General Alpines

Viola beckwithii is a spectacularly beautiful violet of the eastern Sierra Nevada and northern Great Basin Steppes. Their bright little faces are seen dancing with the wind in early spring on drying meadows and sagebrush scrub. The fuzzy green/gray leaves are ternate with dissected linear leaflets. Hovering above these cushiony mounds are the pansy faced flowers. The lower petals in shades of fusha-white,with violet veins and yellow bases. The velvety upper petals are a deep maroon/purple.They often are found growing in loosely organized clonal fairy rings 12-18 inches across.

The topic named The Newsletter Link has been moved to NARGS and Chapter Events
http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=471.0

Just thought I'd mention that this is their last catalog, and that you can only buy until 12/26. Then it's 'poof,' gone, another quality rock garden essential disappearing forever. I guess it's part of the makeup of a business based on a hobby rather than one based on a business plan to close when the hobby became too much work, but it hurts nonetheless.

http://www.rmrp.com/SeedCatalog/OnlineCat/index-Onlinecat.html

We already have a category for "Sedum, Sempervivum, Jovibara, and other Crassulaceae", but since we also have things like hardy Delosperma, I'm starting this topic.

As is typical around here, we seem to get a secondary flush on many of our alpines come late September through October. Here are some current bloomers: Hypericum olympicum, Sedum middendorffianum 'Striatum', Pulsatilla pratensis 'Nigricans', Lindolofia longifolia and Papaver radicatum.