Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - alpine house and news

[Maggi Young]

Philippe, 20 years is too long - you must visit Scotland again!

[Maggi Young]

Elisabeth has kindly sent another photo of the new alpine house ...

[Brian Ellis]

Wow, thanks to Elisabeth and Maggi.  I feel the urge to travel North again!

[Tim Ingram]

If I am not too cheeky - here is the New Alpine House in our garden partway through construction. It has the advantage that it can be dismantled easily and put up anywhere! Seriously the Edinburgh House looks very dramatic but I can't say very elegant - but I would also love to come and see the planting, and the re-made peat bed areas. Are alpine houses now forms of sculpture? And will this filter down to our private gardens - could be fun.

[alanelliott]

It may have already been unfairly christened "the bus shelter".

[Maggi Young]

It may have already been unfairly christened "the bus shelter".

Cruel - understandable, but cruel!

 See this pic of a great colour form of Primula tangutica from Alan via the RBGE twitter feed :
https://twitter.com/alan_elliott/status/344746051246379008/photo/1

[Mark Griffiths]

looks pretty fab.

The one in Edinburgh looks quite nice too 

(seriously I hope we will get some more pics when the plants are a little more established in those tufa boulders)

[Tony Willis]

The tufa wall is fabulous and given time should look striking as the plants develop,as to the building it is difficult to find words that are polite to describe it.I am a fan of modern architecture but this piece seems totally unsympathetic to it's surroundings.

[Stan da Prato]

Today the Borders group of the SRGC visited the Botanics to see the new house and  enjoy  a guided tour led by Ron McBeath.

[Stan da Prato]

some more

[Maggi Young]

Dryer there than here, it seems- lucky Borderers to have avoided the rain showers for their visit  .... and to have Ron for a guide!!

Campanula fragilis in  picture RBGEvisitRon 07 is already settling in nicely to its new home.  That bodes well, eh?

Thanks, Stan

[fermi de Sousa]

Thanks for posting those pics, Stan.
We'll definitely have to put it on the itinerary for our next visit to the UK
Probably give it another year or so to mature, though
cheers
fermi

[Maggi Young]

Nice to know that things are still looking good in the "old" alpine house at RBGE - pix via Alan E.

[Maggi Young]

Again via Alan :
 Gymnospermium albertii  -  one of the more unlikely members of the Berberidaceae 

[Maggi Young]

More from Al E. on RBGE alpines.....


Dionysia curviflora x tapetodes


Crocus etruscus 'Zwanenburg' opening "behind the scenes"