I've never mastered Alpenpix, but would be happy to send pix to anyone interested in either the tufa wall or the open-sided alpine house.
loren russell PS: for anyone in southern Oregon or weatern Canada -- I'll be giving talks on this in Medford [Oct 9] and Vancouver and Calgary, next March.. ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 12:45:27 PM Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Re. Kelseya cultivation/vertical gardens Loren, how about a picture update of the vertical tufa garden while we wait for the article? -----Original Message----- From: loren.russell <[email protected]> To: the Electronic Rock Garden Society Alpine-L; postings copyright by authors. <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Sep 19, 2012 12:16 pm Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Re. Kelseya cultivation/vertical gardens Hi all, With respect to kelseya, I once got a seedling established in a big, ca 30 cm, chunk of pumice [not tufa!] which itself was sunk in a wooden pan of sand/scoria. The pumice was also planted with petrophytum and kept outside year-round, with occasional trips to be displayed. The kelseya survived -- and grew a bit-- for 3-4 years, but finally succumbed when I let the rock dry out too much one hot summer. I have a year-old vertical tufa garden with a special place reserved for kelseya, if I can acquire it again. I tried direct seeding last winter with wild seed from Roger Barlow, but no issue. The vertical tufa is north-facing, mortared between cinder-block piers, with a sand/scoria fill behind it for irrigation. I hope to write up the wall and a new alpine house over this winter. loren russell corvallis oregon
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