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A Dried up Riverbed

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Palustris:
   The next layer was sharp sand and 5 mm. grit in equal quantities.

Palustris:
The final layer is a mixture of 12 mm. gravel and some larger pebbles.

Palustris:
   The same sort of construction was continued on the other side of the path, except that since this was already a gravel garden and extremely well drained we did no more than scrape the gravel away, place the rocks and cover the area with sand.

Palustris:
   Now comes the interesting part, planting it up. For the first time ever though, I have not had plants in mind during the construction.


















The finished construction.

   The 'soil' is about 4 inches of sand over gravel and extremely well drained. It will need careful thinking about..
   Paul Cumbleton (Senior Supervisor of the Alpine Section at Wisley) very kindly suggested the following plants. I will have to go looking for some of them.
   Aquilegia jonesii Aquilegia laramiensis Aquilegia saximontana Aquilegia scopulorum Aster coloradoensis Astragalus coccineus Epilobium rigidum Eriogonum cespitosum Eriogonum douglasii var meridionale Eriogonum flavum var. piperi Eriogonum gracilipes Eriogonum kennedyi Eriogonum kennedyi var alpigenum Eriogonum kennedyi var kennedyi Eriogonum ovalifolium Eriogonum ovalifolium var. caelestinum Eriogonum ovalifolium var. nivale Eriogonum siskiyouense Eriogonum thymoides Eriogonum umbellatum Eriogonum wrightii ssp. subscaposum Hymenoxys acaulis Lewisia nevadensis var rosea Lewisia pygmaea Lewisia rediviva Penstemon californicus Penstemon davidsonii var. praeteritus Penstemon eriantherus Penstemon eriantherus var. redactus Penstemon eriantherus var. whitedii Penstemon humilis var. humilis Penstemon jamesii ssp. jamesii Penstemon janishiae Penstemon nanus Penstemon newberryi f. humilior Penstemon ophianthus Penstemon thompsonii Phlox hendersonii Phlox hoodii Phlox hoodii subsp. muscoides Phlox longifolia ssp. brevifolia Phlox opalensis Phlox pulvinata Phlox speciosa Primula rusbyi Silene californica Silene hookeri ssp bolandieri Townsendia condensata Townsendia exscapa Townsendia incana Townsendia leptotes Townsendia mensana Townsendia parryi Townsendia rothrockii white-flowered Townsendia spathulata Viola pedata

greenfinger:
Nice work, homo ludens! This kind of one's own experiences with trial and error is what magazine readers like most.
Success with the choice of the plants. In French there is a saying: "embarras de choix". When there is a lot to choose from it sometimes is difficult to make a choice.

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