International Rock Gardener – New SRGC Site Feature

[ronm]

What plant would we use to celebrate a Silver Jubilee Maggi? Congrats on the 25 th issh.

[Maggi Young]

What plant would we use to celebrate a Silver Jubilee Maggi?

Something furry, fabulous and silvery ... such as Eriophyton wallichii perhaps?
{Eriophyton wallichii Benth. is an accepted name
Eriophyton wallichianum Hook.f. {Spelling variant} Synonym }
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200019666

Here's  a photo from the forum from Magnar Aspaker, one of the many generous forumists happy to share his pictures with the IRG :



or http://magnar.aspaker.no/Eriophyton%20wallichii%20P08.jpg

[ronm]

I've been racking my brain to find a suggestion that could be as suitable as this. Failed  .
9 days to go!

[ranunculus]

I would be tempted to save Magnar's amazing photograph for the 'Platinum' Jubilee, Maggi.

How about Brian and Shelagh's very silvery Celmisia longifolia?   

[Maggi Young]

That's a beauty, Cliff. 
The MOST silvery plant I've ever seen/grown is the Hawaiian silversword Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum - it has a sheen on it that would shock you.

However.... any silver treat will have to wait for another time.... we should have had a silver cover for Nr. 25... and we've missed that boat.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Better start thinking about a golden plant for the 50th issue Maggi ! 

[ronm]

Probably be a snowdrop !!!!

[Maggi Young]

Better start thinking about a golden plant for the 50th issue Maggi ! 

Probably be a snowdrop !!!!

Given the price fetched this very day by the yellow snowdrop found in Scotland, Galanthus woronowii 'Elizabeth Harrison' ( £725.10 )- that might well be a good choice!

edited to add link : http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8303.msg232345#msg232345


Meantime, I hope there are lots of you out there preparing articles to keep the IRG  pages filled ?

[Maggi Young]

The IRG begins a fourth year- how the time flies!
 
The Editorial Team send their grateful thanks to all those who have been in contact to say they enjoy this form of magazine. Such comments are most welcome and are an inspiration to us to continue in this work. Most important in this process, of course, are our contributors, without whom none of this is possible.
We take this chance to thank all those who have contributed in the past and encourage everyone to submit articles or ideas for the future.
Many kind comments about the IRG concern the fine photographs that are the backbone of our publication. So many people, not just our authors, are kind enough to allow the use of their photographs in these pages: as with text, the ownership and copyright of these photos remain with the originator and anyone wishing to use them elsewhere should seek permission.
To do so, or to submit an article, please make contact in the first instance to editor@internationalrockgardener.org 

 

IRG January 2013 : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2013Jan241359031864IRG37Jan2013.pdf


IRG Index: You may download a full index to IRG, compiled by Glassford Sprunt, here:

http://files.srgc.net/journals/International_Index_37.pdf

[Maggi Young]

In IRG 17 of 2011, there was a piece from ZZ about the English Primula specialist, David Philbey -
you may be interested to see more of David's primulas and glasshouse display, shown by his step-son, the photographer, Jon Evans, in the AGS website :
http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/discussion/underglass//Primulas+Everywhere/244/?page=1
 

edit to add IRG 17 link, May 2011:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011May261306444476IRGMay2011.pdf

[Luc Gilgemyn]

This is rapidly becoming an e-reference book of encyclopedic value !!!!

Respect !

[Maggi Young]

There was talk of finding a "golden" plant for the 50th issue of the IRG - well, next month, February 2014 will see that milestone - but for the January issue the IRG is overflowing with golden flowers  as part of Wim Boen's article on Eranthis. 

[fixpix]

Maggi,(or someone else),
Could you please explain in short what exactly is this IRG Index and how could this be useful to me?
I am a newbie, and I really have no idea what all these names and numbers are 
Looks like a way of finding stuff. But where?

[ranunculus]

Please follow this link
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international
Go to the bottom of the page - click on any of the links - allow a few minutes for the pdf file to download - enjoy some of the most authoritative and entertaining magazines ever written. Allow many hours to read and enjoy them all.

[Maggi Young]

Thank you, Cliff, for providing the link to the main page where all issues of the e-magazine "International Rock Gardener" can be found.

 Here is the link for the  latest index ( correct up  to January 2014) - http://files.srgc.net/journals/IRGIndex49.pdf  which lists which issue all plants, authors, places and so on  can be found in.