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Alpines Shitakusa & Kusamono

ROCK GARDEN ALPINES

78 Varieties from Kathy's Treasures

• Achillea tomentosa
• Anemone drummondii
• Anemone multifida
• Anemone parviflora
• Anemone ssp
• Aquilegia cazorlensis
• Aquilegia discolor
• Aquilegia flab Kuritensis
• Aquilegia flabellata pumila rosea
• Aquilegia grahamii
• Aquilegia libonese
• Aquilegia saximontana
• Aquilegia sopulorum
• Arenaria sp wallowa mts
• Artemisia frigida
• Asperula stentensii
• Aster alpinus Dark Beauty
• Aster alpinus Goliath
• Aster ilkangensis
• Bolax gummifera nana
• Delosperma daveyii
• Dianthus arpadianus ssp pumila
• Dianthus haematocalyx
• Dianthus haematocalyx ssp pindicola
• Draba rigida var bryoides
• Draycocephalum ruyscshiana
• Erigeron compositus Red Desert
• Erigeron flettii
• Erodium castellanum
• Gentian sp Blue/white
• Gentian verna
• Globularia nana
• Globularia vulgaris
• Graptosedum Bronze
• Gypsophila briguetiana
• Gypsophila cerastoides
• Gypsophila petraea
• Heuchera bracteata
• Iris attica
• Iris setosa nana
• Lewisia cotyledon
• Oenothera Siskiyou Pink
• Penstemon Asa Gray
• Penstemon hirsutus Pygmaeus
• Penstemon parvulus
• Physaria rollingsii

This sweet arrangement of accent plants was seen at the spectacular private bonsai garden of Masahiko Kimura. Native ferns such as Athyrium pictum japonicum and another whose name I don't know are seen here planted in very small pots, still showing red coloring from the cold winter. Also you can see little carex specimens and others showing little berries and unusual leaf patterns.

More Alpines

• Potentilla fruiticosa v pumila
• Potentilla hyparctica nana
• Potentilla porphyrantha
• Primula pedemontana
• Primula sieboldii
• Ptilotrichum macrocarpum
• Pulsatilla fringed
• Pulsatilla rubra
• Pulsatilla vulgaris
• Ranuculus gramineus
• Saponaria rubra compacta
• Saxifraga primuloides
• Saxifraga ssp
• Scabiosa spp
• Sedum cauticola lidakense
• Sedum reflexum Christatum
• Sedum spath Harvest Moon
• Sempervivum Appleblossom
• Sempervivum Excaliber
• Sempervivum Hedge Hog
• Sempervivum Mystic
• Sempervivum Pixie
• Silene Swan's Lake
• Stachys momieri
• Trachelium jacquinii ssp rumellianum
• Veronica armena
• Veronica prostrata

80 Specimens potted up as accent plants. Shitakusa complements your bonsai, suiseki or scroll and is not the dominant feature of your design. A combination of small plants is known as Kusamono and is the focus of your arrangement.

Article by Kora Dalager

Kora Dalager has been active in bonsai for the last 20 years. She has gained a deep appreciation for the art of bonsai through her numerous travels to Japan as a tour organizer and owner of Bonsai Travel. She has been a bonsai teacher for the last 10 years.

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