Alpine house 2011

[christian pfalz]

hello kris,
fantastic, your through with the townsendias looks very fine, do you have more alpines from the north americas or mexico
cheers from germany

chris

[Lesley Cox]

I don't find Townsendias so difficult to grow but with me they frequently flower then die, so perhaps some are monocarpic in which case that would explain why they are not wildly popular. The more perennial ones, for me, still only live for perhaps 2 or 3 flowerings.

[tonyg]

I have raised a few townsendias from seed and they are not difficult given good drainage.  Under glass I find them prone to aphid attack.  Given really sharp drainage and the winter cover recommended below (or above depending on which way you have posts displayed ) you should be able to grow them Angie.  If I was coming to the International I would bring you a pot of young plants .... anyone reading this who can collect from me and deliver to Nottingham?

[angie]

Thanks everyone for the advice on growing Townsendia.
Tony you need to go to Nottingham that I can get my Townsendia, only joking
It would be nice to give them I try. I have seen them on the show benches and think they are lovely.
I need to get better with seeds and then I can have all these lovely plants.

Angie

[krisderaeymaeker]

hello kris,
fantastic, your through with the townsendias looks very fine, do you have more alpines from the north americas or mexico
cheers from germany
chris

Thanks Chris ! Yes , I also have others like Eriogonum , Phlox, Kelseya ,Aquilegia, Trifolium , Lewisia , Hymenoxis , and also many many cacti/succulents....

[christian pfalz]

hi kris,
thanks, please show us more from the northamerican country.....
cheers
chris

[krisderaeymaeker]

hi kris,
thanks, please show us more from the northamerican country.....
cheers
chris

Hi Chris, wil post some pics in the near future when they flowering...

[Alex]

Lewisia tweedyi rosea starting.

Alex

[ruweiss]

Now flowering:
Draba longisiliqua and Asarum maximum

[David Nicholson]

Now flowering:
Draba longisiliqua and Asarum maximum

Rudi, a plant of Draba longisliqua won the Farrer Medal at the South West AGS Show in Exeter last Saturday

[ruweiss]

David, thank you for the picture of this out standing plant. D. longisiliqua is one of my favourite, easy to cultivate in the Alpine house and very floriferous. I tried it several times in the open garden without succes, maybe it does not like my climate. It could maybe grow under an overhang like Primula allionii, but I don't have the space to try it.

[Jozef Lemmens]

Androsace bryomorpha is the most slow growing species.
Androsace neuwirthii is a fairly new introduced species from Bayan Har Shan – Qinghai  (China). Sorry, the flowers at the top of the cushion already started fading. But suddenly it went very quickly.

[ruweiss]

Jozef, thank you for sending us the pictures of these rare and beautiful alpine cushions.
It is amazing to see the big flowers of A.bryomorpha in relation to these small rosettes.
In these days it is always a pleasure to enter the Alpine house. Androsace vandellii,
Claytonia megarhiza, Clematis tenuiloba and Lewisia tweedyi are in full flower. I am
especially pleased with the flowers of Townsendia condensata and T. condensata
'Alberta form'; the later ones are the second generation of the plants I raised from wild
collected seeds from the AGS seed exchange.
It is only a pity, that these beauties are monocarpic and don't like any overhead watering
so cultivation under glass is a must in our climate.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Stunning plants Rudy and Jozef !!!

[David Nicholson]

Seconded. I like the yellow Lewisia tweedyi particularly.