[Alpine-l] Latest IRG magazine

2015-08-28 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] Terrestrial Orchids in The International Rock Gardener

2015-08-05 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] The latest issue of the International Rock Gardener e-magazine

2015-07-31 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] News of a Primula rediscovered in Bhutan

2015-07-12 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] IRG 66 now online

2015-06-25 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] Update re: IRG 62

2015-02-28 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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 M. Young.___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl

[Alpine-l] IRG 62 February 2015

2015-02-27 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine- Crocus Special

2015-02-01 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
My apologies, there is a new link for IRG 61 : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Feb011422783332IRG61.pdf M. Young ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l

Re: [Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine- Crocus Special

2015-01-30 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
Not sure how I managed Internatoinol - hope you all realised I meant to type International Rock Gardener. Hope you enjoy the magazine. M. Y. ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l

[Alpine-l] Internatoinol Rock Gardener e-magazine- Crocus Special

2015-01-30 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] Cyclamen

2014-12-24 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardeners -live and kicking!

2014-12-15 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardeners -live and kicking!

2014-12-14 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener - November 2014

2014-12-12 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] September IRG #57

2014-09-26 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine from the Scottish Rock Garden Club

2014-09-15 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine from the Scottish Rock Garden Club

2014-09-08 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] [***SPAM***] International Rock Gardener- new issue online

2014-07-25 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] The International Rock Gardener e-magazine May 2014

2014-05-29 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] The International Rock Gardener e-magazine- IRG 52 April 2014

2014-04-24 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener - latest issue IRG 51 March 2014- update

2014-04-02 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener - latest issue IRG 51 March 2014- second update

2014-04-02 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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 :

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener Magazine February 2014

2014-02-28 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener-magazine

2014-01-30 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] New Year Greetings

2014-01-01 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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!

[Alpine-l] Hypericum imbricatum

2013-12-15 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine

2013-10-24 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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 ?

[Alpine-l] Urginea maritima video link

2013-09-08 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
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 http://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/c-73-squill-giant-white.aspx___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl

Re: [Alpine-l] June 2013 Issue of International Rock Gardener

2013-06-29 Thread Youngs Aberdeen
To Barbara Coatney : Thank you Barbara - it is always good get feedback - especially from happy readers! M ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l