International Rock Gardener e-magazine

[Hoy]

Once more a beautiful magzine - I think I spotted something I know there

Thanks Trond- for everything  

It is really special to have such great photos in the SRGC forum to "steal away" for the IRG.... your pulsatilla shot is adorable - showing the little plant nestling in the grass.

Thank you Maggi, but I think the producers of the magazine are the ones to be thanked!!
And although it is exciting to see a familiar picture "in print" it is more so to see all the unfamiliar ones and dream of new travels or acquisitions 

[IMYoung]

 Lori, thank you... and for the link too.... I quite forgot to put that

[IMYoung]

The IRG continues to be posted online on the last Friday of the month.
Thanks to those NARGS members who have contacted the IRG Team to express their appreciation of the magazine and to offer articles or to allow publication of photographs.  
Issues for February and March are at these links:
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Feb241330043727IRG_26_Feb2012.pdf
http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Apr031333442629IRG27-March2012.pdf

April 2012 issue of the International Rock Gardener

The April 2012 issue of the International Rock Gardener has articles from Zdeněk Zvolánek on Ranunculus wettsteinii, and Franto Paznocht’s latest tufa garden;  from Laďa Piatek and Gita Piatková on Campanula bellidifolia forma rosea and from Dieter Zschummel on some Chinese Campanulas and Jorn Hornburg  of Cariboo in British Columbia  shares his hopes as Spring advances.

There is also news of a Job Opportunity at the Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg.

http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Apr261335475783IRG28-April2012.pdf

regards,
 Maggi Young

[cohan]

Many interesting and beautiful things, as always, but nothing more exciting than Campanula calcicola in the April issue!  Pretty flowers are nice, but almost all flowers are pretty to me, so  interesting foliage(which we usually see much longer than flowers!) is even better- especially in settings such as rock gardens where plants can often be seen clearly and separately..

[IMYoung]

The May 2012 issue of IRG is now online.

When I uploaded the latest issue of IRG to the SRGC site last week, I mentioned that the weather was sunny and that perhaps we in the UK could look forward to a  long spell of summery weather... I was sadly mistaken.... today it is dull, grey and windy... and really cold this evening. 

Plenty colour and hope for the season in the IRG, though!

This month there are Tecophilaeas to charm you in shades of blue, Penstemons in shades of red and an Aconitum with wine-red promise.

We also catch up with the Primulas at Cluny House in Perthshire.

http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012May241337894269IRG29-May2012.pdf



 

[Lori S.]

Thanks for another terrific issue, Maggi!  The Tecophilaea are stunning!

[IMYoung]

Yes, the Tecophilaeas are pretty extraordinary, I think... it is the size of the flower, relative to the plant and the sheer beauty and richness of the colour.... quite captivating!

[IMYoung]

In the June issue of IRG Christoph Ruby, of the Hof Botanic Garden in Germany is upbeat in his report on the plants in Hof’s crevice garden and we are able to offer encouragment to growers with examples from the gardens of  forumists from several countries.

We again return to Turkey to examine some more of the fine plants that so tempt us, but those in this selection are proving none too easy in cultivation. So much so that  Zdeněk Zvolánek calls them  "Anatolian Troublemakers"!  The flora of Turkey is immensely varied and greatly admired by many rock gardeners : Dr David Millward who contributed the cover picture of Arnebia densiflora from the steppe, near Erzincan, Anatolia  has reported on a recent SRGC trip in the Forum in pages about Eastern Turkey, here :  

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=7936.0      

All issues of IRG (International Rock Gardener) can be found here : http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/index.php?log=international

The International Rock Gardener  June 2012 :

http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2012Jun281340917807IRG_30-June2012.pdf

Cover photo Arnebia densiflora by  David Millward

[IMYoung]

This month, when the USA  has celebrated Independence Day, the IRG has a distinctly North American bias to the plants covered, starting with the first of a small series by Gene Mirro about the lilies of western America.
Rex Murfitt addresses a charming Iris whose needs have been mis-stated over a great many years and ZZ throws a friendly challenge to a friend about another North American plant, Telesonix heucheriformis.


Hybrid lily
photo  Gene Mirro

[IMYoung]

International Rock Gardener - IRG 32  August 2012
 
This month we learn of two diverse Gatherings of Rock Gardeners - the NZAGS Study weekend in February 2013 and the Second International Czech Rock Garden Conference, in May 2013.  The SRGC is proud to be a sponsor of these events.
Plant-wise......
 Gene Mirro continues his  series with the lilies of Southern California and the Sierra Nevada; 
.......we have a note on  Gentiana occidentalis;
...... and Kirsten Andersen and Lars Hansen explore the diversity of Oxalis laciniata var. pubescens.

[cohan]

I think I have a couple of issues to catch up on, always a treat

[Booker]

Another magnificent issue ... many thanks and compliments to the editorial team and all the contributors.

[IMYoung]

International Rock Gardener - IRG 32  August 2012
 
This month we learn of two diverse Gatherings of Rock Gardeners - the NZAGS Study weekend in February 2013 and the Second International Czech Rock Garden Conference, in May 2013.  The SRGC is proud to be a sponsor of these events.

At the time of the Czech Events, NARGS will be hosting its AGM in the Blue Ridge Mountains at Ashville....
http://www.nargs2013.org/index.php   - must say it's great to have a choice!

[Spiegel]

I look forward to the IRG every month and probably have read it within hours of it appearing online.  During winter bad weather periods it has become a treat to go through all the issues again.  Thank you, thank you to all the IRG Team members who make this possible.

[IMYoung]

September's IRG is loaded a little early     I hope that no-one is driven to it by bad weather!
This month sees features by......  nurseryman Tim Ingram about the Welsh garden of
the Plant-hunters Jim and Jenny Archibald. This article will be added to the Archibald Archive in the SRGC website. Tim is a passionate believer in the importance of gardens, particularly in the context of organisations such as the SRGC and its sisters.

Adrian Young presents one of his preferred Saxifraga species and it is his photo that gives our cover picture: Saxifraga catalaunica.

Gene Mirro concludes his series on the lilies of North West America – a piece on the germination of these western species lilies is posted in the SRGC Forum area, here:
 http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9610.new#new