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General Subjects => Alpines => Topic started by: Zdenek on May 05, 2011, 02:29:12 PM
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My greatest love among alpines are plants of the Genus Androsace. Let me show you here some plants from my collection. Quite often they are difficult to keep alive, but what I can do - love is love.
The first batch of my pictures from this spring are following:
Androsace akbaitalensis
A. robusta breviscapa
A. rioxana, not the best picture, I am sorry, but new species from Spain
A. zambalensis
A. montana (Douglasia m.]
A. rigida
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The second batch of my Androsaces includes:
Androsace ciliata
A. lehmanniana
A. mariae
A. mariae, another clone
A. longifolia, but I have some doubts
A. multiscapa
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Hi Zdenek, can you tell something about A. rioxana?
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Hi Zdenek, can you tell something about A. rioxana?
I am sorry, Jozef, not too much. The plant is the last year and only sedling from seed of which origin I don't know. Winter it survived in my alpine house and it is planted outdoors since the early April. I was told that it is something between A. briganthiaca and halleri.
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The third and last batch of my Androsace pictures:
Androsace muscoidea
A. robusta
A. fedtschenkoi (a discutable species)
A. sempervivoides
A. hausmannii
A. ciliata x pubescens
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A. longifolia, but I have some doubts
Zdenek, in my opinion your A. longifolia is a form of A. mariae.
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A. longifolia, but I have some doubts
Zdenek, in my opinion your A. longifolia is a form of A. mariae.
Yes, it looks so, thank you.
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Inspiring selection Zdenek, thanks for posting them.
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A really lovely collection Zdenek, thank you for sharing them and showing how gorgeous they are in your alpine house.
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Zdenek,
Enjoyed your Androsaces immensely. Thanks
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Zdenek,
Enjoyed your Androsaces immensely. Thanks
Thank you very much, Franz. My best greetings.
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I send here just three last Androsaces:
Androsace yargongensis
Androsace limprichtii
Androsace jacquemontii
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Androsace bulleyana
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Zdenek, thanks for your great collection.
kind regards, Wolfgang
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A beautiful collection. Thanks for posting the pictures.
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Michael,
You need to issue sunglasses with that red one!! :o :o Beautifully bright!
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Paul, that is the original colour,it has not been manipulated in any way. :)
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Michael,
I wasn't implying it had been manipulated. I had assumed it was just that fiery colour naturally!! I am guessing from your response that this colour is unusual in Androsace? I grow exactly 2 of the genus.... they don't like our summers as far as I know, so I haven't gone there. ;D
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Androsace in my througs.
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-jacquemontii
Androsace-muscoidea
Androsace-villosa
Androsace-x-marpensis
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Androsace in my througs.
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-jacquemontii
Androsace-muscoidea
Androsace-villosa
Androsace-x-marpensis
Breathtaking Franz ! :o :o :o
I wan't to ask wich compost you use in this troughs .Are they covered in winter ?
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Androsace in my througs.
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-jacquemontii
Androsace-muscoidea
Androsace-villosa
Androsace-x-marpensis
Franz, your Androsace x marpensis is wonderful! I am not able to get so many flowers.
Your A. jacquemontii seems me to be A. globifera. If it is so, it is a miracle, so many flowers!
I attach here a picture of my A. jacquemontii
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Androsace in my througs.
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-cylindrica-x-hirtella
Androsace-jacquemontii
Androsace-muscoidea
Androsace-villosa
Androsace-x-marpensis
Pure magic Franz !!!! :o :o
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Thank you all together for the kind comments
Zdenek,
It is correct, my Androsace jacquemontii is A. globiferea . Thank you for your correction.
Kris,
My soil mix consists of 25% compost, 25% garden soil, 50% sand.
Plastic roofs protect cover my through in summer and winter. Look on my website.
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Wonderful website Franz. 8) 8)
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Yes, Zdenek, you have got to love Androsace to raise them; they can drive us to distraction, but yours are brilliant. Thanks for sharing them with us. Alan J.
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Three last Androsaces of this month:
A. ciliata x pubescens - probably cultural crossing
A. cylindrica x hirtella - the most easy Aretian Androsace grown
A. villosa var congesta - the real thing from Turkey
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The one I can really count on in the garden is Androsace villosa. It seems able to accept dry conditions and most of the others I've tried cannot do so.
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Sorry, forgot the picture. If any of you who groiw androsaces know of any to try in a dry (and very cold) garden, please let me know.
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Those pictures of Franz and Zdenek are pure magic. Like Anne our garden is dry and only stronger and more familiar species like studiosorum and sempervivoides really do well. I must try forms of villosa because jacquemontii grows well if slowly. I wonder how many growers in the UK succeed so well with choicer species outside? They look so good in those first few pictures from Franz.
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Androsace lehmanniana goteborg yellow.
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Although I specialise in Bulbs I have this notion that before I get too long in the tooth I should grow many more alpines and my Seed List choices last year and this year have been very much directed at alpines in general and particularly North American plants.
I have bought small plants of Androsace alpina, A mathildae and A (Douglasia) montana and am trying to decide whether it would be best to grow them in pots (greenhouse space problem!) troughs, or raised bed and would welcome any advice. I notice that in this thread Zdenek has shown them in both pots and raised bed and in the April 2009 Flowering Now thread WimB shows A mathildae also in a raised bed.
Given that my climate is wet and more wet if I were to try them outdoors would I need to give them protection over the Autumn/Winter seasons?
Any views greatly appreciated.
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David, I'd think some overhead protection from wet ( maybe in summer as well as winter!!!) would be a good idea. Something along the lines of Ian's favoured method of squares of weldmesh with a perspex lid would be a good answer. These are easily made, don't blow around and can be quickly deployed in grotty weather.
Will have a look for a link to what they look like, for anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about..... ;)
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David, I'd think some overhead protection from wet ( maybe in summer as well as winter!!!) would be a good idea. Something along the lines of Ian's favoured method of squares of weldmesh with a perspex lid would be a good answer. These are easily made, don't blow around and can be quickly deployed in grotty weather.
Will have a look for a link to what they look like, for anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about..... ;)
Here's a link to a Bulb Log with the "rain hats" : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Aug041280927654BULB_LOG__31comp.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Aug041280927654BULB_LOG__31comp.pdf) -they can be made any size, from single small plant size to large cushion or whole trough cover - very versatile.
Bulb Log 31 2010 - Trough protection from rain.
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Here's a link to a Bulb Log with the "rain hats" : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Aug041280927654BULB_LOG__31comp.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2010Aug041280927654BULB_LOG__31comp.pdf) -they can be made any size, from single small plant size to large cushion or whole trough cover - very versatile.
A simple and good design!
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Hi,
I have a different design based on Ians 'rain hats' that I thought I would share with you.
Photos: 1&2 are of the covers in place over two of my troughs.
Photo 3: shows a cover easily removed during dry weather.
Photo 4: the underside of the cover which shows the frame that fits over the weld mesh frame.
Photo 5: the cable ties (thats what we call these in the UK), that hold the four weld mesh panels in place.
Photo 6: The weld mesh frame removed showing the flexibility of the frame.
Photo 7: the frame flat packed for the summer, (but still as a single unit due to the cable tie construction), for easy storage.
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Excellent improvement to the design, Graham, cleverly allowing a flat pack for storage.
I also like the cunning use of supports through the weld mesh to allow for the inclusion of your planted pot under the cover of the trough "hat" : genius device!
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Thank You Maggie :)
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Thanks for digging out the info about the "rain hats" Maggi and thanks to Graham too for his slant on the design concept. I shall add the project to my list of jobs to do. The top of the list is to build a block plinth on which my stone sink (yes, the one I've had for about ten years and haven't done anything with!) will sit. The second is to convert the polystyrene boxes, (yes, the ones that presently take up a lot of space in the garage and have done for some time!) into troughs.
You will gather from the above that as far as job listing is concerned DIY projects tend to get left unless, as another important member has it, it's my daughter who needs something doing. ::)