44 Making a Rock Garden 



take kindly to being transferred from a 

 mile or more up in the air to sea level; 

 the edelweiss, for one, grows here readily 

 from seed, and the exquisitely beautiful 

 Gentlana acaulis thrives in American rock 

 gardens. But, on the whole, alpines do 

 not do as well here as in England, where 

 the summer climate is not so hard on 

 them. When they flourish here, it is at 

 the cost of a great amount of professional 

 care. 



