In May and June 2014 we started in ernest to tackle the front garden which was to consist of an Alpine raised-bed. Details of the Alpine garden from start to finish can be found in The Front Garden section.

Oxalis 'Ute'
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £3

Very beautiful Oxalis with large, rounded pale rose-lilac flowers in late spring-summer. Glaucous foliage forming a compect mound 10cm tall x 15cm.

Dianthus subacaulis hybrid
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £4

Tight mat forming dianthus with lovely pink flowers during summer. Blue-green foliage, 3cm tall x 20cm.

Silene acaulis 'Frances'
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £4

Forms a cushion of lime green moss-like foliage studded with small star-shaped flowers.

Saxifraga longifolia
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £3

Beautiful and showy silver rosette up to 20cm across. After a number of years produces a magnificent pyramid of white flowers in summer.

Erodium x variabile 'Bishop's Form' AGM
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £3

Compact hummock of soft green-grey foliage with abundant bright pink flowers on 2m stalks from May to August.

Saxifraga crustata 'Silver Maid'
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £3

Longish, narrow, lime-pitted leaves forming tight cushions and giving rise to sprays of creamy-white flowers in summer.

Campanula pulla var. alba
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £3

Non-invasive, gently creeping species. Delightful clean white thimble type flowers on wiry 10cm stems during summer.

Saxifraga cotyledon x cuneifolia
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £3

Green and silver rosettes making a low mound with 4" stems of starry white flowers in summer.

Thymus 'Archer's Gold'
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £3

Golden-green, bushy everygreen mounds of lemon scented foliage. Pink flowers in late spring-early summer..

Leptinella'Platt's Black'
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £3

A close creeping mat of rather frond-like foliage, forming a dense mat 3cm in height.

Sagina 'Lime Moss'
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Forms a cushion of lime green moss-like foliage studded with small star-shaped flowers.

Ajuga Black Scallop
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Glossy and gorgeously scalloped dark burgundy foliage over which beautiful blue flower spikes are displayed.

Sempervivum Triste
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Grey-green rosettes of thick, flesy leaves with red flushes and tips. Occasional flowers.

Thyme praecox Elfin
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Fabulous low-growing creeper with soft grey-green foliage that forms a slow-spreading tightly-matted mound covered in small pink and purple blooms in early summer.

Ajuga reptans Burgundy Glow Bugle
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Multi-coloured foliage ground cover. Light blue flower spikes above carpets of wine-red, bronze and cream foliage.

Delosperma congestum Yellow Ice Plant
Slack Top Alpine Nursery & Garden
June 2014 – £3

Bright yellow dandelion-like flowers over glossy green, tubular leaves.

Pratia pedunculata Alba
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

A charming cushion forming plant which is smothered in a mass of bright white starry flowers. Blooming throughout summer.

Campanula poscharskyana Stella
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Lovely low-spreading alpine, producing masses of deep blue, star-like flowers complemented by small heart-shaped deep green foliage.

Sempervivum Birchmeier
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Bright green rosettes of thick, fleshy leaves with maroon tips. Occasional flowers.

Viola labradorica Labrador Violet
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Mauve-purple, pansy-like flowers above spreading clumps of mid green, heart-shaped leaves.

Rhodohypoxis Deflexa
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Pretty deep pink flowers throughout Spring and early Summer.

Silene maritima
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

An attractive perennial producing pretty white flowers over grey-green foliage.

Dianthus Arctic Star
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

A vigorous variety producing neat clumps of grey-green foliage with masses of double white flowers.

Delosperma Jewel of The Desert Peridot
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Exquisite flowers, exploding with colour from white to yellow with a bright yellow centre are produced over succulent, narow, very soft fleshy leaves in summer.

Saxifraga x arendsii White
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Masses of starry, white flowers, on wiry little stems above mounds of fresh green, mossy, spreading foliage.

Lysimachia nummularia Goldilocks, Creeping Jenny
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Prostrate stems of golden leaves with single bright yellow flowers.

Potentilla aurea Cinquefoil
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Solitary, bright yellow flowers above creeping mats of fresh green, toothed foliage.

Delosperma Jewel of The Desert Topaz
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Exquisite flowers, exploding with colour from white to orange with a bright yellow centre are produced over succulent, narrow, very soft fleshy leaves in summer.

Viola Etain
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Long season of scented yellow and lilac pansy-like flowers above clumps of dark green heart-shaped leaves.

Papaver nudicaule Pacino Poppy
Newbank Garden Centre (Radcliffe) or Marple Garden Centre
June 2014

Soft lemon, cup-shaped flowers above finely divided, silver-grey foliage.