Re: [Alpine-l] Springtime photos
Lis Allison wrote, Tundra happens when the temps stay low enough long enough that the frost never completely leaves the ground, thus causing the next winter to add to the existing frozen soil. If you think of a block of ice, say one cubic foot, surrounded by air or warmish soil, it takes a certain amount of cold to freeze it solid. If you take the same cubic foot of water and put it on top of a solid block of ice, it will be easier (quicker) to freeze. Tundra soil never completely thaws out, only the top thaws, and so the frost line will be very deep indeed. My first rock garden was in Fairbanks, Alaska, over permafrost, but as Lis writes the top layer did thaw annually, and very fast too. One evening I parked my truck next to the rock garden, and the next morning I came out to find it axle-deep in mud. Fortunately a friend and her Yup'ik boyfriend were staying with me at the time, and being from the Yukon delta he knew a whole lot about getting pickups out of mud. Having no alternative at that cabin, I would plant freshly gathered seeds of native alpines in pots in fall. Most would germinate immediately and soon be covered with snow. Almost all of them survived to resume growth in spring. Some of the native plants, however, such as the saxifrages and minuartias, were structured to retain their seeds in the capsules or fruits until the spring thaw, when they were released to germinate in the warming, wet, disturbed soil. I only wish I had realized at that time that I could have been growing high alpines from all over the world, but I thought only native plants could survive there. Still, having Loiseleuria and Diapensia on my little rock garden is a fond memory -- though spring break-up and not seeing anything grow for more than half the year are not so fond. Jane McGary Portland, Oregon, where the sun has finally appeared ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
[Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3083) 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FARRER FORREST
Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3083) 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FARRER FORREST From: Cliff Booker eMail: bookcli...@aol.com Name: 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FARRER FORREST Note: Worthy winner of the Farrer Medal and the Forrest Medal at the Eighth International Rock Garden Conference Show held at Nottingham UniversIty, U.K. on Saturday 16th April 2011 under the auspices of the Alpine Garden Society and the Scottish Rock Garden Club. The exhibitor was Chris Lilley from North Anston with a superb plant of Trillium grandiflorum and this success proved doubly sweet for Chris as this was his first Farrer and his first Forrest Medal. URL: http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=AlpenPixid=3083 ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
[Alpine-l] Pyrola, Chimaphila, Monotropa, Pterospora
I missed out on the NARGS seedex Monotropa, but bought some Indian Pipes on Ebay. I think sugar will sustain them until I can find my Russula mushrooms. I am willing to share my Russulas. They were bought for the plants. I have multiple species. Some are tasty and edible, some aren't and will cause diarrhea. They should come up in the summer and fall. I did get one Dyemakers' Puffball, Pisolithus tinctorus. While good for Ericaceae it isn't necessary. The mycorrhizae is always there, the puffball, which is actually solid, comes up in the presence of dog feces. It spreads by rodents eating it, or me chopping it up. Also on EBay WHITE VEINED WINTERGREEN (Pyrola picta) PIPSISSEWA (Chimaphila umbellate maculata) I Will start on Tissue Culture media with Gibberellic Acid-3 I think the sugar will sustain them until I put them in the garden with Rhizopogon. PINEDROPS (Pterospora andromedea) Will start on TC media with Rhizopogon fungus. It won't sprout without the fungus present. Rhizopogon (tiny truffles) is in Ecto-Tabs also on EBay. They did not list the species on the EBay ad. Fungi was a huge search. Some companies sell edibles. Many are fronts, sold out of most everything except equipment and psychedelic spores. Apparently spores are legal, 'shrooms are not. Those selling spores for conifer seedlings have a huge number of genera. Much of the stuff on EBay doesn't have a chance. -- Larry Wallace Cincinnati ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3083) 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CON...
What a magnificent specimen! I assume this is one rhizome with that many stems? It would be interesting to hear how one achieves this sort of plant...age, timing of light or whatever, fertilizing, etc. Or was this taken out of the ground for show? I have never seen, in the wild around here or in my garden, a tillium like this. Thank you for showing it to us. Regards, Marcia Brown Meigs in very windy and chilly Ithaca, NY, USA No T.grandiflorum yet In a message dated 4/17/2011 4:57:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bookcli...@aol.com writes: Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3083) 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FARRER FORREST From: Cliff Booker eMail: bookcli...@aol.com Name: 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FARRER FORREST Note: Worthy winner of the Farrer Medal and the Forrest Medal at the Eighth International Rock Garden Conference Show held at Nottingham UniversIty, U.K. on Saturday 16th April 2011 under the auspices of the Alpine Garden Society and the Scottish Rock Garden Club. The exhibitor was Chris Lilley from North Anston with a superb plant of Trillium grandiflorum and this success proved doubly sweet for Chris as this was his first Farrer and his first Forrest Medal. URL: http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=AlpenPixid=3083 ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3083) 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FARRER FORREST
That is a superb and beautiful plant indeed--since it is one I can actually grow I can dream about one of mine looking like that (they are just now emerging from the soil). Barbara van Achterberg, Easton, Connecticut USA zone 6 - Original Message From: Cliff Booker bookcli...@aol.com To: Alpine-l@science.uu.nl Sent: Sun, April 17, 2011 4:56:50 PM Subject: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3083) 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FARRER FORREST Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3083) 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FARRER FORREST From: Cliff Booker eMail: bookcli...@aol.com Name: 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FARRER FORREST Note: Worthy winner of the Farrer Medal and the Forrest Medal at the Eighth International Rock Garden Conference Show held at Nottingham UniversIty, U.K. on Saturday 16th April 2011 under the auspices of the Alpine Garden Society and the Scottish Rock Garden Club. The exhibitor was Chris Lilley from North Anston with a superb plant of Trillium grandiflorum and this success proved doubly sweet for Chris as this was his first Farrer and his first Forrest Medal. URL: http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/temperate/?gal=AlpenPixid=3083 ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
