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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Hannah Stephenson

How to create the perfect alpine container

The best alpine candidates for your garden (CJ Wheeler/Alamy/PA) - (Alamy/PA)

If you’re bored with pansies and primroses for spring containers, there’s an easy alternative if you go for alpine candidates.

Alpines – from succulent sempervivums to pretty saxifrages – come into their own in spring and early summer, clothing pots in interesting flowers and foliage and best of all, most are cold hardy, coming from cool, mountainous regions.

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