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The photographs in this Gallery, have been very kindly donated by members of The Alpine Garden Update Club for your enjoyment. I am indebted to them all for their generosity and kindness. Please respect their individual copyrights.
None of the photographs in this Gallery may be reproduced without the written permission of the owners.


 
 
 

Congratulations Cliff !!!!

Hey everyone....Give Cliff Booker a big round of applause. His Ranunculus seguirei won the prestigious Farrer Medal award at the East Cheshire Show today. He also won his Alpine Garden Society Gold Merit Medal at the same show.

Saturday May 20th 2000.......A day to remember. Glad I was there !!!!! Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Cliff's address if you want to send him your best wishes is c.booker2@ukonline.co.uk
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From my very dear friends in Australia, Rene & Gary Buckley come this wonderful collection of bulbous plants. Gary owns and administrates Suite 101'sAlpine & Bulbs Discussion Group, one of my favourite places to visit. Why not call in and say 'Hello' to two beautiful people.
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Cypella hauthalii ssp opalina Gethyllis species
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Ipheion sellowianum Leucocoryne species
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Narcissus calcicola Oxalis regnellii
And from the Munchkin Nursery of Gene Bush come three enticing woodland beauties
Immediate right: Tricyrtis nana
Below: Cypripedium reginae
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This beautiful Lady's Slipper Orchid was photographed by Gunnar Larsonn near his home in Sweden.
You can see other photos on Gunnar's web site at Pixbo Garden.
Click here to take you there.
Rhododendron atlanticum Cottingham
 
 

This split petalled azalea comes from the camera of Mike Creel of South Carolina
 
The 'Large Gold Medal' winning entry of the North Lancs Group
The Holker Hall Great Garden and Countryside Festival is well established and has become the premier horticultural event in North West England. 
The North Lancs. Group of the Alpine Garden Society has entered a display there for each of the past five years. In that time it has won a silver gilt medal, two Gold medals and two Large Gold Medals and two Best in Show Cups. 
1999 was a vintage year for the Group when its display "Alpines around the World" won a Large Gold Medal and a Best in Show Cup. 
The Group welcomes new members to its winter meetings on the third Thursday in each month from September to April. These take place at the Unitarian Church Hall, Scotforth, on the A6 just south of Lancaster city centre. Enquiries to the Group Secretary:Ken Kitchen or to the Membership and Publicity Secretary: Les Brown

Gladiolus cardinalis

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Gladiolus dalenii 
 
The two Gladioli above are by kind permission of Dave Fenwick and were taken in his Plymouth UK garden in July 99. For more wonderful photos of Dave's South African bulbous collection, see Plants Of South Africa See also David's fabulous Crocosmia Web Site
And some more extremely nice Rhododendrons from Mike Creel's collection
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Rhododendron prunifolium Rhododendron serrulatum
Have you visited A Small Irish Garden yet? You must not miss Elizabeth Law's beautiful Dublin garden. These two hardy Geraniums are from Elizabeth, Her garden is full of so many exciting and rare plants. Take a look here.
Geranium aspheloides Geranium sylvaticum ' Mayflower' 
Hannelotte Kindlund has created the most fascinating alpine garden in the remote countryside of Sweden. She invites you to see her treasured alpine collection right here
Arisaema amurense  Ranunculus alpestris v traunfellneri 
I had the pleasure of personally visiting Graham Leatherbarrow's Paradise Garden a few weeks ago and it is magnificent. Take your own virtual trip right here. 
Helleborus sternii Helleborus orientalis hybrid
From the camera of Betty Mackey come these photographs of troughs. How to make them and how to place them. Betty is the publisher of Joyce and Rex's "Creating & Planting Garden Troughs (See Book Reviewhere)
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Constructing Hypertufa  Troughs at a US Workshop Troughs in Wave Hill, Botanical Garden in Bronx, New York. 
And from the Trough Maestro herself, Joyce Fingerut, come these two photographs, reproduced from her book "Creating & Planting Garden Troughs"
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A classic scene of planted troughs at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, showing how well the troughs, companion plantings, and paved areas complement one another. A collection of troughs made by Roberta Berg, an artist in Massachusetts. She makes, plants, and sells these highly artistic troughs. 
Rick Lambert from Northamptonshire has his own alpine site "ALPINE VIEWS" which you can visit here.
Rick recently took a holiday in Devon and has kindly offered these photographs for your enjoymnet
Cuscuta epithymum Parasitic annual on Ulex europaeus. Does not kill host plant. Coastal cliffs north west facing Baggy Point. North Devon. UK 
Anacamptis pyramidalis Growing in coastal sand dunes at sea level. Braunton Burrows. North Devon UK  Dactylorhiza sp. (majalis or fuchsii?) Sheltered area of coastal sand dune. Good moisture levels Growing in low grass and herbage Braunton Burrows. North Devon. UK
From New Zealand and photographer par excellence, Tony Palmer has sent us in these beautiful photographs. My apologies to Tony for the reduction in size from the originals which was necessary to get them on this page. To see his wonderful collection of Alpine and Bulb photographs, you are strongly recommended to visit his Kellydale Nursery site here.
Romulea hirta Hebe ochracea 'James Stirling' a lovely whipcord type which grows well even in Auckland
Tetratheca thymifolia ' Bibelles'  Tetratheca thymifolia ' Bibelles' Close up
Raoulia hookeri var albo-sericea Michelia doltsopa and a silver tree fern, Cyathea dealbata, just at the back of Tony's rock garden.
For my friends in Britain, the 'strange' blue background in this photo is a New Zealand Winter sky. Tony has taken great delight in sending me a number of shots of this strange phenomenon, Thought I'd share it with you.
Never a site for showing you mundane common-or-garden plants. The Alpine Garden takes immense pleasure in presenting the latest in a batch of glorious Hellebore hybrids from the breeding programme of our Tasmanian friend John Dudley. Check out John's Elizabeth Town Nursery here
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This is Mrs. Betty Ranicar. I named it for a fine friend and great gardener now sadly gone. She was quietly chuffed when I asked her for the priviledge of using her name, that ocassion remains my fondest memory of her. The cultivar arose as many fine plants do as an accident of nature. .........................John Dudley Helleborus 'Mrs. Betty Ranicar' Close up
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These anemone centered types are my favourites, this one is a cross twixt, Mrs. Betty Ranicar and a selection of mine from hybrid swarm from Helleborus orientalis abchasicus. ..........................................John Dudley This new plant is the result of a cross, Mrs. Betty Ranicar and a pink colour break of Helleborus orientalis gutattus from seed gatherd in Turkey. 
From yours truly for all those interested in Hardy Geranium come these two shots of a G.sessiliflorum hybrid
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Geranium 'Black Ice' Geranium 'Black Ice' in close up
Another delightful set of photographs, this time from Franz Hadacek Snr, in Austria. Franz has just opened his new web site so please pay him a visit HERE
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Anemone pavonina Erigeron 'Canary Bird''
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Viola delphinantha Dracunculus vulgaris

 

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