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News from the Alpine Garden
28th August 2011
Butterfly on Carlina acaulis
Dendranthema zawadskii
Gentiana cashmeriana
Gentiana hexaphylla
Hirpicium armerioides
 Gentiana pannonica |
 Senecio and Kniphofia |
26th July 2011
Aster alpinus
Cyananthus lobatus
Meconopsis napaulensis-Hybride
Potentilla ambigua
Saussurea alpina subsp. depressa
24th July 2011
We’re well into summer now with the Himalayan Edelweiss in flower and the spikes of the Yellow Gentian, Gentiana lutea, framing the views to the mountains. The indigenous Saxifrages, Saxifraga aizoides and Saxifraga caesia, are in full bloom. Unusually, the early start to the summer with the snow melting at least 4 weeks ahead of time has been maintained with the flower buds of Eryngium alpinum turning blue already, which usually occurs in mid-August. Adding to the blue Felicia rosulata, shown in impressions from the 2nd of July, are the yellow “buttons” of Cotula socialis and the pink flowers of Diascia cf. barbarae. Another August flowerer, Senecio macrospermus, isn’t waiting for the weather to turn warmer before opening its yellow daisy-like blooms. Perhaps the Kniphofia caulescens will manage to flower this year before the garden closes on the 7th of September. The race is definitely on to flower and reproduce before the onset of autumn and/or winter.
Campanula cochlearifolia
Epilobium fleischeri
Gentiana lutea
Viola cornuta
2nd July 2011
Calceolaria biflora with sleet
Felicia rosulata from Lesotho, Southern Africa
Lilium carniolicum
Meconopsis napaulensis hybrid
Pyrola minor with sleet
Silene davidii from China
23rd June 2011
Ajuga pyramidalis
Asperula capitata
Leontopodium alpinum
Lotus alpinus
Mertensia ciliata
Primula muscarioides
Primula reidii "williamsii"
Thalictrum aquilegifolium
7th June 2011
The big attraction in July will undoubtedly be the Megacarpaea polyandra
with its majestic flower scape up to 2 m high. A member of the Cabbage Family,
Brassicaceae, it needs approximately 10 years from seed to flowering. After flowering
the scape is covered with large seeds, hence the name mega = large, carpaea = seed.
At the end of the season the plant dies and the next generation has to be propagated
from the seed again. This is definitely an unusual plant which does not tolerate any
heat or dryness when in growth.
Megacarpaea polyandra
The Blue Poppy from the Himalayas is also opening its first buds together
with the early flowering species of the Himalayan Primulas. On the way up
to the garden keep your eyes open for the sky blue flowers of Clematis alpina
growing beneath the trees. Gentians, Primulas, Pinguicula and other gems of the
meadows are also in full flower.
Arnebia pulchra
Clematis alpina
Cotula pyrethrifolia
Daphne glomerata
Gentiana angustifolia
Gentiana angustifolia 'Alba'
Primula ioessa
Primula parryi
Ranunculus parnassifolia
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