growitall said:I just got a note back from Edelweiss - they are amazingly responsive - seems like a great place!
The owner(?) says:
"Thanks for letting us know. It’s funny, I just noticed a week ago when I was dividing the plants that there were tags with Draba a. and Arabis a. and I made a note to verify which one it actually is. And, yes, Arabis makes more sense."
So, it does it appear to be a case of mixing up tags!
He is wonderful, loves his plants and has some very interesting plants that can be difficult to find. He's the one that got me interested in alpine type plants that will grow well in the same beds with my sempervivum.
The photo above is all the same plant. When a rosette matures it changes it appearance. It was interesting to watch it morph from the original small rosettes that you see in that clump, into the very different looking mature rosette in the center of the clump.
You are correct, those don't look anything like what I was sold as A. sarmentosa.
I'll have to see where I got it from, I know it didn't come from Edelweiss.
Here it is when I bought it. I found the photo with the tag, I got it from Wild Ginger Farm. Another great place for alpine plants.
http://www.wildgingerfarm.com/...
I wonder if it is my very dry growing conditions in full sun that make it look like it does in the previous post?
