August 2015 IRG 68 - online now:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Aug261440625534IRG_68.pdf
Robert Pavlis of Guelph, Ontario Canada is the author of
http://www.gardenmyths.com/
- he discusses a Hylomecon mystery -
Jan Tholhuijsen of Roosendaal in the Southern Netherlands has fun
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
The latest issue of the International Rock Gardener (IRG) # 67 is online now.
It has the second part of the Eijkelenboom report on the orchids of Crete,
Zdenek Zvolanek demonstrates the landscaping of a trough in Moravia,
and Steve Garvie and Ian Young show how Dactylorhiza can colonise
News of a rediscovered plant in Bhutan
Primula lovers may be interested to read about the success of a trip to Bhutan
in re-finding Primula sherriffiae , 81 years after its only finding and
introduction.
the plant has been maintained in cultivation since then by the Royal Botanic
Garden
News of the latest issue of
International Rock Gardener ISSN 2053-7557
Issue 66 June 2015 online here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Jun251435252604IRG_66.pdf
Plants to be seen in spring in the area of Mt Trevenque in the Spanish Sierra
Nevada by
Dieter Zschummel with photos
Update re: IRG 62 of February 2015 :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/./logdir/2015Feb261424987169IRG62.pdf
New Information re Galanthus 'FEDERSCHWINGEN' - this plant was found by Kurt
Kleisa
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New Issue : IRG 62 of February 2015
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb261424987169IRG62.pdf
At this time of year in the northern hemisphere our thoughts are buoyed by
the increasing evidence of spring flowers and many of these are bulbs
in the widest sense. The passion and
My apologies, there is a new link for IRG 61 :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb011422783332IRG61.pdf
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Not sure how I managed Internatoinol - hope you all realised I meant
to type International Rock Gardener.
Hope you enjoy the magazine.
M. Y.
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IRG 61 is a Crocus Special:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Jan291422555042IRG61.pdf
Various Crocus are discussed and 3 new species are described
Dr. Janis Ruksans, described by Chris Brickell as a journalist, author,
nationalist
politician, plantsman, plant breeder, plant
Cyclamen graecum will not survive outside here in N. E. Scotland and under
cold glass it is not happy - it seems to really demand frost free conditions in
most of the UK so I can sympathise with Diane W's difficulties with the species.
Happily we have had no such problems with the delightfully
Hello Bill,
That's the spirit I expect from alpine lovers and rock gardeners - it's not an
interest that goes away.
I don't travel these days - but I enjoy reading about those places other folks
get to visit. Lots of plants
are not growable in my garden - but I like to find out about them
Hello Judith,
Thanks for your kind words to the IRG team and our great contributors.
I can sympathise with your weather woes - here in N.E. Scotland it has been so
dark and damp lately
that it seems a miracle that anything is growing at all.
Thankfully the plants are made of tougher stuff
There is so little happening here it is a tad disheartening - but in the end I
thought there might be somebody around.
The November IRG has articles on plant naming, trough planting and a charming
oriental orchid:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2014Nov271417122600IRG59.pdf
Enjoy a hike with David Sellars on one of the finest alpine walks in Europe, be
tempted to grow a range of Androsace like Franz Hadacek and meet Rafa Diez
Dominguez, plantsman and artist : All in September's IRG
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2014Sep251411672305IRG57.pdf September 2014
Barbara's message became scrambled for some reason.
Barbara wrote : We are so lucky to live in a time where all this information
can be shared
so easily. Thank you for all the great work you do.
Thank you, Barbara for your kind words to the IRG Team and contributors.
Best wishes,
M. Young
International Rock Gardener e-magazine from the Scottish Rock Garden Club
The August IRG has articles from Grahame Ware on a charming Campanula and a
report from the Haut Chitelet Garden from Phippe Chauvet :
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2014Aug281409242117IRG56.pdf
If you have an
Each year the Scottish Rock Garden Club is fortunate to be able to award grant
aid for students
of horticulture or botany to aid them in their college or university costs and
also give grants
for exploration projects.
(You can find all details here
The International Rock Gardener
The Scottish Rock Garden Club has presented a monthly online magazine for
Rock Gardeners since January 2010
which is posted at the end of each month as a PDF, here:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international
The May
This month The International Rock Gardener e-magazine on the SRGC website
publishes descriptions
of several new Crocus species from Janis Ruksans.
Dr Ruksans is the author, in English, of the book Crocuses: A complete Guide
to the Genus and
Buried Treasures: finding and Growing the World's
Subject: Gerrit Eijkelenboom photo renaming some plants in March IRG
Gerrit and his fellow travellers have decided that some plants were named in
error in the IRG
See photos here http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=11627.0
errata:
p8 Anarthrophyllum desideratum = Anarthropyllum
Apologies, I muddled the names of a photo by Trond Hoy in IRG.
The good news is that I have new spectacles now.
erratum:
page 20. The picture shows Junellia patagonica and not Jaborosa volkmannii.
You can see the photos correctly tiled here :
Thanks to all who got in touch to say you enjoyed the single article issue IRG
of January.
This month the IRG celebrates its fiftieth issue.
Your comments and suggestions and also your submissions for inclusion are
always welcome via email : edi...@internationalrockgardener.net
This
Goodness me - January is skimming past at speed!
This month the IRG breaks with habit to present a single genus issue.
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2014Jan291391022895IRG49.pdf
Eranthis, ( also known, confusingly, as is often the case with common names, as
Winter Aconites)
are one of
Happy New Year to all Alpine Elves - especially to Cliff , with thanks for his
continued additions to the picture gallery.
The latest issue of International Rock Gardener includes both a calendar you
can print out and also the complete IRG Index -useful to all Alpine Elves, we
hope!
It seems that Ms Poulter was not prolific..
http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idAuthorSearch.do?id=7901-1back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvAuthorSearch.do%3Ffind_abbreviation%3D%26find_surname%3DPoulter%26find_isoCountry%3D%26find_forename%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal
Poulter, Barbara A. (fl. 1954)
Standard
IRG 46 - October 2013 ISSN 2053-7557
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2013Oct241382632259IRG46_October2013.pdf
Is there any wonder that gardeners are always talking about the weather when
there seems
to be little in the way of steady seasonal temperatures in the last year or so
?
Nan wrote:.. where did you see a video?
Video is under the Squill- giant white link on the plant list
at left of the website page
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To Barbara Coatney :
Thank you Barbara - it is always good get feedback - especially from
happy readers!
M
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