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Erinus alpinus |
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| | 'Dr. Hahnle' in a trough |
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| | 'Dr. Hahnle' in the rock garden |
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| Common name |
alpine balsam |
| Family |
plantaginaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-10) |
| Flowers |
violet (spring into summer) |
| Size |
2-4" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil, not too dry |
From seed  |
germinate at room temperature
detailed seed-starting info below
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Cushion-forming plant, suitable for rock gardens. Easy enough to start from seed, but my first two attempts to establish them in our garden were unsuccessful. In a third attempt, I managed to coax one plant through its first summer and winter, and transplanted it to our rock garden the following spring. It did OK, even bloomed (I didn't take a picture), and seemed fine until the summer drought did it in shortly after I took the photo at right. On subsequent attempts, I've had some more success (as well as more failures), with both the dainty 'Dr. Hahnle' variety and a white-flowered one.
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| | White-flowered variety with a different habit |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Joern | Jan 29, 2013 | Hi. I think your site is fantastic easy to overweaw, no commersials and no talk about things that are outside the thema! I will be constant user (from Denmark EU)
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- Seed from '00 trade. Baggy 70F (92%G, 5-8d)
- Seed for 'Dr. Hahnle' from '02 trade. Baggy 70F (75+%G, starting 8d)
- Seed from '08 trade. Baggy 70F (88%G, 8-10d)
- Seed from '08 trade. Baggy 70F (71%G, 8-12d)
- Seed from '08 trade. Baggy 70F (70%G, 12-16d)
- Seed for 'Dr. Hahnle' from NARGS '11/'12 exchange. Baggy 70F (60%G, 9-19d)
- Seed for 'Dr. Hahnle' from NARGS '11/'12 exchange. Baggy 70F (67%G, 7-12d)
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