Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh - alpine house and news

[Maggi Young]

News on Twitter from the RBGE  Plant Records Team....

"The new RBGE website is now up and running (and looking good) at http://www.rbge.org.uk  now much more picture heavy but still with access to collection data. at bottom of - https://www.rbge.org.uk/collections/ Come and have a look."

[Maggi Young]

Alex O'Sullivan  was the first placement winner as  AGS/RBGE Alpine trainee and  he  has  recently  completed  his internship, having  been a  great success  and  having  enjoyed the  experience  very  much. Alex said "  I'm sad to leave The Botanics but I am taking away a wealth of experience and knowledge, met some fabulous people and plants. All I can say is thanks for the opportunity."
 Alex took part  in some  SRGC Shows  during  his year at  Edinburgh too, and is wished  all the  very  rest  in all his  future endeavours.
 David  Knott of  RBGE wrote  " Sad farewell to Alex our @TheBotanics @Alpinegardensoc Alpine Apprentice after a year of learning practical skills training and fieldwork. Good luck and best wishes for the future #alpineplants #horticulturecareers @GrowCareers"


Alex with  Elspeth Haston



The  second  AGS trainee placement at  RBGE  has  been awarded to Sally  Cram.



Sally has been volunteering at Branklyn Garden in Perth, Scotland, where her love of alpines and woodland plants has developed, along with her practical skills.

We  hope  Sally  gains as  much from her time at  RBGE  as  Alex seems to have  done!

[Stan da Prato]

A dull Boxing Day so good to see some colour  in the RBGE traditional  alpine house. Nerine flexuosa alba then  a form of Narcissus cantabricus. Some small Cyclame cyprium then Crocus niveus

[Stan da Prato]

Crocus Fontenayi then snowdrops: a form of G elwesii, , G reginae olgae, G rizehensis

[Stan da Prato]

another visit with more bulbs in flower. Two Cyclamen coum and a C trochopteranthum

[Stan da Prato]

several crocus and Colchicum kesselringii

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Five snowdrops Brig. Mathias, Baby Arnott, nivalis white form, pl. Diggory, Sandersii

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Galanthus Scone hybrid and G woronowii then two different  Gymnospermiums, albertii and smirnovii.

[Stan da Prato]

Iris Nicolai , I Darkness then  Narcissus bulbocodium paucinervis finally N cantabricus with N romieuxii mesatlanticus

[angie]

Wish my Alpine house could look remotely like that  :'(Thanks for the pictures Stan.

Angie

[Gail]

Wish my Alpine house could look remotely like that 
Angie

I don't know - the plants look fantastic but I was aghast at the cages - have they had lots of plants stolen?

[Maggi Young]

I don't know - the plants look fantastic but I was aghast at the cages - have they had lots of plants stolen?

Not  since they had the  cages!!   Thy've  been there  for many  years now.

[Stan da Prato]

Wish my Alpine house could look remotely like that 

Angie

Remember  it's a  display house and pots of bulbs move between it and larger growing facilities  not open to the public

[angie]

Remember  it's a  display house and pots of bulbs move between it and larger growing facilities  not open to the public

That’s true but boy it looks good . Shame that they have had to put the wire there. I thought at first it was to keep animals away.

Angie 

[fermi de Sousa]

.... Shame that they have had to put the wire there. I thought at first it was to keep animals away.

Angie 

It is - light-fingered b*****ds 
cheers
fermi