Alpines in Colour and Cultivation: With 80 Plates in Colour and 30 Illustrations |
Contents
PREFACE | 11 |
BUILDING A ROCK GARDEN | 13 |
Simple constructional rules | 16 |
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Aethionema ALBA Alpine House Androsace April-May Asia Minor Aubrieta August-September bears large bears sprays bell flowers best grown blue flowers borne Burseriana Campanula CAMPANULACEAE charm clear pink clear white flowers clusters colour Comm COMPOSITAE crimson dwarf ERICACEAE Europe flat flowers flowers of bright flowers of clear flowers of deep foliage forms Garden origin garden soil golden green foliage green leaves grey grey-green foliage grow Haberlea hairy Himalayas hybrid inches July-August June June-July June-September large flowers lavender leafy soil light soil LILIACEAE lime-free soil March-April May-June moist N.W. America orange oval petals pink flowers plant Primula produces propagated from seed prostrate purple Pyrenees RANUNCULACEAE Resembling Rock Garden ROSEA rosettes round Saxifraga scree SCROPHULARIACEAE Sempervivum sepals shade shiny short stems shrub similar species stemless sunny sunny exposure sunny position thrives best tight tiny tips tuft umbels variety violet yellow flowers Yunnan