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Maggi Young

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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #15 on: March 02, 2011, 10:18:25 PM »
Quote from: gervandenbeuken on March 02, 2011, 10:01:43 PM

Unfortunately we do not have those fantastic plant shows like you have in the UK. So it is not really necessary to rotate the pots to have an even growth or flowering.

Your pots are looking very evenly flowered , for sure..... you should try to make a Channel Hop to the shows, Ger!

Will you be selling plants at any UK shows this year?
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #16 on: March 02, 2011, 10:43:56 PM »
No Maggi, this year no crossover with plants to the Kent show. I only will bring plants for sale for the Discussion weekend in Dumfries.
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2011, 10:45:15 PM »
Quote from: gervandenbeuken on March 02, 2011, 10:43:56 PM
No Maggi, this year no crossover with plants to the Kent show. I only will bring plants for sale for the Discussion weekend in Dumfries.
Aha! That is good news for the Discussion Weekenders then!  8)

 Will we see you at the Alpines 2011 Conference in Nottingham?
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2011, 12:10:43 AM »
Quote from: gervandenbeuken on March 02, 2011, 09:40:25 PM
The compost I use for my Dionysias is a mix of equal parts perlite, seramis, grit and a very small amount of potting soil.
Thats not compost it's a gravel driveway ;D

You have even more of my admiration now!! Maggi's right about the colours in some of them  -  couldn't begin to pick a favourite but I'm quite taken with Judith Bramley & ZZ
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2011, 09:03:56 AM »
Quote from: Maggi Young on March 02, 2011, 10:45:15 PM
Quote from: gervandenbeuken on March 02, 2011, 10:43:56 PM
No Maggi, this year no crossover with plants to the Kent show. I only will bring plants for sale for the Discussion weekend in Dumfries.
Aha! That is good news for the Discussion Weekenders then!  8)

 Will we see you at the Alpines 2011 Conference in Nottingham?
No Maggi, no Nottingham. It's a shame but you know if you are retired you do not have spare time. I would wish to be there because several people who are joining me on our next trip to Mendoza are attending the conference. So this would be a good opportunaty to meet those people.
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2011, 09:01:02 PM »
Hello Gert,
your pictures reminds me memorable time in your greenhouse in early spring. I found 3 pictures from this visit representaing well your amazing collection :) And retired man must have plenty of time for his garden or not? That is what I am dreaming about considering to work next 20 years...
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2011, 09:11:57 PM »
What an amazing sight  :o 8) oh to be as good a grower as that would be a dream come true.

Angie :)
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #22 on: March 04, 2011, 10:32:15 AM »
Quote from: Jiri Papousek on March 03, 2011, 09:01:02 PM
Hello Gert,
your pictures reminds me memorable time in your greenhouse in early spring. I found 3 pictures from this visit representaing well your amazing collection :) And retired man must have plenty of time for his garden or not? That is what I am dreaming about considering to work next 20 years...

Hi Jiri, nice to meet you on the forum, long time ago we met.
Good to see the photo's you made in my alpine house. It is a good selection. Last time I'm spcecially focused on D. afghanica and his seedlings.Also I'm sorting out some good forms of D. curviflora. These species have my special attention by there stunning hard cushions. Even without flowers these plants are an asset for the alpine-house.
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #23 on: March 18, 2011, 08:31:08 PM »
Now flowering:
Draba ossetica, still small, but quite floriferous. Yes Michal, that's your baby.
Dionysia iranica
Korolkowia(Fritillaria) sewrzowii
Townsendia condensata with crested flower
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #24 on: March 18, 2011, 09:49:13 PM »
Quote from: ruweiss on March 18, 2011, 08:31:08 PM
Now flowering:
Draba ossetica, still small, but quite floriferous. Yes Michal, that's your baby.
Dionysia iranica
Korolkowia(Fritillaria) sewrzowii
Townsendia condensata with crested flower

Like them all Rudi , but the Townsendia is very special. (the crested flower and also the colour)I grow Draba ossetica outside in tufarocks .
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #25 on: March 19, 2011, 08:19:45 PM »
What fabulous Dionysias. I can only admire from afar - very, very afar. NOTHING like any one of therm here. :'(
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #26 on: March 19, 2011, 08:29:54 PM »
Kris, the crested flowered plants sometime occur among the seedlings of
'normal' plants. The flower shape is a matter of taste - like it or not.
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #27 on: March 19, 2011, 10:04:24 PM »
Quote from: ruweiss on March 19, 2011, 08:29:54 PM
Kris, the crested flowered plants sometime occur among the seedlings of
'normal' plants. The flower shape is a matter of taste - like it or not.

I think that Townsendia 's are not very popular Rudi ...I don't know why ?
Here today flowering in a trough : Townsendia hookeri with 22 flowers . The trough is covered during winter.

(crested plants are often find between cacti)
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #28 on: March 20, 2011, 09:19:50 PM »
Are townsendia difficult to grow. I would like to try and get some just because its a bit like my last name and also l like daisy flowers. Someone did say to me that they are short lived, is this true.

Angie :)
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Re: Alpine house 2011
« Reply #29 on: March 20, 2011, 09:27:04 PM »
Hello Angie , I keep them in troughs . They need a lot of sunshine en I cover the trough during wintertime (november - march)
I use a mix of 60% coarse sand and 40% sharp grit. I raised them from seed and they are now about 5 years old .   
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