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cazsophieq2019cazsophieq2019 Posts: 179
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Hi peeps

A few months ago a bought some gorgeous wee alpines but just haven't had a chance to get planting them.  


I'm with it being mid October, I'm wondering if I'm too late to plant them out.  Any thoughts?

Thanks 

Carol 
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  • LynLyn Posts: 21,331
    I would think they’d be ok to plant out,  they come from cold regions, but not wet. Your soil looks perfect for them, it will be free draining so they should be fine.
    as I don’t grow alpines, maybe wait until someone else who does gives you some advise. I’d hate it if you put them out and lost them.🙂
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 20,921
    If they are all hardy then I think it would be fine.
    Is the top one a Delosperma? I've just planted one, but I'm in SW France. We can get cold winters though.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • cazsophieq2019cazsophieq2019 Posts: 179
    @Busy-Lizzie
    @Lyn

    Thanks both of you.  I'm actually based in Antrim N Ireland. This week has been the first week that has felt like a true autumn week.

    Will see if anyone else has a view 🙂🙂
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,143
    The dianthus, thyme and the sempervivums are all fine, as long as you have a suitable site and decent drainage.  If the other two are hardy, they should be fine too.
    You can plant out anything that's in a pot, unless the ground is frozen [or waterlogged - but you wouldn't be planting those anyway if that was the case!]  or if the plants are tiny and not fully hardy. If they're the latter, it's better to keep them until they're bigger, ie next year. 

    I thought the top one was just a sedum of some kind, but perhaps @wild edges can confirm- he's very knowledgeable with those. 
    Do you know what the one in the 3rd pic is?


    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • cazsophieq2019cazsophieq2019 Posts: 179
    @Fairygirl

    Thanks for your reply 🙂

    I think this particular plant is some kind of bromeliade/ succulent.  In close inspection it seems to  be generating babies.  The flower looks a bit like a cauliflower so perhaps bromeliade with a bit of brassica? Lol 🤔😀
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,143
    I've no experience of those at all I'm afraid. 
    I don't think bromeliads are hardy, but, I really haven't a clue. Hopefully one of the lads will be able to advise if they see it. 
    Can you not ask whoever you bought them from though?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 82,735
    The third one looks very like the Bilbergia I used to grow as a houseplant ... also known as The Queen's Tears, and Empress's Earrings.  I think it's a bromeliad and not hardy.

    I'm sure someone else will let us know if I'm mistaken  :)
    “I am not lost, for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost.” Winnie the Pooh







  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 20,921
    Don't you think the top one is Delosperma then @Fairygirl? The leaves look just like mine.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 50,143
    No idea @Busy-Lizzie. Not something I've ever grown, and many of them wouldn't survive outside here, but it looks like a couple of little sedums I have.

    I suppose, since they're also succulents, and some get called ice plants, there's a lot of similarity.  :)

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • cazsophieq2019cazsophieq2019 Posts: 179
    Hi peeps

    Here's a couple of photos with labels identifying them
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    The little succulents are indeed sedums or houseleeks.

    The one I believe is a bromeliade.is actually very similar to a plant I see in a very beautiful sloping and exposed coastal garden, every time I go on a Shore Walk, which makes me think it's Hardy.  Perhaps it's not a bromeliade? 
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