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Title: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: zvone on January 14, 2014, 08:28:37 PM
Hi!

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-oiaFlDnf7ps/UtLMHdXeNPI/AAAAAAAAbWk/CY7s7NZaMAE/s640/IMG_1519.JPG)

More pictures: http://zvone.blogspot.si/ (http://zvone.blogspot.si/)

Best Regards!  zvone
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: ranunculus on April 04, 2014, 07:16:31 AM
Should this be in a new folder (Image of the Day 2014)?

Saxifraga and lichens.
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on April 04, 2014, 11:31:31 AM
New thread made to get us up to date  :-X
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: ranunculus on May 04, 2014, 04:42:53 PM
Isn't this the cutest little Ranunculus seguieri? Only 1/2 inch tall (1.5cm) and as flat to the ground as possible this gem is now flowering superbly. I have a number of normal scale examples that usually flower at four or five inches tall. I must keep my eye on this one for future years.
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 04, 2014, 05:46:05 PM
Small but perfectly formed, Cliff - definitely worth watching to see if it keeps this diminutive stature.
I'm impressed that you have managed to keep the slugs off those pristine flowers.
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: ranunculus on May 04, 2014, 05:55:58 PM
Small but perfectly formed, Cliff - definitely worth watching to see if it keeps this diminutive stature.
I'm impressed that you have managed to keep the slugs off those pristine flowers.

They are planning to strike tonight, Maggi.
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: ian mcenery on May 04, 2014, 06:32:19 PM
Isn't this the cutest little Ranunculus seguieri? Only 1/2 inch tall (1.5cm) and as flat to the ground as possible this gem is now flowering superbly. I have a number of normal scale examples that usually flower at four or five inches tall. I must keep my eye on this one for future years.

Very nice Cliff. It reminds me of the area below the Laguzoi ;)
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: ranunculus on May 04, 2014, 06:37:24 PM
Indeed Ian … with luck we will hike there again soon.
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: zvone on May 04, 2014, 10:44:21 PM
Hi!

Some from My Japanese Garden:

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WDTGF84vw4U/U2avhoD-CbI/AAAAAAAAfTo/QK671RdzRUg/s640/c24.jpg)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uEQV9ceWxa8/U2av-ZiHmKI/AAAAAAAAfUA/8J_tJbWyhtU/s640/c11.jpg)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-q2XywxWws-I/U2ayrWe5LbI/AAAAAAAAfUc/eSDqRxyH_dE/s640/c3.jpg)

MORE PICTURES: http://zvonem.blogspot.si/news/ (http://zvonem.blogspot.si/news/)

Best Regards! zvone
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on May 05, 2014, 11:38:29 AM
Zvone, your paeony photo is the whitest  white imaginable   8) I love paeonia
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: zvone on May 10, 2014, 08:13:04 AM
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BhMJbqMGhZg/U23eFaX5KnI/AAAAAAAAfU4/j3eoddkYAQg/s640/IMG_3473.JPG)

Zvone, your paeony photo is the whitest  white imaginable   8) I love paeonia

Thank's Maggi!

Best Regards!  zvone

http://zvonem.blogspot.si/news/ (http://zvonem.blogspot.si/news/)
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: zvone on May 10, 2014, 06:27:15 PM
Hi!

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XaFJUJz9btY/U24HVnBnrFI/AAAAAAAAgVA/k0HxBwtc4Z4/s640/IMG_3670.JPG)

More Pictures: http://zvonem.blogspot.si/ (http://zvonem.blogspot.si/)

Best Regards!    zvone
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: ranunculus on June 06, 2014, 07:36:06 PM
A stunning sight from the high meadows of the Col du Lautaret in the French Alps … just a few of the hundreds of thousands (nay millions) of the gorgeous white buttercup; Ranunculus keupferi that literally blanket the slopes in early June. Images of the meadows, the short turf snowmelt habitat and a close-up of these delightful alpine blooms.
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on June 06, 2014, 08:02:07 PM
That is lovely - next time the Tour de France passes by and I'm glued to the TV, I'll be thinking of these white gems which will be long over by then of course.

 Remind me, Cliff, what it was that drew you to the area.......... ?  ;)
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: ranunculus on June 06, 2014, 08:03:32 PM

 Remind me, Cliff, what it was that drew you to the area.......... ?  ;)

The cheeses …!   ;)
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: Maggi Young on June 06, 2014, 08:04:43 PM
The cheeses …!   ;)
Of course! It would be the cheeses.
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: jandals on June 06, 2014, 08:15:55 PM
Thanks for keeping up our buttercup count Cliff , whilst we plan our upcoming buttercup expeditions
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: ranunculus on June 06, 2014, 08:18:13 PM
You are most welcome, buddy … not QUITE R. godleyanus, but still a wonderful sight.  Hope all is well in paradise/
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: zvone on June 14, 2014, 10:45:00 PM


Hi!

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6dZB1tLL0F4/U5QHe8Ju4KI/AAAAAAAAkM8/3t0Fcw5Muq4/s640/IMG_3956.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0mUR5_gDcfo/U5QHpEPf1uI/AAAAAAAAkPE/zx0gpgSKyHM/s640/IMG_3974.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lelzS7X0YjE/U5QHMyzozbI/AAAAAAAAkIs/mPokYAmZMUo/s640/IMG_3920.JPG)

More pictures: http://zvone.blogspot.si/ (http://zvone.blogspot.si/)


Best Regards!  zvone
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: ranunculus on September 21, 2014, 02:06:41 PM
Trial time : I don't know whether this has been tried before, but I wondered if some damp-susceptible plants could be grown in and over an upturned clay pot that is filled with a very gritty compost?  The little Thlaspi rotundifolium was bare-rooted and the still moist roots were gently pushed through the drainage hole before the upturned pot was carefully filled with the dry compost. Time will tell. The top dressing is limestone chicken grit.
Title: Re: Alpines - Image of the Day 2014
Post by: zvone on September 22, 2014, 07:02:42 PM
Trial time : I don't know whether this has been tried before, but I wondered if some damp-susceptible plants could be grown in and over an upturned clay pot that is filled with a very gritty compost?  The little Thlaspi rotundifolium was bare-rooted and the still moist roots were gently pushed through the drainage hole before the upturned pot was carefully filled with the dry compost. Time will tell. The top dressing is limestone chicken grit.

Hi  "ranunculus"!

I wish you a successful experiment.

Best regards! zvone
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