Alpines Archives - Growing With Plants

Hearty Rock Gardeners Journey to a Wet and Wild Madison Wisconsin for a Fling

May 23, 2017

Ed Glover,(center) a volunteer caretaker of the University of Wisconsin Allen Centennial Garden points out how photogenic Joseph Tychonievich is (but we already knew…

THREE ROCK GARDEN TOURS AT THE NARGS ANNUAL MEETING IN ANN ARBOR

May 13, 2015

PULSATILLA BLOSSOMS TRY TO STEAL THE SHOW IN THE AMAZING ROCK GARDEN OF JACQUES AND ANDREA URDA THOMPSON IN YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN – PART OF THE…

ROCK GARDENING SOCIETIES – BEYOND ROCKS – A SPECIAL GIVEAWAY

April 23, 2015

NATIVE PLANTS SHINE IN THIS WATER-WISE ROCK GARDEN IN SANTE FE ON A TOUR WITH THE NORTH AMERICAN ROCK GARDEN SOCIETY – A SOCIETY…

SANTE FE – BOTANIZING THE SUB ALPINE ZONES WITH NARGS MEMBERS

September 3, 2014

A just past prime Spotted Coralroot or Corallorhiza maculate blooms near the Santa Fe Basin Ski area. One of the best things about attending…

THE NORTH AMERICAN ROCK GARDEN SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING IN SANTA FE

August 30, 2014

This weekend I am attending the Annual Meeting of the North American Rock Garden Society being held in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Having never…

The Alpine Rock Garden at the Denver Botanic Gardens

August 16, 2012

The Alpine Rock Garden at the Denver Botanic Gardens is world-renowned for its diversity and collections of high-elevation alpine plants, and western US native…

Early Alpine Primroses

April 19, 2011

PRIMULA ALLIONII X ‘JOAN HUGHES’. IT LOOKS BIG, BUT USE THE SPRUCE NEEDLES FOR SCALE As many of you know, I adore alpine plants,…

Sax in the City part 2

March 29, 2011

Saxifrages, the high alpine encrusted ones found on the worlds highest mountain peaks are addictive, and I love to grow many that are planted…

Adonis vernalis -The Spring Pheasant’s Eye

April 15, 2010

This slow to establish beautiful and rarely seen member of the Buttercup Family is perhaps only occasionally seen in plant collector’s gardens, but that’s…

Winter Stars, winter sax’s

December 31, 2009

Saxifraga longifolia Many non gardeners may think that the winter garden offers little in the way of interest or display. But many plants offer…