Nice article Lynn with great information. I've been trying to add some of these amazing plants to my sempervivum and sedum gardens and containers the last few years too. The fact that so many of them remain small it a plus due to space limitations. I love the color of the Gentiana! I grew Leontopodium for a long time but lost it 2 winters ago. I have to try it again, my Dad loved it. Thanks for a great article.

So much information and so many tempting plants! The Leontopodium and Polygala are wonderful!

Alpines are such a fascinating group and your article made them even more enticing.

Thanks, Lynn, for a great and very informative article! :thumbsup:

Just look at this sweet and unusual little plant. : )
Aloinopsis spathulata


And this tiny Pentstemon nitidus

Love your article Lynn, great information and I love the plants.!!

There are so many others that I couldn't put them all in the article. I'll have to add more here in these response threads.

Sounds good - keep adding them! I'm enjoying every one.

You know, umpteen years ago, when I first started gardening, Edelweiss was one of the very first things I planted. Fascinated by them!

I had never seen one until last year. I am also fascinated by them. Right now it is just a little tuft of green leaves out in the bed. Can't wait until it blooms again. I think of the song from the Sound of Music every time I see it. : )

Did I tell you I had the good fortune to meet one of the Von Trapp grandsons? Such a wonderful young man.

How fascinating, Lynn, to meet him!
Was it in the Alps?

No, it was at the Best Buy store in Salem, OR. Many of the family live in the Portland, OR area.

Wish it was the Alps.

I just had to share with all of you the great news about my Polygala chamaebuxus. It is forming new plants from the roots system.



I also acquired a new plant for the alpine collection, Aquilegia scopulorum. A very tiny Aquilegia, perfect for an alpine garden.

That's great Lynn. The Aquilegia scopulorum is really pretty, I love the color. I gave your photo a thumbs up on the database!!!

Thank you Margaret. I was so excited when I found that little miniature Aquilegia.

It's a real cutie.

I didn't even know they came that tiny. Now I want to see if there are others out there in other colors.

Love that little Aguilegia!!

I really didn't know what to expect from this tiny Aguilegia, as it was not in bloom when I bought it at the Denver Botanical Gardens in CO. What a wonderful surprise when came into bloom last week. Will be interesting to see how long the bloom period is.

In my quest for more diminutive alpine plants for the raised beds, I found this one. It is now added to one of the beds.
Penstemon mexicali Pike's Peak Purple

Lynn, that's a little cutie too!!