A Real Alpine Garden

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Growing naturally at around 2000 metres altitude, many of the plants we cultivate in our gardens have their origins in the Alps. During our recent holiday we walked through alpine meadows, where we saw….

Dryas octopetala

Aster alpinus

A Rampion sp, Phyteuma with a white compositae, daisy to you and me.

More Phyteuma, either obiculare or globariifolium

Knautia dipsacifolia, a scabious.

More Rampions and Daisies

Campanula thyrosoidea?

Veratrum alba? The white false Helleborine

A dwarf Alchemilla

Orchids in the marshy area feeding the lake with glacial melt water.

Blue bellflowers with Clovers

Rocky areas sheltering little treasures

A wild Geranium

The cultivated area around the lake puts on a wonderful display during the summer holiday season.
Aquilegia, with enormous flowers

Lupins in an amazing variety of clolours

Cultivated martagon Lilies, althought they do grow wild in the mountains here. I think that Lily beetles don’t survive here as the lilies show no signs of attack. Slugs are not a problem as they would freeze during the winter.

Ivy leaved Pelagoniums. This must be the most unusual greenhouse for tender plants!

Returning to the UK, my garden was parched and wilting. No substantial rain for almost a month here in the south! I am still in the process of tidying up the overgrown plants and clearing away the dead vegetation. I think I will need a holiday!

• 29 Jul, 2014
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