Jim McKenney schrieb: > I can’t help wondering how it might have been grown back then. And that > brings me to another puzzle: how long have Europeans been building rock > gardens? Does anyone know? I would like to learn more about this
The cultivation of mountain plants has a longstanding tradition in Tyrol/Austria. In 1864 Professor Anton Kerner(at that time head of the Institute of Botany) published a book entitled "Die Cultur der Alpenpflanzen = The Cultivation of Alpine Plants", in which he provided soil requirements and cultivation instructions for about 500 species. The Rock Gardens in the Innsbruck Sillgasse are known to be some of the first in the world (about 1860) and were well-known throughout Europe. The first botanic alpine garden (in Tyrol)above the tree line was set up by Anton Kerner 1875 on the (Mount)Blaser, but was dissolved after his death.At that time (1860-1875)he exchanged more than 2000! living alpine plants (collected wild) per year! with other Botanical Gardens in Europe and we still have some plants he got in exchange- Cycas circinalis is the most prominent. In 1930 the University started to establish the Alpine Garden on Mt.Patscherkofel near Innsbruck - of which I take care now. The old Botanical Garden had to move to his present location in 1906. P. Daniel Schlorhaufer Alpine Garden Mt. Patscherkofel/Zone 3 Botanical Garden - Institute of Botany/Zone5 University Innsbruck Sternwartestraße 15 A- 6020 Innsbruck Austria Internet Homepage: http://botany.uibk.ac.at/bot-garden _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
