Re: [Alpine-l] Alpine Gardens outside Europe

My apologies, my last message went astray in the HTML attachment was scrubbed process, leaving only my quote from Daniel Schlorhaufer. What I intended to send through was this: I commend you on your efforts, Daniel, the more information on such matters that can be collected and then

[Alpine-l] Anybody on this list going to Nottingham in April?

[Alpine-l] Anybody on this list going to Nottingham in April? Ilse Burch Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:05:08 -0800 Hello Ilse, I'll be attending Alpines 2011 in Nottingham, as will my husband ( just as well, he's one of the speakers!) We'll look forward to seeing you and all the other travellers

[Alpine-l] SRGC riches, was The Dolomites

Paige, you are most kind about the pleasure the site gives you. I should have known you would have seen all that already but there are always newbies around who might like to try it out! New International Rock Gardener #14 going online in a few hours so there will be more to keep you

[Alpine-l] Good News from Carlo

Carlo, this is exciting news indeed and Ian and I send our warmest congratulations to you on this appointment. A move to Canada will be a delightful challenge and one which you will expand upon to great effect, I am sure. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com

[Alpine-l] Alpines2011 conference - getting closer !

As we enjoy seeing the article on the superb gardens of Shirley and Dick and hear from other Happy Minnesotan gardeners, we in Scotland are thinking back fondly to all the great folks we've met from that State at previous International Conferences. We hope that those of you who are making the

[Alpine-l] April 2011_ Issue 15 of International Rock Gardener e-magazine

The 15th issue of International Rock Gardener - IRG15 - is online on the website of the Scottish Rock Garden Club: http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011Mar251301088655IRG15_March_2011.pdf Featuring - Joan and Liam McCaughey's selection from the Tien Shan; 'Silk Road Blues' Kata and Ferenc

[Alpine-l] Royal Botanic Gardens , Edinburgh

RBG Edinburgh has the finest Paris (of several species) that I've ever seen in a garden setting. Anyone that goes over during Chelsea Flower Show time should travel north for a look. Or perhaps if you are across to the UK for the upcoming Alpines 2011 Conference though it may be a tad

[Alpine-l] Kalmiopsis leachiana

Sorry, my reply got mangled! The medal winning plant was a super example but I amunsure if it is truly a paler form or if the plant may havebeen opened under glass, which would acccount for a paler flower.The form which gained a First Class Certificate many years ago, when shown by the late

[Alpine-l] May Issue of International Rock Gardener online

IRG 17, the May 2011 issue of International Rock Gardener is now online : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011May26130676IRGMay2011.pdf We celebrate the centenary of the rock garden at Wisley, with Paul Cumbleton and introduce a new section in the IRG Forum area, devoted to the

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener

The June issue of International Rock Gardener is online here : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011Jun271309163193IRG18-June2011.pdf Pictures from plants around the world to cheer those not making their own summer travels! Thanks to those folks who have got in touch about the magazine.

[Alpine-l] July issue of International Rock Gardener online

Hello, just to let you know that the latest issue of the International Rock Gardener is now online on the Scottish Rock Garden Club website : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011Jul281311872373IRG19.pdf Included : talk of Campanulas, Gentians and Hypericums, from Turkey and the Himalayas,

[Alpine-l] Problems downloading IRG July issue

Hello Jeff, I'm sorry to hear of your problems downloading the IRG July issue. Thanks to Cliff ( an insomniac, bless him!) for his test of the download. I've run a test on several browsers and all seem to be taking all the photos in correctly. This may perhaps have been just a temporary

[Alpine-l] Geocaulon lividum

(was Alpine-l Digest, Vol 10, Issue 2)For any parasitic or semi-parasitic plant I would prefer to sow near a probable host. Your post gives me pause for thought because of a clash of common name... to me, bastard toadflax is Comandra umbellata , while Geocaulon lividum is the false toadflax

[Alpine-l] corkscrew/snail vine confusion

Henry, I would be surprised if two different plants were being sold... it is such a distinctive plant . but it is true that it may be known under two names the 'accepted' name of the plant is Vigna caracalla but it is also known under the synonym Phaseolus caracalla, so that may be

[Alpine-l] corkscrew/snail vine confusion

Darn! I've bean thrown off track now. Will follow this with interest...I love a puzzle! M No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3899 - Release Date: 09/15/11 18:34:00 ___

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener- e-magazine -- September issue online

Dear Alpine Elves, The September 2011 issue of IRG is now online . there are articles from Grahame Ware, who speaks highly of Heucheras; Cliff Booker comes to terms with parasites and Ian Young recommends a little Saxifraga with a sweet trick.

[Alpine-l] November 2011 issue of Internation Rock Gardener e-magazine

The November Issue of IRG is online now http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2011Nov241322170676IRG_23_-_November2011_.pdf We return to the ever popular subject of Turkey and her plants this country is, of course, species rich and the appetite to learn more of the plants who inhabit that

[Alpine-l] SECOND CZECH INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDEN CONFERENCE - May 2013

On behalf of Zdenek Zvolanek and Jiri Papousek , I would like to introduce to all Alpine-L members, the CZECH ROCK GARDEN SOCIETY (CZRGS): A new society combining local groups to promote the Czech love of rock garden plants in true rock garden settings: http://czrgs.cz/about-us.html The

[Alpine-l] Tragic loss of well known nursery co-owner in the USA: Michelle Avent

Many of us, not only those in North America, will know of Tony and Michelle Avent of the very well known Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Avents have been a team for a long time and had a most successful partnership, in life and work. Sadly Michelle has passed away after

[Alpine-l] February isssue International Rock Gardener

February's issue of IRG is now online : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Feb241330043727IRG_26_Feb2012.pdf Richard Green, one of the IRG team in Scotland, gives tips on how to become an international rock gardener by embarking upon foreign travel. The well known duo of Kirsten Andersen

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine

It is some time since I posted about this - there was so little activity here that I feared the Group had gone walkabout I have shaken myself from that defeatist attitude and so remind anyone reading this that a new issue of IRG is now online. All issues of IRG (International Rock Gardener)

[Alpine-l] New website for the Scottish Rock Garden Club

Exciting news the SRGC website has a new address and new features : http://www.srgc.net On the new site you will find access to all the features of the old site and more besides, including the new Jim Archibald Archive - a work in progress which will, we hope, do justice to the work of

[Alpine-l] Missing Mountains of Coral.... and some others!

Aha! the missing link(s) ! One of the things we are still working on, Cliff. They will appear, rest assured, they are too good to lose. Much else that is new is in the pipeline, too. It is a work in progress. ;)) Maggi No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG -

[Alpine-l] Missing Mountains of Coral.... and some others

Cliff : the link is restored. you will find those missing articles under the Content: SRGC Archive Site: Monthly Features. Jane : I too use Microsoft for many applications but I would never use IE on a daily basis. ALL the browsers mentioned are available for free download :

[Alpine-l] IE use for browsing- was missing mountains.....

In June IE was slightly above 49% of the browser market. Which means 51 % were using something else!Since Windows have such a firm hold of the market for other operating systems, and IE tends to come bundled with those, it is hardly surprising that a large number of folks just go with that

[Alpine-l] IE use for browsing- was missing mountains.....

If you would be so kind as to contact me privately with suggestions of the faults with either site, Mark, that would be appreciated. By your own reckoning it seems that the full features are visible on the new site to a majority of users so that is the best we can hope for. As a rough guide,

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener - new issue

International Rock Gardener - IRG 32 August 2012 This month we learn of two diverse Gatherings of Rock Gardeners - the NZAGS Study weekend in February 2013 and the Second International Czech Rock Garden Conference, in May 2013. The SRGC is proud to be a sponsor of these events.

[Alpine-l] SRGC links to International Rock Gardener etc

Sorry, Folks, I forgot to add the links. http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international is the main International Rock Gardener page, with links to all isuues of the e-magazine http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Sep271348748134IRG33_Sept2012.pdf is the September 2012 issue

[Alpine-l] November issue of International Rock Gardener

November issue of International Rock Gardener - Online now: http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Nov291354225242IRG35_November2012.pdf As gardeners we can sometimes be accused of creating unnatural settings for our plants: the first article this month shows how well nature creates real

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener from the Scotttish Rock Garden Club

A Happy New Year to all Alpine 'Elves'! This is the 36th issue, completing the third year of our one year experiment ;.)) See http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Dec271356608342IRG36December2012.pdf for the latest IRG Our thanks to all our wonderful contributors and loyal readers - we

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine issue 38

Dear Alpine Elves, My apologies for not letting you know eat the proper time about the February issue of International Rock Gardener- IRG #38 February 2013 Ian Christie has been lucky enough to travel to see plants in nature in many parts of the world but he never loses sight of the beauty

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine issue 38

Dear Nancy, I am at a loss to understand whay you cannot access the IRG. The main page with links to all issues is open to all, no need for any password, access code, or log-in to see it and that goes for each and every issue pdf as well. Have you, for instance, got some over-zealous

[Alpine-l] IRG and a long awaited Spring

Thank you Anne. This year there seem to be an awful lot more of us than usual desperate to have Spring properly arrive - so many false alarmsso far that many of us are giving up hope. When it does arrive we will be truly grateful for its benefits, I'm sure!M zanspi at aol.comMaggi, Yet

[Alpine-l] New issue of International Rock Gardener now online

New issue of International Rock Gardener now online Issue 39 March 2013 All issues here : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international This month featuring : Androsace euryantha by Jozef Lemmens Erodium cheilanthifolium by Zdenek Zvolanek M.Young

[Alpine-l] April 2013 issue of IRG ( International Rock Gardener )

The April 2013 issue of IRG ( International Rock Gardener ) is now online. http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international Plant hunters have always been intrepid souls, venturing into areas where all sorts of unknown tribulations lurked. Happily, the fate of David Douglas - who died in

[Alpine-l] Latest issue of International Rock Gardener e-magazine

To Ray Deutsch : All the photos in the piece from J. Ian Young about the seaside plants were taken at the edge of Aberdeen City, in the Torry (harbour mouth), Girdleness and Nigg Bay, area. Sorry if that was not made clear. To Anne Spiegel: Thank you, Anne. M. Young

[Alpine-l] Latest issue of International Rock Gardener e-magazine

IRG 70 - October 2015 Featuring, from America, Nhu Ngyuen of the Pacific Bulb Society and Clay Koplin in Alaska and also seaside plants from Scotland from Ian Young http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Oct291446150520IRG70-October2015.pdf As

[Alpine-l] Latest Bulb Log

Ian Young's Bulb Log has appeared every week since 2003 on the SRGC Website. It contains much more than "simply" bulbs - but this week they do dominate! Bulb Log 48-2015 - Another chapter of Erythronium in Cultivations this time E. revolutum - but with Narcissus on the cover to

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine - dedicated to memory of Ota Vlasák

International Rock Gardener issue 71 - of November 2015 - pays tribute to the late Ota Vlasák - one of the Czech Masters of Rock Gardening. http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Nov261448562891IRG71November.pdf Full index: http://files.srgc.net/journals/IRG-Index.pdf M. Young

[Alpine-l] Harry Dewey

Harry Dewey made a great contribution to the alpine world by his efforts with Alpine L quite apart from the successes of his professional career. We can only send condolences to his loved ones. ___ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine 85

A new year begins. This is the direct link to download IRG 85 http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2017Jan261485471226IRG85.pdf The IRG Team hopes to bring you an interesting mixture of subjects over the year to enthuse and perhaps educate you in the ways of the plants which form the basis

[Alpine-l] Note re 3rd Czech Rock Garden Conference

Booking for the THIRD CZECH INTERNATIONAL ROCK GARDEN CONFERENCE is going well but filling up fast Registration is still open, see http://czrgs.cz/conference-registration2.html *The Event is planned for 10 – 15th May 2017 at the Congress and Educational Centre Hotel Průhonice,* only

[Alpine-l] IRG 83 November

Thank you for your kind words, Ted Wilcox. I will, of course, pass them to Travis Owen. Regards, M. Young [Alpine-l] IRG 83 November *Ted Wilcox* ted.wilcox at btinternet.com

[Alpine-l] IRG 83 November

New International Rock Gardener e-magazine (IRG) - free to download of course - this month featuring Native Bees of Southwestern Oregon by Travis Owen http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2016Nov241480016901IRG83-November2016.pdf M. Young ___

[Alpine-l] Happy New Year from the SRGC WebTeam

Apologies for the recent silence - my email provider was faulty - I am happy to be able now to inform you of recent happenings from the Scottish Rock Garden Club's web team The last Bulb Log of 2016 looks back at the past 12 months... see it here :

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

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

[Alpine-l] Urginea maritima video link

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

[Alpine-l] International Rock Gardener e-magazine

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] Hypericum imbricatum

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] New Year Greetings

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] International Rock Gardener-magazine

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] International Rock Gardener Magazine February 2014

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 - latest issue IRG 51 March 2014- update

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

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

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] The International Rock Gardener e-magazine May 2014

2014 issue is # 53 you can find it here : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2014May291401389380IRG53May.pdf This month we feature the Spring Garden in Aberdeen in North East Scotland of two of the Editorial Team of the IRG, the Youngs. John Mattingley of Cluny poses

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

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

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

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] September IRG #57

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 - November 2014

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] International Rock Gardeners -live and kicking!

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 Gardeners -live and kicking!

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] Cyclamen

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 Gardener e-magazine- Crocus Special

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

[Alpine-l] Update re: IRG 62

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

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

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

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

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] IRG 66 now online

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

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] Terrestrial Orchids in The International Rock Gardener

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] News of a Primula rediscovered in Bhutan

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] Latest IRG magazine

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