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A Trough Building Workshop

October 1, 2009

The next three posts will show what we did last weekend. IT started with a Trough building workshop hosted by the Berkshire Chapter of…

Mmmm….. Stuffed Cyclamen graecum Leaves

August 31, 2009

I know, it’s a little overkill for a kitchen sink ( pardon the dirty stock pot), but with all of the rain we’ve been…

NARGS WWSW OMG! Day 1

March 14, 2009

A first for me, A pot of Notholirion thomsonianum, of course! Oh, to live and garden in the North West…….someone please find me a…

Cyclamania

September 25, 2008

Tis the season for Cyclamen, and I don’t mean those blousy, cabbagy, foil wrapped florist Clyclamen available at your local supermarket, although, they have…

Corydalis wilsonii seed

September 10, 2008

The tender alpine house Corydalis, C. wilsonii, has set seed late this year. This monocarpic Corydalis has interested me for a while,ever since seeing…

Narcissus Romieuxii

January 15, 2008

This is the latest that my Narcissis romieuxii have bloomed, but with all of the snow days and over-cast days, the three week lag…

The Primula of the Alps

June 26, 2007

Two years ago while botanizing in the Italian Dolomites, I was advised by our friend Ed Buyarski, president of the American Primula Society, that…

Corydalis solida

April 25, 2007

Corydalis vittae Janus Ruksans amazing catalog, is a must-have for any rare bulb connoisseur which you can obtain by writing him directly (he doesn;t…

Early Alpine season begins

April 11, 2007

Easy Gentians for beginers

July 27, 2006

The easy Gentiana daurica is available at many garden centers If you are looking for that clear, gentian blue color, then you really must…