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TURNING THE CORNER in a woodland path at the Denver Botanic Gardens many years ago, I was blown away by hundreds of blooming cyclamen seemingly thrown down like a Persian carpet beneath the trees....
Shenk’s Ferry Wildflower Preserve, well known for its unique trillium, is the valley of Grubb Run, one of several glens that drain into the lower Susquehanna River....
New Jersey is a paradoxical state. It’s the most densely populated state in the United States, and it’s hardly the first place people think of for natural areas....
HORTICULTURALLY, 2013 WAS a big year for me. I had just graduated from Longwood Garden’s Professional Gardener Training Program and completed internships at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland and Lautaret Alpine Botanical Garden in France....
MOST ROCK GARDENERS seem to design a corner to grow choice alpines in troughs. In the right spot, with the right mix of soil, troughs seem to facilitate growing a wider range of tiny plants and challenging alpines than in the ground....
In June of 2018, NARGS Tours and Adventures went to Yunnan, China. These are some of the impressions and images from the people lucky enough to explore this botanical hot spot. ...
The leader of the team of drivers for the NARGS tour of Yunnan was a man named Yang Adong who, in addition to his day job, is an astonishingly talented photographer....
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 General Description:Silene alpestris, aka Heliosperma alpestre, is commonly called the alpine catchfly. It is native to damp but stony meadows and slopes, at an elevation of 1200-2500 m. It's range is from the eastern Alps to the Balkans, usually on limestone substrates. Plants form low tufts or mats to 15 cm high. It spreads slowly by thin rhizomes. Narrow deep green leaves are paired. The white flowers are produced in loose terminal cymes June to August. Individual flowers... |
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 Dan Pearson, Natural Selection: A Year in the Garden. Guardian Books and Faber and Faber, London, 2017. 421 pp. List $26.95 Amazon: $17.67 |