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Author Topic: LEWISIAS  (Read 19053 times)

wolfgang vorig

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Re: LEWISIAS
« Reply #75 on: November 08, 2010, 01:19:11 PM »
Hi Kristel,
Your Lewisia rediviva bed is great.

my "redivivas" this year.
Kind regards,    Wolfgang
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Re: LEWISIAS
« Reply #76 on: November 08, 2010, 05:52:30 PM »
They look superb Wolfgang !!
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Re: LEWISIAS
« Reply #77 on: November 09, 2010, 07:26:35 AM »
And Rocky Mountain Rare Plants:
http://www.rmrp.com/

some others will have seen that RMRP has just put out their 2010 list, and it will be their last!

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Re: LEWISIAS
« Reply #78 on: November 09, 2010, 09:29:53 AM »
Ironic isn't it, now there is a real opportunity Cohan.
« Last Edit: November 09, 2010, 08:07:28 PM by David Nicholson »
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Re: LEWISIAS
« Reply #79 on: November 09, 2010, 06:44:00 PM »
Ironic isn't it, now there is a real opportunity Cohen.


very tempting, but nowhere near realisation (i don't have a fraction of the skill and knowledge sets at this point!)...lol

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Re: LEWISIAS
« Reply #80 on: November 25, 2010, 01:39:54 PM »
Now that Ron Ratko has retired it looks as though it is going to be impossible to get hold of wild seed from the North Western USA

well there goes my idea of growing some North American alpines from seed  :'(
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Re: LEWISIAS
« Reply #81 on: November 25, 2010, 03:28:16 PM »
Now that Ron Ratko has retired it looks as though it is going to be impossible to get hold of wild seed from the North Western USA

well there goes my idea of growing some North American alpines from seed  :'(

Well, you still have a few options left:-

http://www.alplains.com/

http://www.southwesternnativeseeds.com/

and, if you are very quick as their last list finishes next month

http://www.rmrp.com/

Graham Nicholls has an extensive collection of plants available mail order


http://www.graplant.co.uk/




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Re: LEWISIAS
« Reply #82 on: November 25, 2010, 03:52:26 PM »
A bit earlier in this thread, I introduced you to Dorothy Staggs.
She is someone you should know about.
And of course that amazing Lewisia bed I showed earlier is hers!!!

Dorothy lives in Montana (Lewisia rediviva is the official state flower of that state) and has devoted the past few decades to this particular species---in terms of education, propagation and spreading it far and wide.

Her web site, Bitterroot Heaven, is an insightful view into the species (and into the psyche of this amazing woman).
Her "stages of growth" page is particularly worth looking at.

http://bitterrootheaven.com/default.html

Do check it out.

The photograph is hers.
so many species....so little time

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Re: LEWISIAS/alplains
« Reply #83 on: November 29, 2010, 01:06:38 AM »
Now that Ron Ratko has retired it looks as though it is going to be impossible to get hold of wild seed from the North Western USA

well there goes my idea of growing some North American alpines from seed  :'(

Well, you still have a few options left:-

http://www.alplains.com/

http://www.southwesternnativeseeds.com/

and, if you are very quick as their last list finishes next month

http://www.rmrp.com/

Graham Nicholls has an extensive collection of plants available mail order


http://www.graplant.co.uk/


alplains new list is out!

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Re: LEWISIAS
« Reply #84 on: November 29, 2010, 03:49:05 PM »
Allplains seed is superb and I have had excellent results with his Lewisia redivia and brachycalx plus several phlox etc.
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