Crevice Gardening ......in defence of rock.....

[astragalus]

That androsace is a real winner.

[ebbie]

Yesterday in my alpine house:
-Townsendia alpigena var. minima
-Linum cariense

[ranunculus]

A crevice plant par excellence - Campanula andrewsii ssp. hirsutula - a ubiquitous species from the cliffs and walls of the Peloponnese in Greece.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Yesterday in my alpine house:
-Townsendia alpigena var. minima
-Linum cariense

Ebbie, that Linum cariense is.... wow !! 

[astragalus]

The garden was open for the Garden Conservancy while everyone was having a fabulous time at the Czech Conference - very poor timing but a commitment is a commitment.  During the open garden one visitor pointed out that there was lots of room in the crevices for more plants.  My reply was that as an optimist I was leaving room for growth.  Actually it's a bit overplanted with the idea that a few things might die, and thanks to the antlered rats they usually do.  Lately there have been many moose sightings in our county (would be 10 times worse in the garden!).  The Edraianthus montenegrinus is a beautifully dark purple flower, similar in color to E. serpyllifolius.

     DSC07401 - Copy Penstemon uintahensis.JPG
    DSC07403 - Copy Eriogonum ovalifolium.JPG
    DSC07415 Edraianthus montenegrinus - Copy.JPG
    DSC07413 - Copy Androsace villose v jaquemontii.JPG

[ranunculus]

Beautiful, Anne.

[ebbie]

Two gesneriads and a campanulaceae:
- Haberlea rhodopensis
- Ramonda nathaliae in blue and white
- Symphiandra wanneri.

[astragalus]

One of the nicest things about Symphyandra wanneri is its habit of seedling itself, sometimes in places where you couldn't possibly plant it.  If it stops raining I'll take some pictures of some of them.  Symphyandra hoffmannii didn't do the same thing and it is no longer here.

[astragalus]

Some self-sown seedlings of Symphyandra wanneri and a picture of Lewisia rediviva alba.  I finally found (made) a little overhang in the crevice garden and the lewisia has decided it likes it there.  It has come through two winters.  I included the Asarina procumbens because it looks great against the rock and because in a dry garden it's not a thug.

[ebbie]

One of the nicest things about Symphyandra wanneri is its habit of seedling itself, sometimes in places where you couldn't possibly plant it.  If it stops raining I'll take some pictures of some of them.  Symphyandra hoffmannii didn't do the same thing and it is no longer here.

Yes, so is it. There are often nice surprises. My shown above Symphiandra wanneri (or it's Symphiandra ossetica?) has likewise seeded itself on a tuff.

[astragalus]

Con Edison, which supplies gas and electric to New York City, always used to have signs around their street work projects saying "Dig we must for a growing New York".  I think I might need this sign for the "big project", building crevice gardens on the back of the cliff.

[astragalus]

There are over 120 plants in the natural crevices on the back of the cliff but they don't seem to photograph very well.  As individual plants, yes, but not as an overall view.  Yet the eye sees lots of color.  Makes you appreciate more what a gift your eyesight is.
These are just some individual pictures of things in bloom now.

    DSC07456 - Copy Penstemon hirsutus pygmaeus.JPG
    DSC07459 - Copy Acantholimon ulicinum on back of cliff.JPG
    DSC07461 - Copy Convolvulus suendermanii.JPG
    DSC07465 - Copy Oxytropis multiceps seed pods.JPG

[astragalus]

Erinacea pungens forming pods.

[ranunculus]

Wonderful as ever, Anne ... I can tell how much progress you have made over the brow.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Con Edison, which supplies gas and electric to New York City, always used to have signs around their street work projects saying "Dig we must for a growing New York".  I think I might need this sign for the "big project", building crevice gardens on the back of the cliff.

Wow !!  That will make one hell of a crevice Anne !