Plant Travels and Excursions

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Yukon wildflower trip

Submitted by Vaxvick on Tue, 07/23/2013 - 20:57

Canada's Yukon and northern British Columbia are not the exotic locations reported by some NARGS members, but I thought I'd try to post some photos from our trip this June 15-July 12, at the height of the wildflower season there.  Many of the plants we see grow also in the Rockies and many are circumpolar.  There are a number that fall into the category of "why aren't we growing these!" and I hope to track down a seed source for a few.  One of the advantages of the area is the ease of getting to the alpine:  one can drive to the alpine on the Dempster and Haines highways

Flor & Fjære

Submitted by Hoy on Sun, 06/16/2013 - 14:48

Saturday we visited a restaurant with a huge garden on the island of Hidle in Ryfylke, one hour drive and to boat trips south of us.

The garden is planted with 50000 annuals every year in a framework of trees and shrubs, small lakes, creeks and paths. Some of the exotic shrubs and palms are brought inside during the winter. The climate is mild so some exotics like the old olive tree stay outside all year.

Although the weather wasn't the best we had a very nice day and the food was good too!

Spring hike Myking

Submitted by Hoy on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 01:22

Yesterday we decided to take a hike. Our goal was the highest summit in this area. The terrain here can't boast of spectacular alpine forms but is a calm undulating landscape - an undulating piece of a Precambrian peneplain tilting a little from west to east. No steep mountain sides, no avalanches either! But a lot of bogs, lakes, creeks, dry ridges and moraines. The lower parts are covered by spruce forests and pine at the driest sites. Higher up birch forests take over although the spruces are slowly creeping upwards. When my father-in-law was a boy no tree was to be seen up here.

Spring in South West England

Submitted by deesen on Sun, 02/24/2013 - 13:01

Although today was bitterly cold (by South West England standards- 36F!) and with intermittent light snow flurries we made out first visit of the year to Killerton House. Killerton is our nearest National Trust Property and the house and estate occupy some 6400 acres on the eastern side of the City of Exeter. The grounds comprise mostly of steep wooded hillsides on top of which are the remains of an Iron Age hill fort. The gardens were originally created by John Veitch in the 1770's.

An Acre Sacred

Submitted by Peden on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 21:01

What makes a barren a barren? This half acre in Plattsburgh New York is really cool stuff. First; summer here was hot and
dry. A good chunk of my beloved Hudsonia heath on this tiny chunk of earth appears to be quite dead as a result.