Newly planted alpines plus others!

Really pretty. I bet they will thrive.

Love your choices, I hope they continue to do well for you..... we have been growing them for over 40 years, some successfully and others not so, my OH has always had a keen interest in them and used to cover the old fashioned sinks with a mix as recommended by Geoff Hamilton!! so you can tell how long ago it was.....
June is looking healthy and long may she do so!!

I love your mini gardens. since I joined the SRGC (Alpine society in England) I have learned lots about alpine plants. Goy members Bjs and Pcw are both skilled growers of alpines, miniature bulbs etc. Also Moongrower and Bulbaholic are also keen supporters of the SRGC

They look very pretty in those arrangements :)

You have done a lovely job planting up all those containers Chris..and you have chosen some very pretty plants too..I'm sure they will give you years of pleasure..:o)

They look lovely. I do like the idea of “mini” gardening . . . I suppose bonsai count?!

Karen they 'might ' thrive - I am not quite as optimistic as you!

DD We too adapted an old sink in the Geoff Hamilton way but I seem to remember the covering came off in the end and it was back to being just an old sink!

Meadowland. Yes the hosta is called 'June.'

Scotsgran. I love to see the alpines grown by Bjs and others who really know what they are doing. There are some real treasures amongst them.

Hywel. Thank you, I like doing things like that so now I just have to look after them properly!

Bloomer. You know the old saying 'While the cat's away, the mice will play!!' I seem to have been to a few garden centres this week........just to pass the time of course!!!

Sheila - of course your beautiful bonsai count! There is a lot more skill involved in that. I just buy a few pretty plants and stick them in a pot!!

These little alpine beds look as if they are going to be very rewarding.

You've chosen a very nice selection - obviously have an eye for arranging things attractively too! Hope you get lots of pleasure from them.

I really like what you have done with your alpines. long may the grow and flourish for you.

Interesting choices there Wildrose. Good mixture of different plants and various containers. Those should do very well.

Love your mini gardens, a lovely selection of plants.
Hope they thrive for you.

Love your arrangements, particularly the first one. Suspect one or two plants will need a keen eye kept on them or they will take over.

I have often added wild violets to ours as the flowers are small but they also tend to spread.

Stroller, thank you, I did enjoy putting them together.

Stera, I do like arranging things particularly flowers. I have a lot of patience with SOME things but not much patience with others!!!

Sbg - I shall do my best to look after them, the winter will be the testing time. Perhaps I need an alpine house!!!

Terra and Marjorie - thanks for your encouragement - it means a lot :-)

Eirlys, you are quite right, some will try to take over, so I must keep an eye on the ones that are the culprits!!

Thanks to ALL of you.
xx

What super choices Chris. An Alpine House sounds like a brilliant idea as you've obviously got a flair for choosing some good companions.

They look super :-)

Thank you Dawnsaunt for being so kind.

Waddy - I was just 'dreaming' of an Alpine House, I need more pennies in my piggy bank first!!!

We gardeners can always find those elusive pennies when we need to. Go for it Chris.