crevice and or rockery in the green house

[Maggi Young]

Good evening, Palustris and a warm welcome to you.
That is a very fine construction you have made there and the plants are looking  very happy in it.

I will look up the article, but in the meantime, may I ask if all the plants are planted directly into the bed and if they need thinning out regularly? ?

[Palustris]

Yes, most of the plants are in the 'soil' of the bed. I think there is only an Allium (name escapes me now) from California which is still in a clay pot plunged into the soil. Most things are reasonably well behaved and any seedlings which appear are easily removed and potted up. About the only 'thugs' are Acis autummnalis and Campanula cashmeriana. I spend a lot of time removing seedlings of both. The one mistake that I did make was to plant Cremanthodium arnicoides (bought under a different name, my excuse). This does grow to a 1 metre plus tall perennial in the garden. I might get round to removing it one day.
Not everything I have planted has survived, but it looks good enough for me. This winter and last when we had extreme frost some of the more tender things went, but that just leaves spaces for more things this year.

[mark smyth]

Now that is what I want to do. I hope I have a copy of the bulletin.

Please tell me/us more about the planting mix. What rocks. What plants you have used.

Can you post larger images about 700 pixels wide?

[Palustris]

Hi Mark. If you do not have the AGS Bulletin I am sure there must be some way of getting the details to you via this site.
I usually post at 450 by 338 because of the time it takes my Dialup connection to upload things. One of the penalties of opting for an extreme rural situation I suppose.

[Maggi Young]

Palustris, if you agree then I can arrange to copy the article ?

 The article, "A czech style crevice garden" is in The Alpine Gardener, volume 73 December 2005 ( no. 302) pages 380 to 383

[mark smyth]

Thanks for the larger photos. I feel an urge building.

I have the bulletin so now for some reading with a coffee.

[Palustris]

Palustris, if you agree then I can arrange to copy the article?

 The article, "A czech style crevice garden" is in The Alpine Gardener, volume 73 December 2005 ( no. 302) pages 380 to 383

If you feel that it would be  of interest to anyone then that is all right by me.
Eric.

[David Nicholson]

Yes please, I would like to read it. Nice job there Eric it looks great. You must have some very heavy duty staging?

[angie]

Thanks for the larger photos. I feel an urge building.

I feel the urge to get another greenhouse

Angie

[Mike Ireland]

David the ideal staging for this type of bed is either breeze or concrete blocks for the supports and then 3ft x 2ft paving slabs as the base for the beds on the top.

Mike

[Paddy Tobin]

I made a hyper tufa crevice garden in my Alpine House a few years back. The method was featured in the AGS Bulletin.

My goodness, such wonderful work. Well done, it really is beautiful.

Paddy