Alchemilla

[35] M. Correvon informs me that the Gruyère cheese is supposed to owe its peculiar flavour to the alpine Alchemilla, which is now on that account often purposely sown elsewhere.

The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In John Lubbock 1873

They are dominated by Cyperus latifolius with C. aterrimus or Hypericum lanceolatum, Alchemilla cryptantha, Anagallis angustiloba and Jussiaea repens.

Kahuzi-Biéga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009

Great leaf obscurers include geraniums, santolina and Alchemilla mollis.

Gardens: Alliums 2010

We do hope the Alchemilla like it well enough here to seed around too, there is nice gravel right next to it.

Spring Continues And A Rant*(Added) « Fairegarden 2009

Last fall when the daylily hill had some redesign, click here to read that enthralling tale, three Alchemilla mollis were planted along the edge.

Spring Continues And A Rant*(Added) « Fairegarden 2009

Between the tussocks there are Alchemilla cyclophylla, A. johnstonii, and Geranium vagans.

Mount Kenya National Park and National Forest, Kenya 2009

Each small, slightly spherical corm easily slips four inches deep under the outer foliage of a ground-hugging perennial such as lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis) or annual apricot-colored pansies.

Suzy Bales: A Forgotten Bulb: Fool's Onion 2009

I have killed Alchemilla twice before so this was taking a chance.

Spring Continues And A Rant*(Added) « Fairegarden 2009

Above this zone, Afro-alpine moorland extends to the snow line at 4,400 m dominated by Helichchrysum stuhlmanii, H. guilelmii, Alchemilla subnivalis and A. stuhlmanii.

Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda 2009

The water droplets on the Alchemilla are beautiful.

Spring Continues And A Rant*(Added) « Fairegarden 2009