Amen. Most of us suffer from a lack of moving scree, and many live with hot summer nights. However, we still consider ourselves "rock gardeners"
Cole Burrell, free Union VA Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 5, 2015, at 5:17 AM, Youngs Aberdeen <youngs.aberd...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > Well, it's good to see that there are at least some folks reading this page! > I will point out that the title of the e-magazine is the "International Rock > Gardener" > and there is no doubt that alpines -and terrestrial orchids - are happy > companions in many a rock garden. > Perhaps it is the insistence on a very narrow definition of "alpine" that is > the cause of the lack of activity here? > I suppose there are people who only grow one type of plant - though I must > say I have met very few in my time and > had imagined that those interested in "Alpines" would have at least a passing > interest in the plants featured in the IRG. > The IRG concentrates in the main on plants able to be grown in the open > garden - which I suppose excludes a > large number of alpines in a large number of countries - we hope to improve > gardens and the pleasure gained from > them, rather than limit our horizons unnaturally. > > I thank Brian Whyer for his comment on the AGS definition of its interests - > which are, of course, very similar to those > of the Scottish Rock Garden Club, which hosts the IRG. Happily the SRGC and > AGS are open in their definitons, > which probably leads to their success in enthusing and informing about what > is a fascinating range of plants, which may > widely be referred to, I would say, as smaller types of "wildflowers" for a > range of climates and situations - some of which will be > "truly" alpine. > > Margaret Young > _______________________________________________ > Alpine-l mailing list > Alpine-l@science.uu.nl > http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
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