I was just looking at Jane Hendrix's images of Kalmia microphylla, an ericaceous treasure. http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=alpenpix&genus=Kalmia&all=#current
To keep them company, here is Kalmiopsis leachiana. http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=alpenpix&genus=Kalmiopsis&all=#current Kalmia microphylla is fairly widespread in western N America and not too difficult to keep in a bog or a well watered, mossy trough. I have kept it several times for several years. Kalmiopsis grows only in a few places in the Siskiyous, in sites that get spring runoff and then are pretty dry. Several rock gardeners in Oregon grow it outdoors with an insousiance most trying to me in my more sodden climate. Paige Woodward SW British Columbia Canada wet Zone 6 _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
