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Seedy Subjects! => Seed Exchange => Topic started by: alpinetundra on September 15, 2009, 08:24:51 PM

Title: Hello From The Rocky Mountains, USA (Many Seeds To Swap =)
Post by: alpinetundra on September 15, 2009, 08:24:51 PM

Good Day To All,

I live in the Great Basin just 10 miles from the base of the Rocky Mountains.
I have a wonderful collection of native seed from the wind swept ridges just
40 minutes drive from my home. There are too many seeds to list right now
but as things cool down and we begin to get rain and then snow I'll have the
time to list them (between making hypertufa troughs).

I am looking for seeds of Trifolium nanum, mat forming Penstemons,
encrusted Saxifrag species, Townsendias, mat forming Erigerons,
Eriogonums and many more.

I'm very excited to become a member of the SRGC Site and look forward to
exchanging seeds. I also look forward to exchanging informationon germination
and care of alpine plants.

Have a wonderful day! I know I will!

Warmest Regards,
James

Title: Re: Hello From The Rocky Mountains, USA (Many Seeds To Swap =)
Post by: Maggi Young on September 15, 2009, 09:19:02 PM

Hello, James, great to have you join us here.
A life near the mountains, and full of seeds and troughs.... of COURSE you're going to have a nice day!!  ;D

Title: Re: Hello From The Rocky Mountains, USA (Many Seeds To Swap =)
Post by: Ragged Robin on September 15, 2009, 09:42:10 PM

alpinetundra, your name is well chosen, James, and the mention of wild seed from the Rocky Mountains is music to the Forum ears!  Welcome and I look forward to hearing and seeing more of your garden and surrounding habitat  :)

Title: Re: Hello From The Rocky Mountains, USA (Many Seeds To Swap =)
Post by: Lesley Cox on September 15, 2009, 09:54:39 PM

Wonderful to live so close to the source of many alpines. So many from the Rockies are perfectly at home in troughs too. Welcome to the Forum James.

Title: Re: Hello From The Rocky Mountains, USA (Many Seeds To Swap =)
Post by: cohan on September 16, 2009, 06:16:10 AM

Quote from: alpinetundra on September 15, 2009, 08:24:51 PM

Good Day To All,

I live in the Great Basin just 10 miles from the base of the Rocky Mountains.
I have a wonderful collection of native seed from the wind swept ridges just
40 minutes drive from my home. There are too many seeds to list right now
but as things cool down and we begin to get rain and then snow I'll have the
time to list them (between making hypertufa troughs).

I am looking for seeds of Trifolium nanum, mat forming Penstemons,
encrusted Saxifrag species, Townsendias, mat forming Erigerons,
Eriogonums and many more.

I'm very excited to become a member of the SRGC Site and look forward to
exchanging seeds. I also look forward to exchanging informationon germination
and care of alpine plants.

Have a wonderful day! I know I will!

Warmest Regards,
James

hi and welcome! i'm a bit farther from the rockies, north of you in canada--in 40minutes, i'd be in the beginnings of the foothills... looking forward to seeing more of what you see and grow!

Title: Re: Hello From The Rocky Mountains, USA (Many Seeds To Swap =)
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on September 16, 2009, 08:26:05 AM

Howdy James !  :D
Welcome to this wonderful Forum - I'm sure you will have lots of fun and obviously we'll be looking forward to your pictures from this wonderful part of the world !!   ;)

Title: Re: Hello From The Rocky Mountains, USA (Many Seeds To Swap =)
Post by: dominique on September 17, 2009, 01:00:57 PM

Hi James
Great to have you on this forum.
I have some Townsendias, mat forming Erigerons, Dianthus. I am looking for Penstemon, Allium.... I wait your list. Best regards
Dom

Title: Re: Hello From The Rocky Mountains, USA (Many Seeds To Swap =)
Post by: akoen on September 18, 2009, 09:29:55 AM

Hallo James. :)
And welcome. I have also a seedlist, mayby we can trade later on.

Title: Re: Hello From The Rocky Mountains, USA (Many Seeds To Swap =)
Post by: jc (pmm) on September 18, 2009, 04:07:07 PM

Hi james welcome to the forum. I'm also new to this forum and rather new to rock gardening. I'm in calgary canada  80km east of the foothills. I've got several allium some that have just begun their journey from seeds so it will be awhile before they produce seeds themself. Have delosperma, a couple  alpine erigeron, aster,cacti, several sedum, bladerworth and penstemon.
What I really need to do is catalogue all my plants (about 2000 species) because after awhile i forget their latin name.