Alpine House Last Photos

The final set of Harlow Carr pictures.Those boots were made for walking...untill the Sempervivums moved in.
They look like they were made to last the boots!











Its not all flowers :) here is the beautiful Ophiopogon Planiscarpis Nigrescens.A dwarf growing plant that has purple leaves, but when its exposed to drained soil and full sun they turn black.
Its also called Black dragon, or Ebony knight.I loved this darkness in the green/red/brightness of the other Alpine house plants.
This is a Blackswamp girl kind of plant.Its also on my wishlist now..





The gorgeous flowers of an unknown succulent with yellow crowns at the centre.

Alpine House photomix 2

The only plant I know the name of.This beauty is Calceolaria John Innes.I know because i photographed the name.
Calceolaria is latin for shoemaker.I thought it was a ladys slipper.
This one is from the slipperwort family.Its quite dainty, and very shoe shaped.










Spikey punk rock flower in the Alpine house.Its called Phyteuma Orbiculare, the Round headed Rampion.I think Sid Vicous would be a better name!








The beautiful flower on this reminds me of a chinese lantern. I need help naming this as well. With such a profusion of plants all close together labels get lost, moved, or stolen!
I thought it was nice all the plants were open along the shelves. As i left the Alpine house it said CCTV is in operation due to plant theft!
You can imagine it in florida (The Ghost Orchids etc) but not in Harrogate!

Alpine house photomix 1

Geranium Lawrence Flatman,look at the colours on this one!













A sempervivum in flower.Im used to the red and yellow flowers on the houseleeks in the alpine pot i had.These are like pink/white delicate blossoms, masses of them.











Another Sempervivum, a red one with the spiders web between the leaves.When i first saw the spider-ish ones I thought they had been left in a room for six months.It never occured to me that they would put fake cobwebs on.
Somebody scientific would explain what is the purpose of this on a house leek?

Alpine garden

The last place I will blog about is the Alpine houses, two long greenhouses with a myriad of alpine plants, cacti, succulents, and other plants that defy categorising.

This tour of Harlow Carr has taken me four days, i dont know how many photos i have uploaded slowly.

I love all the plants and flowers, being gardenless I took pleasure in all that I saw. Absorbed some of the spirit of that place.

Enjoy the photos,im cooking a late Sunday dinner of roast chicken.Bath, and then bed.In the indoor greenhouse I have new plants to blog about, not many flowers (you are not the only one Blackswamp girl), and more posts to write.Its back to work tomorrow for me :)

The memories will keep me going untill We go back again to Harlow Carr.