The photo of the Farrer Medal winner Kalmiopsis is good, but I wonder
if the color of the flowers was influenced by flash photography? Or
does the form grown in the UK typically have flowers that are paler
pink than we're accustomed to see here in the plant's native region?
I recently replanted a large specimen that I lifted from my former
rock garden last spring and kept in a pot for a year. So far it seems
to have survived everything it has suffered. I was surprised (though
probably shouldn't have been, since this is essentially a
rhododendron) to see how small the root system was when I removed it
by dismantling the rocks atop which it had grown for about 12 years.
I brought the rocks and some soil components from the old garden to
make the new rock garden, which is slowly materializing but has to
wait until August to be finished because I need to wait until the
hastily planted bulbs on part of the slope have gone dormant.
Otherwise they'll be hopelessly buried, and they've been bravely
growing and flowering this spring.
Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA
At 01:44 AM 4/18/2011, you wrote:
Seems to be a good year for this rarely grown plant. See the Farrer
medal winner at the Midland show recently
<http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/shows/results/shows2011/shows/midland/images/Robert_Rolfe/sizedDSC_0090.JPG.html>http://www.alpinegardensociety.net/shows/results/shows2011/shows/midland/images/Robert_Rolfe/sizedDSC_0090.JPG.html
Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8
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