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The Crevice - The Journal of the AGCVI

The Crevice is a valued publication by our Editor Valerie Melanson.

(To download or to read an issue, click on the title or the PDF icon)

The Crevice 2018

The Crevice # 46 - Spring 2018 Part 1

 Eswyn Garden Report: Gift of Saxifrage, by Karen Unruh
 Rex Murfitt, by June Strandberg
Wild Orchids & Other Wild Flowers of Southern Italy 2018, by Marion Summerer
 Visit to Vel & Dan’s Garden, June 4, 2018, by Valerie Melanson
 My Trip to Iran, by Judy Millicheap
 Plant Portrait: Verbascum acaule, by Ger van den Beuken
Spring: What’s New in My Garden: Paddy Mark, Lori Pross, Linda Der

The Crevice #46 - Spring 2018 Part 2

Plant Portrait: Saxifraga oppositifolia, by David Sellars
Some Irises Flowering for the First Time, Spring 2017, by Ian Efford
 New Iris in Editor’s Garden, Spring 2018, by Valerie Melanson
 Coming in the Summer Issue: Visit to Shane & Dany’s Gardens.

The Crevice 2017

The Crevice #45-Early Spring 2017 Part 1

Upcoming Events

Eswyn Alpine & Rock Garden Report: 3 Crocuses

Plant Portrait: Nototriche macleanii

Meeting Report

The Crevice #45 -Early Spring 2017-Part 2

VIRAGS Spring Show & Sale March 17-18

Whats New In my Garden- Paddy Mark, Vel Rhodes & Dan Schwarz, June Strandberg & David Sellars

The Crevice #45-Early Spring 2017-Part 3

Canadian Bred Reticulata-Down the Road -Alan McMurtrie

Small Daphnes and their cultivation-Jiri Papousek

Tunneling into First Class Rock Gardening- Zdenek Zvolanek & Jiri Papousek

Photos From AGC Spring Show & Sale

The Crevice 2016

The Crevice #40-Early Spring 2016-Part 1

Events Report

Eswyn Alpine & Rock Garden Report

Plant Portrait- Morisia monanthos

Kabschia Saxifrages by David Sellars

The Crevice #40-Early Spring 2016-Part 2

Spring Ephemerals by Terry Taylor

What's New In my Garden
AGCVI Activities Report

The Crevice #41-Spring-Summer 2016-Part 1

Eswyn Garden Report

AGCVI Special Event Reports
  *Road Trip to Beacon Hill Park
  *Malcolm McGregor Visit
  *David Sellars Visit

The Crevice #41-Spring-Summer 2016-Part 2

Report From One Corner of the Czech Karst by ZdenÄ›k Zvolánek & Zdena Zvolánková, Czech Republic
Canadian Bred Reticulata Iris by Alan McMurtrie

The Crevice #41-Spring-Summer 2016-Part 3

What's New In My Garden

Garden Visits

The Crevice #42-Late Summer 2016

Upcoming Events-Mike Dintgen from Denver Botanic Garden
AGCVI Activity Report: July 25th Trough /Dish Garden Workshop
Plant Portrait: Campanula peshmenii

Report on NARGS Conference at Steamboat Springs, CO, by Malcom McGregor

The Crevice #43-Fall 2016
Upcoming Events
News from the Beauty Slope, by ZdenÄ›k Zvolánek
JiÅ™í Papoušek’s Alpine Tunnel
Eswyn Alpine & Rock Garden Report
Key to Growing Meconopsis, by David Sellars
Plant Portrait: Dionysia bryoides
AGCVI Event Reports: Frank Hovenden & Mike Kintgen
What’s New in My Garden

The Crevice #44-Winter 2016/2017
New Website Address
Eswyn Alpine & Rock Garden Report
Four Erythronium of Vancouver Island, by Paul Spriggs
Plant Portrait: Dionysia aretioides
AGCVI Meeting Reports
What’s New in My Garden

The Crevice 2015

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Upcoming Events

Garden Reports: Darts Hill by David Sellars & Lohbrunner Alpine Garden by Brent Hine

Seedy Saturday 2015 & Booker Visit to Paradise Meadows

Statice of Miniature Status”, by Kenton Seth

“Alpine Shrubs in the Crevice Garden at Eswyn Alpine & Rock Garden”, by Karen Unruh

“Thlaspi with Leaves of a Daisy”, by ZdenÄ›k Zvolánek

Interesting Website: GLORIA - http://www.gloria.ac.at/

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Upcoming Events
Eswyn Alpine & Rock Garden Open House Report by Karen Unruh:
Information on 3 plants: Syringa microphylla superba, Fragaria ‘Pink Panda’, Anthyllis
vulneraria v. coccinea

Dwarf Ferns by Todd Boland

What's New In My Garden

Reports on AGCVI Activities: Talks by David Sellars

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Upcoming Events

Plant Portraits: Lilium pyrenaicum & Ranunculus parnassifolius, by David Sellars

AGCVI Activities Reports: Garden Visits

Garden Tour
Trip to Paradise Meadows

Krista Kaptein’s Visit to AGCVI

What’s New in My Garden

Photos from Our Hikes on the Beaufort Range this Summer

Plant Portrait: Edraianthus serbicus

The Crevice #38-Fall 2015

Upcoming AGCVI Events

Eswyn’s Alpine & Rock Garden Report

AGCVI Activities Reports:

  Tufa Dish Garden Report

  Manning Park Exploratory Trip

  Seen at Eswyn’s Garden

  Visit to VIRAGS’ Beacon Hill Garden

Plant Portrait: Galanthus reginae-olgae ssp. reginae-olgae

What’s New in My Garden

Plant Portrait: Gentiana sino-ornata

The Crevice #39-Winter 2015/2016-Part 1

Upcoming Events
Update on the Tufa House

Favourite Plants in the Tromsø Arctic Alpine Botanic Garden in 2015

Follow up on Issue # 38 – Bernie Guyader sends in a solution and some photos

The Crevice #39-Winter 2015/2016-Part 2

New “Steppes” book by Denver Botanic Gardens

“What Makes Northwest Colorado So Special”, by Mike Kintgen

“Guts of a New Crevice Garden in Dry Western USA”, by Kenton J. Seth

“Winter Work”, by ZdenÄ›k Zvolánek

New Iris reticulata introductions for the Rock Garden from Alan McMurtrie

Alpine Flora of Mountain Arrowsmith, by David Sellars

AGCVI Activity Reports

What’s New in My Garden

The Crevice 2014

The Crevice #25-January 2014

Upcoming Events

Tufa Crevice Garden at Darts Hill Garden, by David Sellars

Plant Portraits: Simple Sanguinaria canadensis ‘Amy’, by Zdenek Zvolánek
Sweet Daphne from Bohemia (Daphne cneorum ‘Sweet Rock’), by Zdenek Zvolánek
Saxifraga ferruginea syn. Micranthes ferruginea, by Valerie Melanson

An Unexpected Pest, by Mike Miller

What’s New in My Garden

The Crevice #26-February 2014

From the Botanic Gardens – RBG Edinburgh and BG Hof

Eswyn’s Alpine & Rock Garden Report

Recent AGCVI Meetings: January 27th & Seedy Saturday, Feb 1st.
Next AGCVI Meeting: Hans Roemer on “Growing Bulbs on the dry side of VI

Pulsatilla grandis, by ZdenÄ›k Zvolánek

Seed Sowing Info from Lori Pross

Another Tug on Those Shoestrings: Tighter! Tighter!, by Kenton Seth

What’s New in My Garden

The Crevice #27 March 2014

Upcoming Events

Report on Hans Roemer talk at AGCVI, February 24th

Tips on Starting Bulbs from Seed

Fritillaria eduardii, by Joyce Carruthers and ZdenÄ›k Zvolánek

What’s New in My Garden

The Crevice #28 April 2014

Upcoming Special Events

Kenton Seth on Crevice Garden advantages on plains of Colorado

Other Upcoming Events: MARS “From Rhodos to Rock Gardens”, May 14th

AGCVI Activity Reports: Revamp of Milner Green Roof

AGCBC Meeting & visit to EH Lohbrunner Alpine Garden, UBC

Walk along Morrison Creek

What’s New in My Garden

What is this Plant?

The Crevice #29 May 2014

Chris Chadwell 2014 Expedition

Upcoming Events – AGCVI & Others

AGCVI Activity Reports – Plant Sale Prep & MARS Sale, VIRAGS Show & Sale

Eswyn Garden Report

What’s New In My Garden

What is this Plant? – Boechera lyallii ID CONFIRM & Cerastium alpinum

The Crevice #30 June 2014

AGCVI Upcoming Events: Cliff Booker Visit,

AGCVI Event Reports: Plant Sale at QB Farmers’ Market

Plant Portrait: Dicentra ‘Burning Hearts

Plant Portrait: Iris cycloglossa

What’s New in My Garden

What is That Plant? - Cerastium alpinum subsp. lanatum

The Crevice #31 July 2014

AGCVI Events Report

Follow up on Plant Portrait: Iris cycloglossa, by Ian E. Efford

Plant Portrait: Iris bucharica, by John Moons

Eswyn Garden Report

What’s New in My Garden

What is this Plant?

The Crevice #32 August 2014

Upcoming AGCVI Meetings, Other Events

Letter from Cliff & Sue Booker

Prague Rock Garden Club Show, May 2014 – by VítÄ›slav KÅ™enek & ZdenÄ›k Zvolánek

Plant Portrait: Saxifraga oppositifolia ‘Odeon’, by ZdenÄ›k Zvolánek

What’s New in My Garden

Eswyn Garden Report

The Crevice #33 September 2014

Upcoming AGCVI Meetings & Events

Letter from Kenton Seth & Plant List from “Wild West” talk

Reports on AGCVI Activities: Paradise Meadows Visits, 2014

The Crevice #34 Winter 2014-2015

Article by Kenton Seth on Ants: “Messy Roommates are finally useful in the rock garden”

Upcoming AGCVI Special Event

Follow up: Iris Cycloglossa: An Addendum, by Ian E. Efford

AGCVI Activities from 2014: Visits to the Comox Rec Centre Rock Garden of Dany Fortin

Gentiana sceptrum

The Crevice 2013
The Crevice-Past Issues 2011-2012

The Crevice #3 January 2012

Alpine Gardens around the world

Upcoming Events-Zdenek Zvolanek

Follow Up  on Crevice Garden Build

Good Reads

Propagation by June Strandberg

Growing Medium for Rock Garden Construction by David Sellars

The Crevice #4 February 2012

List of Alpine Garden Clubs

Upcoming Events and Follow up on Events

Good Reads

A Few Tips on Pricking out & Potting up Seedlings-Valerie Melanson

The Story behind the Qualicum Beach Garden Club  Website

Recipes-Coconut Slice, Snickerdoodles

The Crevice #5 March 2012

Upcoming Events- Visit Van Dusen Gardens & David Sellars' Garden

Follow Up on Events

Lewisiopsis tweedyi Plant Portrait with photos

Good Reads and Useful Links

The Crevice # 6 April 2012

Calendar of Events

Report on Malcolm McGregor's talk on Saxifrages

Notes and Plant List from David Sellar's Presentation on "Alpine Jewels"

Article on Gentians

Photos of the Prague Rock Garden Show

Alpine Diary Report from Horsefly, BC 

The Luxurious Simplicity of Lewisia 'Norma Jean' a photo essay by Grahame Ware

PHOTOS FROM VIRAGS SHOW & SALE with Visit to Gardens of Amanda Carruthers and Paul Spriggs

Upcoming Events

Eswyn Garden Report & Lewisias

Sources and Member Ads, Useful Links

June Strandberg's Trip to the UK

What's Blooming in the Garden

Plant Portraits: Eriogonum caespitosum & Penstemon fruticosus subsp. Scouleri ‘Albus'

Anne Ashberry and Miniature Gardens

June’s UK Trip – Wisley’s Crevice Garden

Visit to Bernie Guyader’s Garden

Rhododendron Lake Trip

Owl & Stump Nursery Visit

Road Trip to VIRAGS & Wrightman Visit

Up coming Events
New Crevice Garden in Bohemia by Z Zvolanek

What's New In My Garden

Eswyn Garden – Delosperma by Loraine Wilhelm

Plant Portraits by John Husbands - Polygala calcarea ‘Lillet’  &  Dicentra cucullaria

Codonopsis by Valerie Melanson

The Crevice # 10 August 2012

Trip to the U.K.- RBG Kew Davies Alpine House by June Strandberg

Outings & Upcoming Events - Trip to Paradise Meadows

News From Eswyn's Garden

What's New in My Garden-David Sellars & Valerie Melanson

Useful Links and Member Ads

Plant Portrait - Primula scotica

The Crevice # 11 September 2012

Trip to the U.K. -Rock Gardens at Kew & Wisley, Chelsea Flower Show & The Eden Project in Cornwall

News From Eswyn's Garden

Outings and Events- Whistler/Blackcomb

Crevice in a Trough Seminar with Gordon Mackay

Suzy's Wedding

Useful Links and Other Events

What's New in My Garden-Amanda Carruthers - Caribou Crevices

Plant Portraits by John Husbands - Anthyllis montana 'Rubra' & Calceolaria tenella

The Crevice #1 October 2011

Upcoming Meetings-Crevice Garden Workshop

David Sellars "Joy of Sax" Trip Postings, Good Reads

Seed Starting by Valerie Melanson, Seed Sources

The Crevice #2 November 2011

Upcoming Events

Field Trip to Virags -Zdenek Zvolanek

In Memory of Eswyn

Good Reads

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