As I mentioned in the previous post, during the cold months I like to read and review my photos and videos, remembering interesting places, sun and warmth. Today I will share photos from my archive of the wonderful Botanical Garden.
I have always been interested in how plants survive high in the mountains, how they can grow on rocks and stones. So a few years ago I was happy to visit the alpine plants section of the Botanical Garden.
There is flora from mountainous regions of the world, such as the European Alps and Pyrenees, Himalayan mountain meadows, North American highland meadows, Mediterranean shrub lands and the southern Alps of Victoria, Australia and New Zealand.
The photograph shows that the dwarf cedar shrub forms low, dense stands about a meter high on ridges. Other alpine plants occupy damp places, meadows or swamps, and have an abundance of primroses such as Primula nipponica and Rhodiola rosea.
Small plants are found where snow accumulates in deep drifts. Saxifraga asiatica and Сinerariа maritima are typical of these harsh habitats and survives in places such as alpine deserts.
As the winter snowpack melts in the Alpine zone, plants experience a burst of growth and flowering. The entire growing season is completed in about three months.
Since almost all alpine flora blooms during the same period, a spectacular flower show is often seen.
Have a nice day!
My video: RHS Garden Wisley
