Rock Garden Quarterly Summer 2012 - (Page 257)

exposures of the Mancos Shale between southwest Colorado and New Mexico. Despite its carnation scent, the Pagosa phlox would not make a suitable boutonnière: the species attracts considerable conservation concern. Due to its rarity there has been no known record of cultivation; wild seed and plant collection is discouraged. Phlox condensata - bristlecone phlox This kampf zone survivor, sharing the zone with bristlecone pines, was first collected by Charles Christopher Parry in 1861 on what he would later name Grays Peak in the Front Range of Colorado. Named in honor of Asa Gray, Parry's friend and botanic mentor, Grays Peak can be seen from I-70; be sure to tell your friends and family the summit’s botanic history on the way home from skiing at Copper, Vail, or Breckenridge. Phlox condensata is proof delicacies arise even in the harshest of climates; if its fantastic scent is not already whisked throughout the air, stoop down and indulge yourself - it is crucial to stop and take in what is often considered the most Phlox condensata fragrant of all phlox. Phlox hoodii - Hood’s phlox The curious and shadowed history of Phlox hoodii begins with the acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase in summer 1803. Physician and Fire in the Hole: Phlox across Colorado 257

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Rock Garden Quarterly Summer 2012

Digital Quarterly
Expanding Panayoti's Axioms
Photo Contest 2012
Photographing Alpine Plants: A Landscape Point of View
NARGS 2013 Election Timetable
Rock Gardening from Scratch - Seeds
Kim Blaxland and the Violets of North America
Viola pedata
Violas, Kim, and Us - A Celebration
Cooking Native Japanese Plants
Carl Gehenio Memorial Trough Show
Fire in the Hole: Phlox across Colorado
Rebuilding a Rock Garden in Pittsburgh
A Remarkable Garden: David Douglas and the Shrub-steppe of the Columbia Plateau
Bookshelf - Reviews
Swedish Dreams
Treasurer's Report
Bulletin Board
2012 - Eastern Study Weekend: October, Pittsburgh

Rock Garden Quarterly Summer 2012