Re: [Alpine-l] a bit of rock garden history

2011-01-14 Thread Arisaemaq
Hi Jim, You are the biggest compendium of interesting information I have met in a long time...smile. I accessed my favorite spice company, Atlantic Spice Company in Truro,MA, where I spend summer and fall months, and Spanish saffron is 80 per half ounce. Their spice list is extensive

Re: [Alpine-l] Eranthis hyemalis - lawns

2011-01-22 Thread Arisaemaq
Hello Brian, We have had Jack Russells for over 28 years and never a case of poisoning of any sort, at least not that we were aware of. But, then, our pets, like us, are not vegans...smile. I think this a wonderful idea, Brian. I have quite a bit of eranthis growing in perennial

Re: [Alpine-l] Eranthis hyemalis - lawns

2011-01-22 Thread Arisaemaq
Hello Anne, Well, in all fairness, although they seem able to seed just about anywhere, eranthis seems to grown best for me in at least fairly moist, soil, in the woodland, amended with a lot of rotted leaves from the dump and mulched with woodchips(applied later in the season). Dear old

Re: [Alpine-l] snowdrops 1

2011-01-29 Thread Arisaemaq
Hello Bob, I didn't know they have Yankee humor out where you live...smile. You are quick. As a long time galanthopile, I am usually torn between feeling the usual misery at not many others being known to me and great anticipation and hopes for the end of Febrary on. I would be far

Re: [Alpine-l] Large files

2011-02-14 Thread Arisaemaq
Anne, Lucky you, keeping the deer out of your garden with icy snow, but then all those rocks and slopes help. Here, in spite of a northerly slope frozen over, forcing us to clamber up and down a long, long drive, for the last three weeks or so, to the cars at the bottom, most of the garden

Re: [Alpine-l] Understory for bamboo

2011-02-20 Thread Arisaemaq
Hi Diane, I am surprised that you feel one doesn't need to put up much of a barrier. I bought a bamboo from a local widely known plantsman. I cannot remember the name except that it was viariegated and delicate. I planted it in a bottomless pot about a foot tall about twenty or more

Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3083) 2-shows INTERNATIONAL CON...

2011-04-17 Thread Arisaemaq
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

Re: [Alpine-l] Archives and bog garden

2011-07-26 Thread Arisaemaq
Bill, I don't find it either, and when I tried to type in Rock Garden Quarterly in the search box, only Quarter would fit. When i went to the bottom of the page that popped up, I got editor which didn't give me anything. Such is why I never bother accessing this website. It is beautiful in

Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3452) Unknown, ID needed

2012-01-27 Thread Arisaemaq
Hello John, Somehow I get the feeling that this gets moisture from the verges of lawn, etc. and thus does well at producing this exquisite flower(as in lupines). Makes me appreciate FL in a way but I am not about to leave the lovely winters and seasons of the NE United States...smile.

[Alpine-l] Summer heat and Trilliums

2012-07-02 Thread Arisaemaq
Hi Elin, Friend Glen in MI emailed that he has not had a drop of rain for two months, whereas counties to the N and S have had good rainfalls. Temps here have broken all in history. A terrible Spring and now a very bad start to summer. Being only a trough gardener insofar a rock plants

Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine-L Gallery Image Upload (3539) 2-shows Miniature garden close-up

2012-10-20 Thread arisaemaq
Dear Cliff, It is so cruel to send a photo of this magnificent creation and not tell us a lot about it. I have to wonder if you have written anything about making such gardens where we can access your blog, inclusion in a bulletin or whatever. Such info as: how large this planting is, if