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« on: April 14, 2010, 05:09:51 PM »

First Androsace is open...A. carnea 'Alba'
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« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2010, 05:10:20 PM »

Opps, forgot the pic!


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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2010, 11:35:46 PM »

Very nice!  Is that very early for you?  My Andosace carnea 'Alba' is in bud but it will be at least a couple weeks to go.

I do have this little androsace in bloom, which is supposed to be A. carnea ssp. brigantiaca... but the flowers are so puny, I wonder if is it really that?  I've seen some forms with relatively large flowers, and also sometimes with shorter stems.  (I didn't get a photo this evening that shows the plant clearly, sorry.)


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« Reply #3 on: April 15, 2010, 06:52:48 AM »

Yes Lori, this is very early for us.  It is currently snowing on the poor thing.  Androsace Millstream also has a couple of blooms open but I did not get a chance to take a picture before the weather changed for the worse.
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2010, 12:56:38 PM »

Well, it took less than a couple of weeks, after all.  Here's Androsace carnea 'Alba', about 3 weeks earlier than last year (a late spring), and with very short stems this year.


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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2010, 04:39:53 PM »

Sweet Lori!  Mine has very long stems this year but I have another just coming into bud...I hope it has short stems like yours.
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« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2010, 07:00:47 PM »

Another is open...Androsace Millstream


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« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2010, 11:10:10 PM »

Hmm, it's not new but perhaps I should update Androsace carnea 'Alba' with a photo that looks a bit more characteristic of it (longer stems, etc.)?


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« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2010, 06:31:46 PM »

A few more Androsace are open.  A. carnea 'Halleri', A. chaixii and A. sempervivoides


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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2010, 03:03:15 PM »

I love the Androsaces: the chamaejasme section has been blooming for weeks. My current faves are A. minor and A. jacquemontii below...


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