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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