Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: Gabriela on February 25, 2017, 11:40:42 PM
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In relation with the thread from Alpines, as promised a few images from MBG and more precisely from the Alpinum. MBG is a very large garden and besides the outdoor gardens includes 10 exhibitions greenhouses, so a proper visit would be at least a week (depending on how many pictures are to be taken ;D
Most of my pictures are from late summer, but I also procured few from late spring.
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Ipomopsis rubra in front
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One more view and few species; of course it is very hard to decide what to show.
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From the vertical crevice area
Physaria rollinsii
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Orostachys spinosa
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Opuntia polyacantha var. erinacea
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Moltkia petraea
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I don't know why the names don't show up, I'll try to add.
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A few more
Maihuenia poeppigii :)
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Arenaria alfacarensis
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Asperula pontica
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Convolvulus boissieri
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And to show at least one Saxifraga - Saxifraga 'Bob Hawkins'
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Thank you for giving us some pictures of your visit, Gabriela.
It was a great visit.
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Thanks for pointing, Gabriela. A very nice garden. It is interesting to see that Maihuenia poeppigii is growing so far in the north very well. I also have both types in my Alpinum but under a cover of glass. M. poeppigii and M. patagonica grow very well but unfortunately have never blossomed. :-\
I look forward to more photos.
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You're all welcome. It was a short, 21/2 half day visit and I wanted to cover many areas so actually I don't have that many pictures from the Alpinum; the South Africa and S. America areas are particularly small.
The edible/economical gardens were a huge distraction ??? with lots of species I've never knew even existed, plus the Conservatory ::)
Bulbine frutescens
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Alstroemeria
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Daphne x burkwoodii 'Briggs Moonlight'
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Gentiana paradoxa
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Sometimes you just have to imagine the flowers - Asphodelus albus var. delphinense
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