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[Todd Boland]

Simply breathtaking!  Nice shot of the alpine chough!

[Hoy]

Todd, those meadows filled with glacier lilies are magnificent!

Your pictures are artistic, Cliff, you certainly have an eye for the motifs.

[Booker]

Today's offering is:-

TROLLIUS SP.

[Todd Boland]

I assume that Trollius is acaulis or pumila.....is it blooming now?  If so, it is certainly a late bloom.

I cannot take credit for growing this one...its the spectacular Gentiana georgii.  It was growing in the fantastic garden of Stephanie Ferguson in Calgary.  Lori was kind enough to bring me to Stephanie's garden when I visited Calgary last month.  I see she will be speaking about her crevice garden at the WWSW in Sydney, BC this Feb.

[Booker]

I assume that Trollius is acaulis or pumila.....is it blooming now?  If so, it is certainly a late bloom.

Superb Gentiana georgii ... very envious.  Lovely images as well Todd.

The trollius was growing and was photographed in May in Ev Whittemore's beautiful garden in North Carolina.

[Lori S.]

Looks like an interesting combo of alpines and herb/vegetable garden, Cliff.

Shots from yesterday of Dryas drummondii on the gravel floodplain, with seed heads now unfurled...

[Hoy]

Could almost have been cottongrass, Lori!

[Weiser]

A few shots from Frog Lake ., Alpine county, CA. Elevation 8600'

Red Sierra heather, Phyllodoce breweri

Natural crevice garden located on a granite out cropping just along the north edge of the Lake, Linanthus pungens and Sedum lanceolatum

Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale and Sedum lanceolatum

Showy Jacobsladder, Polemonium pulcherrimum

Purshia tridentata, dwarfed by the alpine winds

Wet meadow at the north east corner of the lake with Iris missouriensis and buttercups in the foreground.

crevice alumroot, Heuchera micrantha,  living up to it's common name. Found growing from a crevice on a smooth north facing shear granite cliff.

[Lori S.]

Fabulous plants and scenes, John!  The flowers on P. breweri are extraordinary... they open so widely compared to the species that occur here.  Gorgeous silver foliage on Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale!

[Todd Boland]

I agree with Lori...beautiful images John!  I was also taken by the P. breweri.

[Booker]

Excellent images, John ... more please! 

[Spiegel]

Not too much going on at the moment but there's a nice Argemone sp. which has just come into bloom.  It's planted on a lean scree slope and apart from having a tendency to flop down the slope it's been a great plant.  It's growing with a number of astragalus sp and is never watered except by nature.  Also a picture of Astragalus utahensis which bloomed well in the spring but the foliage during our long drought has been sensational.  The last couple of days of rain hasn't helped the leaves.

[Lori S.]

Love the Argemone, Anne!

[RickR]

I haven't commented on this thread for a while, but gee, every photo says SO much!!  Thank you all!

[McDonough]

A few shots from Frog Lake ., Alpine county, CA. Elevation 8600'

Red Sierra heather, Phyllodoce breweri
Natural crevice garden located on a granite out cropping just along the north edge of the Lake, Linanthus pungens and Sedum lanceolatum
Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale and Sedum lanceolatum
Showy Jacobsladder, Polemonium pulcherrimum
Purshia tridentata, dwarfed by the alpine winds
Wet meadow at the north east corner of the lake with Iris missouriensis and buttercups in the foreground.
crevice alumroot, Heuchera micrantha,  living up to it's common name. Found growing from a crevice on a smooth north facing shear granite cliff.

John, a very special series of images... nature makes some wonderful natural plant combinations and vignettes. such as that gorgeous Eriogonum and Sedum combo... nice.  I've encountered Iris missouriensis many times, but oh, how could one recreate that incredible setting of fallen silvered branches and trunks with the Iris rising through to mirror the sky and water... thanks for capturing these and sharing.  And the Phyllodoce, ooh la la!