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News from the Alpine Garden
7th September 2013
Aconitum anthora
Eryngium alpinum
Eryngium bourgatii
Kniphofia caulescens
Saxifraga diversifolia
Senecio macrospermus
18th – 22nd August 2013
Late summer flowering is perhaps not as showy as peak flowering in July but there
are still many beauties to discover. Campanula cochlearifolia is the first
alpine in flower the hiker can spot. Shortly after passing the Wettersteinalm, where
the tree canopy thins the flowers decorate rocks and crevices all the way up to the
Schachen. The flowers of the red hot poker, Kniphofia caulescens, create a
contrast with the Eryngium alpinum flowers which are darkening to an ever
deeper blue. The flowers of Jurinea dolomiaea are arranged in a compact
stemless rosette in the middle of the leaves. The warm dry weather of July will
have influenced this seldom seen plant to flower.
On the 10th of September (2:30 p.m.) the Alpine Garden
closes for the season but before then there is still time to hike up and admire
the Gentians which flower in late summer, such as Gentiana ascaepiadea,
G. pannonica and G. aspera which can be found on the Teufelsgesäss
near the Garden. In the Alpine Garden Gentiana caschmerica, G. gelida,
G. paradoxa and other late flowering Gentians are coming in to flower.
Allium macranthum
Campanula cochlearioides
Cyananthus lobatus
Epilobium angustifolium
Eryngium alpinum
Gentianella aspera
Jurinea dolomiaea
Sedum kamschaticum
3rd – 7th August 2013
August is the month when the Lesotho collection shines out. Even though the majority of visitors remain unaware of the importance of this collection of southern African plants, I think that their beauty impresses all of the visitors at this time of the season. After the heat of July the late summer bloomers are appearing with the Eryngium alpinum flowers turning blue and Gentian paradoxa in bud. The first Gentianella campestris flower was spotted in the 1st week of August in the garden. The steady rain which fell on Friday, the 9th of August, will bring relief to the stressed higher forbs and ease the way into late summer and autumn.
Cotula socialis
Delphinium beesianum
Diascia barberae
Geranium multisectum
Hieracium aurantiacum
Leontopodium alpinum
Meconopsis napaulensis-Hybride
Scuttellaria alpina
Senecio abrotanifolius
Stachys monieri
20th – 25th July 2013
The last 3 weeks have been particularly hot and dry. Even on the normally moist
Schachen the gardeners have been watering. The main flowering season is as
bountiful as ever with numerous Meconopsis napaulensis hybrids coming
into flower as well as the stately Meconopsis paniculata. Lilium martagon
is magnificent at the moment with some particularly good examples flowering in
the Alpine Garden. The European Edelweiß (Leontopodium alpinum) is
still in flower, while the Himalayan Edelweiß are just starting to bloom.
Leontopodium calocephalum is particularly pretty specie in flower now.
Beat the heat and hike
up to the Schachen early in the
morning while it is still cool and spend the day relaxing on one of the benches
in the shade of Pinus cembra in the Alpine Garden.
Arenaria purpurascens
Leontopodium alpinum
Leontopodium calocephalum
Lilium martagon
Meconopsis betonicifolia, Rhododendron hirsutum
Meconopsis napaulensis-Hybride
Meconopsis napaulensis-Hybride
Primula reidii
Primula secundiflora
Veratrum albidum
Blick nach Nordost
Blick nach Nordwest
Blick zur Zugspitzplatte
6th – 11th July 2013
Visitors to the Alpine Garden last week report populations of Platanthera chlorantha and Cephalanthera damasonium in full flower in the forest along the Kälbersteig to the Schachen. Neottia nidus-avis, a saprophitic Orchid can also be seen amongst the above mentioned Orchids. For those hikers who chose to walk up from the Wanderparkplatz near Schloss Elmau Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. fuchsii grows along the forestry road as far as the Wettersteinalm and is then replaced by Gymnadenia conopsaea up to the Schachen. Traunsteinera globosa and Nigritalla nigra can be spotted between the goods cable car (not for public transportation) of the Meiler Hut and the Schachenhaus. In the Alpine Garden Gymnadenia conopsaea, which has seeded freely throughout the garden, is in full flower. A small selection of other flower highlights follow this text. The Lilies were just opening on writing and this coming week we expect Lilium martagon, L. kesselringianum and L. jankae to be in full flower.
Alpine garden
Androsace lehmannii
Aquilegia aurea
Carex baldensis
Meconopsis lancifolia
Meconopsis quintuplinervia
Meconopsis simplicifolius
Meconopsis × cookei
Meconopsis × sheldonii
Megacarpaea polyandra
Papaver alpinum
Primula sikkimensis var. hopeana
27th June 2013
The Alpine Garden opened today for the summer in the middle of the first heat wave with 32°C in Munich and a more comfortable 22°C on the Schachen. The yellow flowers of Meconopsis integrifolia make a welcome display near the entrance, with Meconopsis × sheldonii in bud nearby. The meadows surrounding the garden are carpeted with a grand display of Primula farinosa, Gentiana acaulis and G. clusii with small clumps of Gentiana verna between.
Alpine garden
Primula amuela
Townsendia rothrockii
Trollius dschungarica
Wulfenia carinthiaca
18th June 2013
The Alpine Garden opened today for the summer in the middle of the first heat wave with 32°C in Munich and a more comfortable 22°C on the Schachen. The yellow flowers of Meconopsis integrifolia make a welcome display near the entrance, with Meconopsis × sheldonii in bud nearby. The meadows surrounding the garden are carpeted with a grand display of Primula farinosa, Gentiana acaulis and G. clusii with small clumps of Gentiana verna between.
Adonis pyrenaica
Androsace laevigata
Caltha palustris
Iris ruthenica
Meconopsis integrifolia
Megacarpaea polyandra
Ranunculus seguieri
27th May 2013
Alpine garden
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