General Forum

A nice little rock garden in northern Banff N.P. - a small subalpine fir, Abies lasiocarpa, managing to hang on in a sheltered spot above treeline, with Sedum lanceolatum and Erigeron aureus:

Is this a useful resource for a first crevice garden?

Photos of crevice gardens show flat stones laid on edge to form roughly parallel lines. But how are the lines supposed to be oriented, so it looks more natural?

Our garden area is on a slope. Are the lines supposed to follow the contour of the hill, so they are horizontal? Or are they supposed to run from high to low?

Janet

I'm amending garden soil and need to add "coarse, sharp sand"—but I don't know what measurement corresponds to "coarse." The local nurseries and home improvement centers sell sand, but they don't describe it by grain size.

Can somebody please provide me with a brand and product name of the right kind of sand? Or a picture of some sand grains next to a ruler?

Janet

Am getting a good crop of seed from my T. speciosa this year. Would like to donate some to the NARGS seed exchange. 

Does anyone have suggestions on how to prepare the seed for donation? Do I take the "juicy" covering off or let dry with it on? Let dry? Keep moist? 

Thanks,

Sue 

Are there instructions anywhere which explain how to post photos to the plant gallery? 

It seems that it would involve editting an existing page with the new cultivar or new species name, and submitting the new photo, but I'm afraid to do that  since that might delete or modify the existing page.

Also, how about if I simply want to add another photo to a species that already has several photos attached to it?  How is that done/

Thanks for any help.

Spring seems to have sprung in the Pacific Northwest, where we have enjoyed a very mild winter, in sharp contrast to the eastern US.  Here is a glance around the garden today.  Very ordinary plants still give a lot of pleasure.

A 'Satsuma' plum in full bloom, Corydalis dicentrifolia, Anemone nemorosa 'Virescens', Anemone blanda

I tend to have left-overs from my seed gathering efforts of the past season, as well as a some extras from society seed exchanges. When I was freshly addicted to gardening, I traded these seeds with great fervor, mostly using GardenWeb and word of mouth to find trading partners. Nowadays, I don't trade quite so much any more, but I still like to scout around for gardeners with interesting seeds on offer, and do some trading every year. So I was disappointed to see that the seed exchange lists at GardenWeb have disappeared, as part of their transition to Houzz.com earlier this year.

Does anyone have an extra copy of Rocky Mountain Alpines (from the 1986 NARGS conference in Colorado) they'd be willing to sell? A member has lost hers and would like to find her a replacement.  Thanks!

Does any one got plant import permit from Canada. I  am visiting Japan in March and found out from a NARGS member that there is going to be a large alpine plant sale in Tokyo on 15th March.Please help me. I went to the site about getting the permit but confused.Do i have to get one permit for all plants bundled up as alpines or ornamentals or for each species or genus.I dont know what I am going to get till i go the venue