Well a few hundred dollars later and many hours of weeding and trying to dig in gravel and boulders....I finally sat down and transcribed the list of plants that went into the 'new alpine rock garden rip rap garden'... I didn't realize how much I'd done until I reviewed this list...remember I'm in Maine Zone 5 and this garden is in 2-4 feet of gravel fill...I'm pulling up rocks the size of basket balls...I though my old yard down to the coast 10 miles away was bad with the 6 feet of marine clay...but wow....you can't stick a shovel in the ground anywhere on the property without hitting rocks and gravel....but I'm really praying that this is going to be the ideal location for this garden..as I couldn't stand looking at the pile of rocks holding up the bank with absolutely nothing growing but weed grass and broadleaf's. Other than two orders to High Country Gardens...all the material was found locally...but then you'll see that by the commonality of some of the material...now to wait out the spring and see what survives.
ALPINE GARDEN STARTING FROM LEFT AND MOVING TO RIGHT 1. 2. Liatris spicata 'FLORISTAN WHITE' 3. Sedum 'BLUE SPRUCE' 4. Centaurea macrocephala 5. Artimesia ludoviciana 'VALERIE FINNIS' 6. Allium cyaneum 7. Chamaebatlaria millefolium 8. Amsonia hubrichtii 9. Sedum 'TRICOLOR' 10. Iris germanica 11. Achillea ptarmica 12. Asclepias sullivantii 13. Penstemon hirsutus pygmaeus 14. Perideridia gaerdnerii 15. Iberis semprevirens 16. Salvia azurea 17. Achillea spp. 'UTAH' 18. Salvia reptans 19. Sedum glaucophyllum 20. Liatris microcephala 21. Ruellia humilis 22. Linum perenne 23. Sedum 'Frosty Morn' 24. Anemone patens 25. Sanguisorbia canadense 26. Dianthus 'Yellow Harmony' 27. Phlox subulata ? 28. Allium stellatum 29. Arabis sturii 30. Saxifraga ? 31. Arabis 'Compinkie' 32. Cassia hebecarpa 33. Heuchera pulchella 34. Sedum japonica senadense 35. Liatris punctata 36. Armeria 'Joystick red' 37. Alyssum serphylifolium 38. Potentilla tridentata 39. Sedum hispanicum 40. Linum flavum compactum 41. Phlox kelseyii 'Lemhi Midnight' 42. Clematis scottii 43. Echinacea 'White swan' 44. Penstemon 'War Axe' 45. Arabis 'Snowcap' 46. Agastache rupestris 47. Alyssum montanum 48. Sissirhyncum 49. Oenothera fruticosa 50. Phlox subulata 'Emerald Blue' 51. Iris germanica 52. Achillea argentifolium 53. Arabis ferdinandii 'Lime Rock' 54. Mr. Kyle Fletcher Baker, MCN Maine Zone 5
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