Rock garden quarterly

v78 #4

Allen Juba

LIVING MY ENTIRE life on the small, suburban, central New Jersey property that I have inhabited since the age of one and being interested in the cultivation of a vast array of plants has always been a challenge for me. By small, I mean a 50 ft by 100 ft (15 m by 30 m) lot that also includes a 35 ft...

From Alpines to Bogs: Gardening in Pots and Troughs in a Brooklyn Garden

Judi Dumont

I’M ALWAYS AMUSED by articles on “small gardens” which invariably feature a plot around the size of a small suburban yard. In Brooklyn, we know small, as in truly tiny or postage-stamp sized. Those of us in New York City and other dense urban environments are happy to have any outdoor space at all...

Rooftop Conifer Garden

Colby Feller

IN ANY GREAT pugilistic match, the first few rounds are a feeling out process. You have to learn the strengths and weaknesses of your opponent, adapt, and prepare for surprises. Like a boxing match, the conifer test and display garden atop the Arsenal in New York City, which was my first experience...

Trough Gardening Among Skyscrapers

Josie Lawlor

I HAVE BEEN the steward of a unique, urban garden for several years. It comprises two parallel terraces just a few floors above street level at Rockefeller Center in New York City, planted over 20 years ago as a rock garden. There are 98 troughs raised on pedestals, with shallow, inset green roof...

Closing the Garden Gate

Bobby J. Ward

AS THE NARGS Executive Secretary, a position that includes handling memberships, I often receive notes from members telling me that, because they are downsizing, they will have no space to garden, and therefore are canceling their memberships. I've often wanted to write back, suggesting they...

Constructing a Container Crevice Garden

Jeremy Schmidt, Bobby J. Ward

Jeremy Schmidt: In early 2020, Bobby Ward asked if I would like to build a tiny crevice garden in each of two half-barrel-sized outdoor containers. “Sure!” I said.

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This primrose is native to the Tsangpo River valley of Bhutan and Tibet where it grows in damp to marshy alpine meadows at 3700-4600 m above sea level. It often grows alongside Primula florindae but usually in drier areas. It was first collected by Frank Kingdon-Ward in 1926. Plants produce a rosette of elongate 10-20 cm long matt-green leaves and flower stems 20-75 cm, topped with a loose cluster of nodding, fragrant flowers. Blossoms, about 3...

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