Kelseya is usually grown in pots under cover (at least in the winter) in the UK and quite often appears on the show bench. I have grown it outside in a crevice garden in a trough with some success, but not up to show standard, and it eventually succumbed to our wet Welsh climate. John Good, N. Wales min 28F (-5)
Sent from my iPhone On 19 Sep 2012, at 11:00, [email protected] wrote: > > 1. Re Rock garden > > Shirley, > > Do you have /Kelseya uniflora/ on your list for the arboretum garden? > > Does anyone else out there have experience growing it? > > --Henry > > --- On Tue, 7/17/12, Shirley Friberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Shirley Friberg <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Rock Garden Designer > To: "Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society; postings copyright by > authors." <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 4:24 PM > > Henry,?Have you seen any vertical gardens? ?They are fantastic. ? Especially > if you are wanting to grow difficult alpines.?? Zdenck Zvolanek made one at > Wisley, Kew and the Alpine Society Headquarters.? You are probably right in > thinking that the general public wouldn't be impressed or understand the > significance in that method of planting. ?I would love to have one at our > arboretum, but I don't think it should be the major rock garden as it limits > how a garden can be designed. ?We now have been officially zoned 5- got it > from the Hort Society.?Shirley FribergSt. Paul, MN.?Zone _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
