Loren, I would be interested in a picture of a tufa wall and an open-sided alpine house. Thank you. Shirley Friberg, St Paul, Miinnesota
On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:55 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 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.. > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l Shirley Friberg
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