We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
Caps lock is activated.
News:
Click Here To Visit The SRGC Main Site
Home
Forum
Help
Login
Register
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
»
General Subjects
»
Blogs and Diaries
»
Report from southern Argentina.
« previous
next »
Print
Pages: [
1
]
2
3
...
12
Go Down
Author
Topic: Report from southern Argentina. (Read 30831 times)
Hoy
Hero Member
Posts: 3854
Country:
Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Report from southern Argentina.
«
on:
December 16, 2017, 01:55:04 PM »
During the next weeks I will show some pictures from my trip to southern Argentina (and a short visit in Chile). The pictures will not be in chronological order but show some nice views and plants sorted by theme rather than time.
Other fellow travelers and others may contribute as they like, of course!
Logged
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
GordonT
Sr. Member
Posts: 443
Country:
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #1 on:
December 16, 2017, 01:59:11 PM »
I am definitely looking forward to your Travelogue, Trond! Southern South America is on my travel wish list.
Logged
Southwestern Nova Scotia,
Zone 6B or above , depending on the year.
Hoy
Hero Member
Posts: 3854
Country:
Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #2 on:
December 16, 2017, 02:14:36 PM »
Hope you are not disappointed, GordonT!
Nothofagus forest, Estancia Stag River, Santa Cruz.
The treeline is at about 1000m asl.
Stag River.
The forest is dense. Not much else grows here.
Stag River.
Open patches in the forest are often covered by Gaultheria and other shrubs - and many flowering plants.
On a dry moraine - the forest is more open and the trees are much smaller.
«
Last Edit: December 16, 2017, 03:53:06 PM by Hoy
»
Logged
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
Hoy
Hero Member
Posts: 3854
Country:
Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #3 on:
December 16, 2017, 02:38:00 PM »
The commonest plant along the river was
Gunnera magellanica
.
Nothofagus trees are often infected by mistletoes and fungi.
Misodendrum oblongifolium
(?) - seven different species occur here.
Patagonian mistletoe -
Misodendrum punctulatum
Darwin's fungus -
Cyttaria darwinii
«
Last Edit: December 16, 2017, 03:38:10 PM by Hoy
»
Logged
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
Ian Y
Bulb Despot
Administrator
Hero Member
Posts: 2128
Country:
Why grow one bulb when you can grow two:-))
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #4 on:
December 16, 2017, 03:05:19 PM »
Looking forward to seeing more images from your South American adventures on the forum Trond, thanks for sharing them here.
Love those gnarled old Nothofagus trees.
Logged
Ian Young, Aberdeen North East Scotland -
The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
https://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=bulb
johnw
Hero Member
Posts: 6696
Country:
rhodo-galantho-etc-phile
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #5 on:
December 16, 2017, 03:43:52 PM »
Trond - Fantastic to see shots of Estancia Stag River. This is where Ruth Tweedy summered and luckily (at the time) it held the record as the coldest place in that area. For a long time there was a Pernettya mucronata 'Ruth Tweedy' which presumably was a selection she made from hardy seed. I am very surprised to see such stout Nothofagus antarctica in that picture. Is this habit unique to the area? Does N. pumilio grow nearby?
A friend told me that she once went to Bariloche and it ocassionally had very cold winters.
john
-4c and a dusting of snow.
«
Last Edit: December 16, 2017, 08:51:40 PM by johnw
»
Logged
John in coastal Nova Scotia
Robert
Hero Member
Posts: 4883
Country:
All text and photos © Robert Barnard
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #6 on:
December 16, 2017, 04:12:09 PM »
Trond,
Thank you so much for sharing the photographs. The first photograph reminds me of Alaska!
Looks cold!
Logged
Robert Barnard
Sacramento & Placerville, Northern California, U.S.A.
All text and photos © Robert Barnard
To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Hoy
Hero Member
Posts: 3854
Country:
Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #7 on:
December 16, 2017, 04:22:01 PM »
Thanks, Ian!
John,
I will show pictures from the Bariloche region later. It is correct that the winters can be cold and snowy both at Bariloche and at Stag River.
Regarding N. pumilio it is often found together with N. antarctica and it certainly grows at Stag River also.
Nothofagus pumilio:
Robert,
It will take a while posting all the pictures!
«
Last Edit: December 16, 2017, 04:23:32 PM by Hoy
»
Logged
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
Hoy
Hero Member
Posts: 3854
Country:
Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #8 on:
December 16, 2017, 04:25:15 PM »
More Stag River:
The gate:
A gaucho:
The buildings:
«
Last Edit: December 16, 2017, 04:29:25 PM by Hoy
»
Logged
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
Hoy
Hero Member
Posts: 3854
Country:
Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #9 on:
December 16, 2017, 04:42:41 PM »
"Weeds" in the pastures:
Leucheria hahnii
Oxalis laciniata
Calceolaria uniflora
«
Last Edit: December 16, 2017, 04:49:09 PM by Hoy
»
Logged
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
Tim Ingram
Hero Member
Posts: 1955
Country:
Umbels amongst others
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #10 on:
December 16, 2017, 11:30:25 PM »
Is it so different to your place in Norway Trond
. What a beautiful leaf the Nothofagus has. I should think Calceolaria uniflora might grow well in parts of Scandinavia - here it always seems to attract aphids and is tricky to keep, but how marvellous to see it growing like that in the wild.
Logged
Dr. Timothy John Ingram. Nurseryman & gardener with strong interest in plants of Mediterranean-type climates and dryland alpines. Garden in Kent, UK.
www.coptonash.plus.com
Hoy
Hero Member
Posts: 3854
Country:
Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #11 on:
December 17, 2017, 10:49:53 AM »
Tim, you are right! It is so very different and that's one of the main factors I consider when I select a destination.
I have once grown C. uniflora and it did well for several years before it disappeared. I will certainly try again!
Logged
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
Hoy
Hero Member
Posts: 3854
Country:
Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #12 on:
December 17, 2017, 10:59:28 AM »
Lago Argentino, the biggest freshwater lake in Argentina. The western parts are fjord-like with glaciers calving in them. The eastern part fills an U-valley and are partly dammed by moraine deposits. The water looks gray due to the huge amount of glacial runoff.
View from Cerro Huiliche (Balcón del Calafate):
At the shores -
Senecio patagonicus
Adesmia boronoides
Oreopolus glacialis
«
Last Edit: December 17, 2017, 11:13:15 AM by Hoy
»
Logged
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
ian mcdonald
Hero Member
Posts: 2388
Country:
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #13 on:
December 17, 2017, 11:05:09 AM »
Hello Trond, great photos. Is it cold there?
Logged
Hoy
Hero Member
Posts: 3854
Country:
Rogaland, Norway - We used to have mild winters!
Re: Report from southern Argentina.
«
Reply #14 on:
December 17, 2017, 11:15:31 AM »
Ian, it is not very cold except for the strong wind. In fact, the temperature during the year is very similar to where I live but it is much drier than at home.
Logged
Trond Hoy, gardening on the rainy west coast of Norway.
Print
Pages: [
1
]
2
3
...
12
Go Up
« previous
next »
Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
»
General Subjects
»
Blogs and Diaries
»
Report from southern Argentina.
Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal