Links

Posted on Sunday October 9th, 2011

We try to provide useful links that would appeal to many of our members. If you have a link that you think we should add, please let us know using our contact form.

Rock Garden Societies
North American Rock Garden Society

NARGS offers its members the Rock Garden Quarterly, an annual seedlist, local chapter and national meetings & botanical field trips.
Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia Promotes an interest in the native plants of British Columbia and their preservation, and propagation and display of alpine plants.
Alpine Garden Society (UK)

For anyone interested in alpine plants, rock gardening and rock garden plants, in fact any small hardy plants and bulbs. (United Kingdom)
Calgary Rock & Alpine Garden Society A group interested in growing alpine plants in Calgary's challenging climate.
Great Lakes Chapter 200 Rock Garden enthusiasts, mostly from Michigan, who focus on plants of the alpine regions of the world but grow any unique or interesting plant.
Nova Scotia Rock Garden Club A rock gardening group which supports the Rock Garden at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
Ottawa Valley Rock Garden & Horticultural Society

Centuries of experience accumulated by a community of some of the keenest gardeners in the Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec area.
Quebec Alpine & Rock Garden Society Bilingual web site. Will help gardeners get together, promote interest & provide info on alpine & rock garden plants.

Plant Societies
American Penstemon Society Advancing the knowledge of penstemons, their introduction into cultivation, and the development of new and improved cultivars.
American Primrose Society Increasing the general knowledge of the genus Primula: collection, growth, breeding, showing and use in the garden

Specialized Propagation Information
Clematis from Seed Detailed clematis propagation information from Brian Collingwood (British Clematis Society)
Pacific Bulb Society Detailed overview of germinating lilies with link to specific species

Nomenclature and Taxonomy
Dr. Pavel Slaby's Rock Garden Plant Database Synonyms, short description, natural location, size, color, bloom, type, cultivation and propagation of 17518 species.
GRIN Taxonomy for Plants 46,000 species: Taxonomic data and nomenclature, scientific and common names, classification, distribution, references, and economic impacts.
International Plant Names Index Database of the names and basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes.
Missouri Botanical Garden MBOT's Plantfinder is useful for confirming the names of plants.
Royal Horticultural Society The reference used by ORG & HPS for standardizing plant names. Written in plain language.

Botanical Gardens
Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden St. John, Newfoundland: of special interest for its cottage gardens, limestone rockery and scree, alpine house and peat and woodland beds.
Royal Botanical Gardens History, culture, science, recreation and beauty at the RBG in Burlington, Ontario.

Rock Gardens
Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rock Garden 1/2 acre garden of local red granite featuring cactus bed, dry stream bed, cliff face, natural rock steps, dwarf conifers and alpine and saxatile plants.