Wandering round the Alpine displays

That's surprising!

I practise what I preach and today found it difficult to find 9 Alpine plants with Purple or Mauve flowers for my 2017 Bee Friendly Plastic Trough. Most were pink or white.
Some were still in flower which helped.
Have now set them up in the famous Diane Bulley Gerbil compost so I know they will thrive. Cant afford Monty's
concrete creations.
These are :
Sisyrinchium Idahoese ' Rocky Point.'
Sisyrinchium 'E.K.Balls' (Whats this ? Ed Balls is getting himself into everything these days. Steragram will not be pleased.)
Aquilegia alpina ' Mini Star' (Remember how we loved the Mini cars ?)
Prunella ' Grandiflora' bella blue (Its that cat again.)
Thyme ' Lemon Curd' (expect the Hairy Bikers thought of that) its mauve, not lemon at all.
Rhodanthemum 'Marakesh' thats a pink one. Quite nice
Geranium cinereum ' Laurence Flatman' so is he also in Strictly come dancing ?
Androsace ' Ianuginosa' (must be one of the judges)
Platycodon ' Astra Blue' (ah - the R.A.F. Now we know where we are.)
All good fun.

You are going to have a beautiful trough. Why won't I be pleased please? I didn't know there was an alpine Platycodon.

Dont know. Just a joke.

Oh. I'm not a political animal! Anyway I looked him up and this is a different Balls altogether, a plant finder.
If you want any more Sysirynchinums let me know- they spread and I have spare ones.

Thank you for that information Stera - I have another trough, will keep an eye on Sysirynchium. Some Alpines spread quite easily some stay very quiet.
All plants are that bit warmer in troughs.
Will also keep a list with me when I go to the GC to watch for more Purple, or Mauve Alpines. Cant remember all these names.
The colour/3 deg worked with bigger plants, should be ok with Alpines.
I am just gearing up for those Bees next May !

Fun Blog Diane....?
are there any alpine campanula?
I like those.....

Hope its a mild winter.....brrrr

Thank you Pam. Interesting to find plant latin names that
link to Strictly Come Dancing. I never thought Ed Balls would be able to dance ! And our Bella too. Ha ha.