We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

Author Topic: aster alpinus double forms  (Read 2123 times)

John85

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 507
aster alpinus double forms
« on: January 21, 2011, 09:44:36 AM »
Where can I find Aster a lpinus Sabine ',Suzanne or other GOOD double cultivars. Thank you for your help                           

John85

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 507
Re: aster alpinus double forms
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2011, 09:22:25 AM »
Nobody interested in double forms? i found only one add in Poland and.....I do not speak Polish.HELP please.

mark smyth

  • Hopeless Galanthophile
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 15254
  • Country: gb
Re: aster alpinus double forms
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2011, 09:29:06 AM »
How double is double? Are they filled completely?
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
www.snowdropinfo.com / www.marksgardenplants.com / www.saveourswifts.co.uk

When the swifts arrive empty the green house

All photos taken with a Canon 900T and 230

WimB

  • always digs deeper...
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2630
  • Country: be
    • Vlaamse Rotsplanten Vereniging
Re: aster alpinus double forms
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2011, 10:02:58 AM »
Hi John,

never seen double Aster alpinus. There's one nursery here in Belgium which seems to have a "double" form: http://www.vasteplant.be/catalog/index.cfm?fuseaction=DETAIL&TREFNAAM=ASANTJ
Wim Boens - Secretary VRV (Flemish Rock Garden Society) - Seed exchange manager Crocus Group
Wingene Belgium zone 8a

Flemish Rock Garden society (VRV): http://www.vrvforum.be/
Facebook page VRV: http://www.facebook.com/pages/VRV-Vlaamse-Rotsplanten-Vereniging/351755598192270

John85

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 507
Re: aster alpinus double forms
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2011, 10:46:30 AM »
Dag Wim ,Hello Mark I know Jan Spruyt 's nursery and his form of aster alpinus.Sabine and Suzanne are more full at least from what I saw from pictures in the book of the late german nursery man Karl Foerster
I shoud say they seem to be a bit more than double but not flore pleno.I am looking for them for 23 years now.May be I'll find them before I go and push up the daisies.

WimB

  • always digs deeper...
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2630
  • Country: be
    • Vlaamse Rotsplanten Vereniging
Re: aster alpinus double forms
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2011, 11:39:11 AM »
John,

mister hepatica (Andreas Händel) sells Aster alpinus 'Sabine' (http://www.hepatica-haendel.de/) for 3 euros each. You can download his plantlist from this site.
Pöppel-stauden sell A. alpinus 'Sabine' too: http://www.poeppel-stauden.de/de/Shop/Detailsicht.html?a3=25&tab_id=5123734&jump=visbak&backlnknojs=
Wim Boens - Secretary VRV (Flemish Rock Garden Society) - Seed exchange manager Crocus Group
Wingene Belgium zone 8a

Flemish Rock Garden society (VRV): http://www.vrvforum.be/
Facebook page VRV: http://www.facebook.com/pages/VRV-Vlaamse-Rotsplanten-Vereniging/351755598192270

John85

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 507
Re: aster alpinus double forms
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2011, 10:22:44 AM »
thank you very much Wim! You are much better than Google!You seems to know the german nurseries very well.Suzanne is a double white.If one day you see it somewhere please let us know.Hartelijk bedankt.

WimB

  • always digs deeper...
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2630
  • Country: be
    • Vlaamse Rotsplanten Vereniging
Re: aster alpinus double forms
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2011, 11:59:51 AM »
Graag gedaan, John.

No double white to be found anywhere. I like the German nurseries a lot but it's not always easy to find which German nurseries sell certain plants.
Maybe you can ask Händel or Pöppel if they know if someone sells 'Suzanne' too?
Wim Boens - Secretary VRV (Flemish Rock Garden Society) - Seed exchange manager Crocus Group
Wingene Belgium zone 8a

Flemish Rock Garden society (VRV): http://www.vrvforum.be/
Facebook page VRV: http://www.facebook.com/pages/VRV-Vlaamse-Rotsplanten-Vereniging/351755598192270

 


Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal