AGS show purchases and garden photos

Wow! You've got a nice selection of new plants! They all are beautiful...

I love the pink saxifragas, great pictures again !

I like the Saxs as well. The trough will look good when you get it planted up. Oh dear, the buying season is back again :0).

Lots of fascinating plants there...
Pleased you enjoyed your visit to the AGS Show...
.. stunning blue of the Pulmonarias...
.. Blog added to GoYpedia Houseleeks. :o)

Lovely lovely selection AG we need to see the trough when planted now !.:o))

Nice interesting blog ,good selection of plants enough to keep you occupied
for a week or two !
Brian

A very inspiring blog, with some really beautiful photos, are these Saxifragas all hardy? I am very interested in the Jovibarba are these a cross between sempervivum and ? if you keep these plants on a scree bed how have they fared this winter? sorry about all these questions........I particularly like the pulmonaria and the pretty little anemone

i likin hte dionysia tapetodes - it so hapy wiht it yellow flowers -it deos it for me very much

This is a lovely collection of plants. I couldnt chose a favourite even if my life epended on it.

DD2, ask away but can't promise to answer to your satisfaction.
Jovibarbas are related to but seperate from sempervivums. There are a couple of obvious differences, the flowers of the Jovibarbas have six petals whilst sempervivums have more than 6 and with the Jovibarba heuffelii cultivars the method of propagation is by slicing through the central stem rather than the offsets which sempervivums make. I keep mine under cover because I grow them for the foliage and the leaves can be damaged by hail. They are hardy though.
The Allendale saxifragas are all hardy, though again I shall be growing mine in pots to save damage to the flowers, I will probably take them outside for the summer. That's my preference though and they would look really good in a trough or scree bed.
The saxifragas I grow on the scree bed are mostly the encrusted varieties and they survive anything that the weather can throw at them as do the sempervivums I have in the scree.
The anemone I got from a guy called Chris Chadwell who used to go on plant hunting expeditions to the Himalayas, might still do as far as I know. I have had this for many a years, perhaps 10, and it just doesn't seem to increase. It set seed one year but nothing resulted from sowing them.

Thanks for the information re the Jovibarba, have not seen any on sale here......I will look out for some encrusted? saxifraga varieties, It is hard to believe your Anemone is that old, a pity you cannot increase it .

Wow, wow and double wow. Is it true there is no cure for alpinophilia?

Are you calling me an alpinophiliac, Wagger? Hmm, I like the term.
Bulbaholic and alpinophiliac, I'll raise a glass to that.

My bank balance and I have been suffering from alpinophilia for many a year. Haven't found a cure yet but the fixes bring a lot of joy.

As do your photos! Thanks for showing us your purchases...just beautiful! :-)))

Thanks Spritz that's very kind.

I have just come across this blog and it is wonderful. I loved the saxifrages and then the blue of that pulmonaria never seen anything like it. Oh dear I am running out of words those snowdrops. I especially like two spot with his beady eyes and long ears, I wondered if he was a dog at some time lol. I enjoyed your blog very much, thank you for showing it.

Thank you SG. The best thing about the new plants is that they all seem to have survived this hot weather. Some of the saxifragas have formed nice cushions and I'm looking forward to seeing them next spring. Yes I like my grumpy dog too, perhaps one day he'll have pups!!

Hope so lol