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Alpine Meadows
cohan:
--- Quote from: Lesley Cox on March 01, 2010, 07:31:41 PM ---Probably an "alpine lawn" thread would be useful. A meadow is, in effect, just a large, rather unkempt lawn. We've seen many pictures over the years of Franz's yarrow meadow and for him it is obviously the right answer as a setting for crocuses, colchicums and other little bulby things. I think it could be too vigorous here as it grows into such tight mats and in flower is maybe 70cms high. But there are certainly alternatives. I'm planning (have been for years, but some day...) the prostrate Asiatic gentians of the sino-ornata types as flowering lawn in autumn but died back to smaller patches as spring bulbs are flowering. Well that's the intention anyway.
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sounds like a good idea, let us know if you try it...
i haven't seen franz's meadow, any pictures on the forum here that you know of?
cohan:
--- Quote from: Lesley Cox on March 01, 2010, 07:31:41 PM ---Probably an "alpine lawn" thread would be useful. A meadow is, in effect, just a large, rather unkempt lawn. We've seen many pictures over the years of Franz's yarrow meadow and for him it is obviously the right answer as a setting for crocuses, colchicums and other little bulby things. I think it could be too vigorous here as it grows into such tight mats and in flower is maybe 70cms high. But there are certainly alternatives. I'm planning (have been for years, but some day...) the prostrate Asiatic gentians of the sino-ornata types as flowering lawn in autumn but died back to smaller patches as spring bulbs are flowering. Well that's the intention anyway.
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lesley and lori--i started an alpine meadows thread, and quoted you both over there..perhaps maggi would like to remove these posts from this thread?
Lesley Cox:
Yes there are heaps, both old and new Forums but I can't do the link thing. I go to copy for what I want to copy then when I go to where I want to paste it, the copy part has vanished into the ether. Can't seem to keep track of the two things at once.
Maggi Young:
Folks, I've gathered together your posts here.... I suggest a Forum search in old and new forums for posts from Franz... under hadacekf for mention of his meadow.... there are lots of photos... all suberb.... I have not got time right now to help with a search.... maybe later, or drop Franz a pm and ask him to contribute.....?
Well, of course we will ask Franz to tell us more about his meadow garden but to show just what can be achieved, what follows here are some photos brought , along with some introductory words from Franz from elsewhere in the Forum .....
Maggi Young:
--- Quote ---My name is Franz Hadacek. I live in Vienna the capital town of Austria and I am rock gardening for 45 years. I grow a wide range of different alpine plants. Sometimes without large success! One of my interest are the bulbs,
because I saw many of them at my journeys in the Mediterranean regions. I have no alpine house, I cultivate all plants in frames or my rock garden. Many bulbs grows very good in my meadow, because our summers are dry, hot and sunny.
If you are interested, have a look at my website
http://www.franz-alpines.org
More than 50% of plants in the meadow are self sown. My meadow is 40 years old and I never did it fertilize. My meadow consists of 20% grass, 30% different weeds and 50% Yarrow (Achillea millefollium).
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I think Franz has been seeding the bulbs into the meadow for around 20 years.....he says the meadow only grows the plants that like meadows, and not necessarily the plants he wants!
A selection of bulbs to start with:
Galanthus-elwesii-07-first flr that year
08-Anemone-blanda-1
08-Anemone-blanda-0
08-Anemone-blanda-2
08-Crocus-0
08-Crocus-2
08-Crocus-3
08-Galanthus-hololeucus
08-Scilla-sibirica-nice little weed.
08-Tulipa-humilis--2
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