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"Gondwana" garden

The location of my alpine garden (approx. 5 m x 3 m) "Gondwana" on the property:

View north (plot boundary river Güns)

View north

View west

View South

View east

View south east (cacti garden)

A few plants of the alpine garden "Gondwana" (Australia, New Zealand and Chile):

Dainty daisy
(Celmisia gracilenta)
Distribution:
higher Alps of New Zealand
She was frozen to death in Winter 2018/19 (-21°C)

White cushion daisy
(Celmisia sessiliflora)
Distribution:
higher Alps of New Zealand
She was frozen to death in Winter 2018/19 (-21°C)

Cotula hispida
Distribution:
higher Alps of New Zealand

Fern-leaf pincushion
(Cotula squalida)
Distribution:
higher Alps of New Zealand
She was frozen to death in Winter 2018/19 (-21°C)

Wahlenbergia congestum
Distribution:
higher Alps of New Zealand
She was frozen to death in Winter 2018/19 (-21°C)

Hebe tetrasticha
Distribution:
higher Alps of New Zealand

Hebe buchananii
Distribution:
higher Alps of New Zealand

Pygmy pine
(Lepidothamnus laxifolius)
Distribution:
higher Alps of New Zealand
She was frozen to death in Winter 2018/19 (-21°C)

Green bottlebrush
(Callistemon viridiflorus)
Distribution:
central Highlands of Tasmania

Mountain plum-pine
(Podocarpus lawrencei)
Distribution:
higher Alps of Australia

Dwarf pine
(Diselma archeri)
Distribution:
higher Alps of Australia
Death of a fungal disease in 2017???

Mountain toatoa
(Phyllocladus aspleniifolius var. alpinus)
Distribution:
higher Alps of New Zealand

Berberis montana
Distribution:
higher Andes of Chile

Leptospermum rupestre
Distribution:
central Highlands of Tasmania
She was almost frozen to death in Winter 2018/19 (-21°C)

Snow Gum
(Eucalyptus pauciflora ssp. niphophila)
Distribution:
higher Alps of Australia
She was frozen to death in Winter 2018/19 (-21°C)

The biggest pests of an alpine garden are dogs, stone marten, cats and voles, but also snails.

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