Jane, the colour was quite pale and not influenced by a flash and I commented on it to a friend as all the previous plants I had seen had deep pink flowers similar to those on the Illinois River Trail when I hiked there with Loren Russell. Graham Nicholls Timsbury near Bath UK -3C
-----Original Message----- From: Jane McGary <janemcg...@earthlink.net> To: Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; postings copyright by authors.; postings copyright by authors. <alpine-l@science.uu.nl> Sent: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:08 Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Kalmiopsis leachiana 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 Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8 _______________________________________________ lpine-l mailing list lpin...@science.uu.nl ttp://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l -----Original Message----- From: Jane McGary <janemcg...@earthlink.net> To: Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; postings copyright by authors.; postings copyright by authors. <alpine-l@science.uu.nl> Sent: Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:08 Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Kalmiopsis leachiana 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 Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8 _______________________________________________ lpine-l mailing list lpin...@science.uu.nl ttp://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
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