[Alpine-l] Seeds

2011-01-10 Thread Shirley Friberg
Do any of you know if Josef Jurask, of the Czech Republic, is still selling seeds? I tried the web address I previously had and it would not open up. Shirley Friberg St. Paul, Mn. Zone 4-5 sjfriber...@gmail.com ___ Alpine-l mailing list

Re: [Alpine-l] Seeds

2011-01-10 Thread Shirley Friberg
Thank you Magnar.I would like his web site. The one I had did not respond. Shirley Friberg On Jan 10, 2011, at 5:09 PM, mag...@aspaker.no wrote: > Jurasek sells seeds still.. i got his list long before Cristmas, and have > also received the seeds I ordered. Can pass it on to you

[Alpine-l] Cinnamon

2011-01-17 Thread Shirley Friberg
a proportional solution on my seedlings? Shirley Friberg St.Paul,MN Zone 4-5 sjfriber...@gmail.com ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l

[Alpine-l] Cinnamon

2011-01-17 Thread Shirley Friberg
Hi, I should have researched it. Cinnamon from Saigon,Vietnam is C. loureiroi. Now I know it is pure cinnamon and will try it in a liquid proportion of .6 and 1%. Shirley Friberg sjfriber...@gmail.com ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l

[Alpine-l] Cassia vs. Cinnamon

2011-01-19 Thread Shirley Friberg
cinnamaldehyde wouldn't they be more effective on plants, if used in the right %? Shirley Friberg sjfriber...@gmail.com ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l

[Alpine-l] Crooked River Gorge Oregon

2011-02-13 Thread Shirley Friberg
e pictures member put on Alpine-L communications. Shirley Friberg Zone 4-5 St. Paul, MN. 55113 sjfriber...@gmail.com ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l

[Alpine-l] Nottingham

2011-02-21 Thread Shirley Friberg
end in our wooded city park ( 2 miles). Big white snowflakes were sweeping down through the trees, but we felt well protected. It was beautiful. Shirley Friberg Minnesota Zone 4-5 sjfriber...@gmail.com ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.

[Alpine-l] Rock Garden

2011-03-10 Thread Shirley Friberg
rdens. You can see it on the Minneapolis Tribune site below: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/117588448.html Shirley Friberg St.Paul, Minnesota Zone 4-5 sjfriber...@gmail.com ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl

[Alpine-l] Minnesota Weather

2012-01-10 Thread Shirley Friberg
the lower limits of zone 4 weather for some time. Therefore I have many zone 5 plants which have survived well. In fact right now I have two zone 6 plants. We will see if they can survive. Shirley Friberg St Paul, MN Zone 4?? lovnpuf...@comcast.net

Re: [Alpine-l] Possible Rock Garden

2012-02-25 Thread Shirley Friberg
developing hybridizing small Azaleas which can be used in a rock garden. Shirley Friberg MN Zone 4b On Feb 25, 2012, at 9:20 AM, Larry Wallace wrote: > Azaleas would be hardy to -10 f e.g. Rhododendron nakaharae 'Dwarf Creeping' > and R. 'Pink Pankake'

Re: [Alpine-l] Rock Garden Bulletins

2012-02-26 Thread Shirley Friberg
HI, Do you belong to a chapter of NARGS? We have an archives and one of our older members gave her collection of NARGS bulletins to our archives so any member could use them. Shirley Friberg Minnesota Chapter NARGS On Feb 25, 2012, at 10:20 PM, Barbara Coatney wrote: > > >

Re: [Alpine-l] catwalk supervisor

2012-03-20 Thread Shirley Friberg
Hi Loren, You have some healthy looking plants. Manxie Sierra looks like she could be a Maine Coon Cat. We have two that are very friendly and love to be by people. Shirley Friberg St Paul MN Zone 4b usually Z6 this winter. On Mar 20, 2012, at 1:07 AM, loren.russ...@comcast.net wrote

[Alpine-l] Rock Garden Designer

2012-07-16 Thread Shirley Friberg
gotten any names of possibilities. I am now putting it to members of Alpine -L. Shirley Friberg MN-NARGS Zone 5 Minneapolis-St. Paul area 651-631-2046 sjfirber...@gmail.com ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http

[Alpine-l] Upload of Sax bryoides & Eritrichium

2012-07-16 Thread Shirley Friberg
Cliff Booker your pictures are fantastic. Looking at your pictures I feel like I am on the mountains looking at the alpines. I only view mine from the top of my mountain about 6 feet high. Thanks. Shirley Friberg MN-NARGS St. Paul, MN. USA Zone 5

[Alpine-l] Rock Garden Designer

2012-07-16 Thread Shirley Friberg
think the large alpine garden would be with either MN limestone or with tufa which we discussed. Shirley Friberg MN Chapter NARGS St. Paul, MN. Zone 5 ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo

Re: [Alpine-l] Rock Garden Designer

2012-07-17 Thread Shirley Friberg
have experienced people with alpine plants. One needs to be experienced with them to know under what specific conditions certain plants grow best. Shirley Friberg Minnesota Zone 5 On Jul 17, 2012, at 5:03 AM, Kyle Baker wrote: > though not a designer, it needs to be asked if you

Re: [Alpine-l] Rock Garden Designer

2012-07-17 Thread Shirley Friberg
ed or understand the significance in that method of planting. I would love to have one at our arboretum, but I don't think it should be the major rock garden as it limits how a garden can be designed. We now have been officially zoned 5- got it from the Hort Society. Shirley Friberg St. Paul, M

Re: [Alpine-l] Rock Garden Designer

2012-07-17 Thread Shirley Friberg
Thank you Cliff, What would be your vision of a innovative garden? Would that include water or other elements? Or is that too traditional? How can I transplant the Dolomites to Minnesota & walk among the flowers? Shirley Friberg St. Paul, MN. On Jul 17, 2012, at 9:10 AM, C

Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3490) Saxifraga rdge

2012-07-23 Thread Shirley Friberg
The picture of Saxifraga rdge full screen is breathtaking. Shirley Friberg MN, US On Jul 23, 2012, at 2:30 AM, Cliff Booker wrote: > Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3490) Saxifraga rdge > > From: Cliff Booker > eMail: bookcl

Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Images

2012-08-05 Thread Shirley Friberg
Cliff Booker, I am looking at your pictures and wishing I was in the French Alps instead of trimming my boxwood hedge. Keep up the great pictures. Shirley Friberg Minnesota USA On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:38 PM, Cliff Booker wrote: > Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3503) Gentiana purpu

[Alpine-l] Natural Trough

2012-09-10 Thread Shirley Friberg
them in a file. Yours will be identified as will all of the others. It was hard to choose from your pictures which to add to the file as all are very lovely and deserve to be put in the quarterly bulletin. Shirley Friberg Minnesota Chapter N

Re: [Alpine-l] Rock Garden Designer

2012-09-19 Thread Shirley Friberg
. SF On Sep 18, 2012, at 6:37 PM, Henry wrote: > Shirley, > > Do you have /Kelseya uniflora/ on your list for the arboretum garden? > > Does anyone else out there have experience growing it? > > --Henry > > --- On Tue, 7/17/12, Shirley Friberg wrote: > > From:

Re: [Alpine-l] Re. Kelseya cultivation/vertical gardens

2012-09-19 Thread Shirley Friberg
Loren, I would be interested in a picture of a tufa wall and an open-sided alpine house. Thank you. Shirley Friberg, St Paul, Miinnesota On Sep 19, 2012, at 4:55 PM, loren.russ...@comcast.net wrote: > I've never mastered Alpenpix, but would be happy to send pix t

[Alpine-l] Rock Garden Designer

2012-09-24 Thread Shirley Friberg
of my cucumbers also. Shirley Friberg Minnesota,USA Zone 5 ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l

[Alpine-l] Miniature Garden

2012-10-21 Thread Shirley Friberg
mosis from the soil. My low ones I do not worry about. Shirley Friberg Minnesota,USA Zone 5 ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l

[Alpine-l] Daphnes

2012-10-21 Thread Shirley Friberg
Germany he may be aware of it. Another source would be the Daphne Society. Their address is Commack, NY. Shirley Friberg Minnesota USA Zone 5 ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l

Re: [Alpine-l] ELLIES BOOK COLLECTION

2012-11-05 Thread Shirley Friberg
Hello Joel, What information did you want to know from members who grow alpine plants? Do you grow them or are you interested in growing them? We welcome you. Shirley Friberg NARGS Minnesota Chapter Zone 5 On Nov 4, 2012, at 3:20 PM, Joel Spingarn wrote: > AM I SENDING THIS EMAIL TO

Re: [Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener

2013-01-05 Thread Shirley Friberg
Henry, Lake Superior keeps a nice cool breeze over Duluth. I know as I have skied their in winter and visited in summer. I think the Lake also tempers the low temperature, but not the wind chill. I can imagine that they could grow there. Shirley Friberg St. Paul, MN. USA Zone 5

Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3575) Linum pubescens

2013-05-08 Thread Shirley Friberg
wonderful pictures. Shirley Friberg Minnesota MN-NARGS On May 7, 2013, at 9:36 AM, Cliff Booker wrote: > Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3575) Linum pubescens > > From: Cliff Booker > eMail: bookcli...@aol.com > Name: Linum pubes

[Alpine-l] Trillium erectum

2013-05-20 Thread Shirley Friberg
HI, What a gorgeous picture of Trillium erectum. We have many Trillium blooming right now. I am not that good a photographer. Thanks Shirley Friberg Roseville,MN. zone 5 ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http

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

2013-06-30 Thread Shirley Friberg
ed in rock gardening. Perhaps we could get some of our US people interested in going. Shirley Friberg MN Chapter NARGS On Jun 29, 2013, at 3:02 PM, Youngs Aberdeen wrote: > To Barbara Coatney : > Thank you Barbara - it is always good get feedback - especially from > hap

Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3582) Calceolaria uniflora

2013-07-26 Thread Shirley Friberg
Love the color and perkiness of the Calceolaria. Great picture! Shirley Friberg MN-NARGS On Jun 2, 2013, at 3:56 PM, Cliff Booker wrote: > Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3582) Calceolaria uniflora > > From: Cliff Booker > eM

[Alpine-l] Hedysarum hedysaroides

2013-12-08 Thread Shirley Friberg
I love what he captures in his pictures. Shirley Friberg Zone 5 St Paul, MN USA Sent from my iPad ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l

[Alpine-l] Cliff Booker's picture of Astragalus

2016-09-01 Thread Shirley Friberg
I love to see pictures where the leaves can be seen. So many of the show plants in England are full of flowers but you cannot identify them by the leaves. Cliff’s pictures is really clear and one could easily identify it if they had not seen it before. Shirley Friberg NARGS -MN

[Alpine-l] Cliff Booker

2016-12-16 Thread Shirley Friberg
Cliff Booker’s pictures always look like you could reach out and touch the flowers . A lovely group of Veronica allionii. Shirley Friberg ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l