Alpine

They are fairly easy to look after and take up very little room. In fact most Alpines can be grown in containers such as old stone troughs or sinks or even a broken terracotta pot. Once you have grown a few alpines, you will easily get addicted and will be on the lookout for new varieties. Summerhill pride ourselves on having a excellent range 12 months of the year.

The choice of plants is enormous, with plants available for most soil conditions. Many need an alkaline soil but a few such as gentians are lime haters and require an acid soil. We recommend John Innes No2 mixed with Coarse Grit,  mixing both together giving you a 50/50 mixture. This compost and grit is available in our Yard Department. Many are grown as rockery plants, in scree gardens or as plantings in cavities in stone walls. However you decide to grow your alpines, they do need to be in very well drained soil. Many alpine plants in their natural habitat, grow with a minimum of soil and basically have their roots in near pure gravel. These are the sort of conditions that you need to create for your plants.

Some of the Varieties we stock seasonally;

Armeria juniperfolia	Lithodora	Saxifraga
Aubrieta	Oxalis	Sedum
Dianthus	Phlox	Viola
Gentiana	Lewisia	Pulsatilla

Feeding Garden Plants	Rootgrow Mycorrhizal Fungi	Compost