Rock garden plants are also known as alpine plants or rockery plants, and many of them originate from inhospitable mountainous regions where they are buffeted by extremes of weather. This makes ...

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They are also very drought tolerant, so they are ideal for rock gardens or for planting in cracks between paving or walls, and window boxes. But the traditional way of displaying alpines is in ...

Non-forest alpine plant communities exist on 11 of the Adirondack’s highest peaks, comprising a total of only 85 acres. Here, scattered amongst exposed rock surfaces encrusted with a wide variety of ...

High-elevation treelines are a global phenomenon, but the large-scale ecological and physiological mechanisms that define their existence still elude ecologists. The upper altitudinal limit of ...

Are you looking to add some year round greenery to your outdoor space? These evergreen ground covers are a perfect way to ...

Alpine and Mediterranean plants, rare and unusual bulbs, vegetable patch Gilles grew up in France, where he started gardening at an early age. He loved nature and was fascinated with plants and ...

Work has started on constructing Switzerland’s largest alpine photovoltaic power plant at an altitude of 2,500 metres above sea level. The 2.2 megawatt plant is expected to produce enough ...

Alpine Garden- Preserve Indigenous Culture and Native Plants by Z'scape is the public vote winner for the landscape project category of Dezeen Awards 2021. Public vote winner for landscape project ...

There are hundreds of thousands of plant species on the planet, from tiny alpine plants to massive jungle palms. Their leaves vary in area from less than 1 square millimetre to greater than 1 ...

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