable amount of the crumbling, splitting sandstone (which Z would describe as flakes) required for filling purposes and the small amountavailable from the quarry for the Pershore project was sufficient for only a little over half the task. Enquiries elsewhere were fruitless. I illustrate what we did achieve through the work of an inspired hand but unfortunately I left the scene before investigating alternatives, which included the possibly futile task of the breakdown of larger stone. A more satisfactory plan would probably be to follow Alan Furness’s route with a matching sandstone aggregate although I am waiting to see if the surprising choice of a standard potting grit by the AGS may prove the more satisfactory of all. My opinion is that the unselfish work and craftsmanship of a Czech master deserves in return all the art and skill that can be mustered to ensure that with age it look as if it was a natural creation. One English volunteer perfectly closed crevices with hammering flakes in Pershore but only in small section. Ron is very good in photgraphing!
It has given me enormous pleasure to see posted images of Zdenek’s latest mind- blowing crevice creations and I am told that the task of planting up his latest example at Bangsbo Botanic Garden is a 2-year project. Pictures give a good idea of the forces employed in what is only the first stage leaving planting and infill or topdressing in the hands of the delighted (or awestruck) beneficiary. It has been my good fortune to visit the Czech Republic on several occasions and to see unbelievable work by a growers who were pioneers in the work. I mention only two:(First two images)Ota Vlasek makes beautiful use of granite and the first two images try to illustrate the vertical stratification in relatively small outcrops. Perfectly matching “rotten granite” packed into crevices and for the topdressing give a perfectly natural look to this very large rock garden. Ota told me he had spent two whole days planting and packing an area of one square metre of the rock face. I missed badly your juicy comment and top quality photgraphs. Ron. Thenks for your voice. ZZ(Second pair of images)Milan Cepicka has filled his relatively small garden with limestone (I would guess about 20 tons) and I will let the camera speak for me. This is a case of art concealing the crevices and I think this man should placed in front of camera so that his skills may be captured as a master class Returning home Zdenek employed basalt across the Irish Sea and Derbyshire tufa in my own garden (another story) but so far as I know sandstone elsewhere. I am not experienced enough to know of the whereabouts of the considerable amount of the crumbling, splitting sandstone (which Z would describe as flakes) required for filling purposes and the small amountavailable from the quarry for the Pershore project was sufficient for only a little over half the task. Enquiries elsewhere were fruitless. I illustrate what we did achieve through the work of an inspired hand but unfortunately I left the scene before investigating alternatives, which included the possibly futile task of the breakdown of larger stone. A more satisfactory plan would probably be to follow Alan Furness’s route with a matching sandstone aggregate although I am waiting to see if the surprising choice of a standard potting grit by the AGS may prove the more satisfactory of all. My opinion is that the unselfish work and craftsmanship of a Czech master deserves in return all the art and skill that can be mustered to ensure that with age it look as if it was a natural creation.
Second picture is the main cliff which he planted with a help of rope.
Second picture is the main cliff which he planted with a help of rope. Hi Ho Zdenek
Narcissus cantabricus DC. ssp. monophyllus After information from Spanish Narcissus specialists there are more than one species involved in what is called Narcissus cantabricus. The naming of this species was from the beginning an error, de Candolle’s herbarium-sheet was labelled to hail from “Cantabria”, but no white hoop-petticoat grows in this region! Flora Europaea ignores the subspecies monophyllus, which is found at the Puerto de la Virgen and around the Santuario de la Virgen in the Sierra de los Filabres. It is a plant of crystalline rocks; a typical companion plant is Cistus albidus. The soils in which subspecies monophyllus occur is typical very shallow and stony. We saw it on two occasions in full flower: 2000 end of February and 2009 end of March. The small spherical bulbs lie not very deep in the ground and possess in most cases only one thread-like leaf. The sight of thousands and thousands of these glistening white flowers is breath taking! After my experience this small narcissus cannot be grown in the open ground, it is a plant for the alpine-house. Propagation takes place by division of the bulbs, which is slowly with some clones, or through seeding. Seed-set in the alpine-house is good after artificial pollination. It lasts at least three years from sowing to the first flower!
and the cliff in the previous message! wow, to have such a feature at home
Quote from: cohan on January 04, 2010, 12:45:04 AMand the cliff in the previous message! wow, to have such a feature at home Saves you some tiresome hikes in the mountains doesn't it Cohan.. !
