一家开在萨克森的小苗圃
Alpine Staudengärtnerei 位于德国萨克森州莱斯尼格市郊的 Gorschmitz 村，1990 年由主人的父母创办，2007 年由他接手并扩建。这家苗圃的定位很窄：专做高山植物、石头园植物和各类矮生木本。自家的定位语写得很直接——高山植物、石头园和绿地造景的合作伙伴。
经营规模不大。行业名录里记的是 2000 平方米的地、2.2 万株苗；物种总数各家目录说法不一，有说九百多种的，也有说一千多种的，苗圃自己则没给总数。苗圃的 2025 年植物目录里列了 85 个条目，跨 48 个属，其中岩梅花属（Saxifraga）一个属就占了 18 个。目录里最常见的是石头园植物，其次是景天、报春花、景天科的多肉和蕨类，每条都标了产地、株高冠幅、光照土壤要求和当时的价格。
这个苗圃的独门方向有三个：Shortia 属，全球稀有的岩梅类小草本；世界各地的矮生柳树；以及喜马拉雅一带的罕见木本。主人对各类罕见矮生木本总体上都有兴趣，也一直愿意拿稀有植物跟人交换。
2025 年目录里都有什么
目录是一份 5 页的 PDF，标题是《Pflanzenangebot 2025》，带植物照片。每个条目都标了产地和养护要点，比如西班牙的沙生石竹、瑞士的苔藓蕨、智利的高山垫状植物、新西兰的矮生 Hebe、喜马拉雅的矮柳。价格从 4.50 欧到 30 欧元不等，30 欧那株是西班牙冷杉。目录用一套字母代号标注每株的来源：W 表示种子直接采自标注的野外原生地点，K 表示是这类植物后续世代的繁育苗，Verbr. 表示没有具体野生点、只能给一般分布区；UV 表示不保证全年都有货，G 表示数量少很快会被挑走。
这些代号背后是店家的一个原则：他自己育的苗，能追到野外的种子来自哪里就标哪里，追不到就老实说只知分布区，不含糊。目录还给出每个品种的株高 H、冠幅 B、花期 BZ、供应尺寸 MB，以及日照、半阴、旱地或排水良好的标记。土壤另有 BN（中性，通用石头园土，pH 5.5 到 6.5）和 KA（加石灰石碎）两种标注。他给出的配土比例是：一份稍带黏性的沙、一份细碎石或黏土或普通园土、一份未腐殖的泥炭。
怎么买、怎么拿货
这家苗圃的规矩跟一般网店不同，现在已经不发货了，植物只按约到苗圃当面看、当面买。主人解释是时间上实在顾不过来，因为这些活儿他都是业余在做。想买的人可以先发邮件或打电话约时间，他也会把植物带到各个植物市集上。站内另有一份订购条款，写明寄送只在事先询问后安排，他会回复能不能供货、时间上是否可行；也可以园内自提，或由他带到市集。按 Kleinunternehmerreglung 的小企业规则不征税，且没有锁价，旺季可能调整。
付款方式也写得清楚：寄送是先款，可以转账或用 PayPal；苗圃自提是现场付现金，不接受刷卡。目录里的表述是「售完即止」，如果某个品种被从品种表里撤下，或因不可抗力无法供货，客户没有索赔权。
市集和苗圃开放情况
2026 年的市集安排写在站内日程页上：5 月 2 日和 3 日在莱比锡植物园，10 点到 18 点，他有独立摊位；4 月 4 日在 Adorf（Vogtland）的植物园，10 点到 16 点；5 月 24 日在 Altenburg 植物园的植物与手作市集，10 点到 17 点；6 月 14 日在耶拿植物园的珍稀植物交换，10 点到 17 点；9 月 19 日和 20 日又是莱比锡植物园，10 点到 18 点。到市集上可以提前预订，他会帮你把植物带过去。
苗圃本身也欢迎去看，但同样必须提前约。日程页之外，站内还有一项花园设计服务：园子改造、新园子规划、花园养护以及相关的专业咨询，做成围绕住宅、院落和花园的全套服务，感兴趣就通过联系表单找他谈。
目录之外的变化
站内的目录页写得很坦白：现在还挂着 2025 年版，但不会再出新版目录了。原因是目前所有植物的量都偏小，供应情况也一直在变；新的稀有品种他会直接带到市集上出售，需要的可以提前问。
联系方式写在站点的联系页和版权说明里：苗圃主人是 Danilo Geißler，属个人经营，地址在德国萨克森州莱斯尼格市 Gorschmitz 村。地址和电话只保留到城镇一级，细门牌和具体线路没有在文章里重复。参观和购买的唯一途径就是先联系再约时间，这一条对没去过的人尤其要紧。
A Small Nursery in Saxony
Alpine Staudengärtnerei sits in the village of Gorschmitz just outside the town of Leisnig in Saxony, Germany. The nursery was founded in 1990 by the owner’s parents and was taken over and expanded by him in 2007. The scope is deliberately narrow: alpine plants, rock garden plants and dwarf woody plants. The site states the position plainly, as partner for alpine plants, rock gardens and green landscaping.
The scale is modest. Trade directories record 2,000 square metres of ground and 22,000 plants; the species total differs between directories, one saying over nine hundred and another over a thousand, and the nursery itself gives no total. Its 2025 plant list runs to 85 entries across 48 genera, with Saxifraga alone accounting for 18 of them. Rock garden plants dominate the list, followed by Delosperma, Primula, the houseleeks and ferns, each entry giving origin, size, light and soil requirements and the price at the time.
Three directions are particular to this nursery: Shortia, the very rare small herbs of that genus; dwarf willows from all over the world; and unusual woody plants from the Himalaya. The owner takes an interest in rare dwarf woody plants generally, and is always glad to exchange plants for other rarities.
What the 2025 List Contains
The list is a five page PDF titled Pflanzenangebot 2025, with photographs of the plants. Every entry gives the origin and the growing notes, a Spanish sand stonecrop, a Swiss club moss, a Chilean cushion plant, a New Zealand dwarf Hebe, a Himalayan dwarf willow among them. Prices run from 4.50 to 30 euros, the 30 euro plant being a Spanish fir. A set of letter codes records where each plant came from: W means the seed was taken directly from the stated wild locality, K that it is a later generation of propagated stock, and Verbr. that no specific wild site is known and only the general range can be given. UV means availability is not guaranteed all year, and G that only a few are left and they will go quickly.
Behind those codes is the nursery’s own principle: where he has raised a plant from seed and can trace the wild origin, he says so, and where he cannot, he says plainly that only the range is known. The list also gives height H, width B, flowering time BZ and delivery size MB for each, together with sun, half shade, dry or well drained markings. Soil is marked in two ways, BN for neutral general rock garden soil at pH 5.5 to 6.5, and KA for soil enriched with limestone chippings. The mixing ratio he recommends is one part slightly loamy sand, one part fine chippings, loam or ordinary garden soil, and one part peat left as nature made it.
How to Buy and How to Collect
The rules here differ from an ordinary mail order nursery, and shipping has now stopped: plants are sold only by appointment at the nursery, to be looked at and chosen in person. The reason given is that this is all done alongside other work, and the time simply is not there. Enquiries can be sent by email or phone to arrange a time, and the owner also brings plants to the plant fairs, where orders can be placed in advance. The terms on the site spell this out: shipping only after a prior enquiry, with a reply on whether the plant is available and whether the timing works; collection at the nursery or delivery to a fair; prices carry no VAT under the small business rule, and there is no price guarantee, so they may change during the season.
Payment is spelled out as well: for shipping, payment in advance by transfer or PayPal; for collection at the nursery, cash on the spot, and card payment is excluded. The wording in the list is that sales last as long as stock remains, and a customer has no claim to a plant once it has been dropped from the range or can no longer be supplied through no fault of the nursery.
Fairs and Opening
The 2026 fair dates are listed on the site’s calendar page: 2 and 3 May at the Leipzig Botanical Garden from 10am to 6pm, where the nursery has its own stand; 4 April at the Botanical Garden in Adorf in the Vogtland, 10am to 4pm; 24 May at the plants and craft fair in the Botanical Garden at Altenburg, 10am to 5pm; 14 June at the rare plant exchange in the Jena Botanical Garden, 10am to 5pm; and again on 19 and 20 September at the Leipzig Botanical Garden, 10am to 6pm. Plants can be ordered in advance for a fair and brought along.
The nursery itself is open to visitors, but again only by prior arrangement. Beyond the calendar there is a garden design service on the site: redesigning an existing garden, planning a new one, garden care and the professional advice that goes with it, offered as a complete service around house, yard and garden. The way in is the contact form.
Changes Around the List
The catalogue page is candid about the current state. What is still online is the 2025 edition, and no new one will be written, because stock of every plant is currently on the small side and the offer changes constantly. New rarities will be brought to the fairs instead, and anything wanted can be asked about in advance.
Contact details are on the site’s contact page and in its legal notice: the owner is Danilo Geißler, trading as an individual, based in the village of Gorschmitz in the town of Leisnig, Saxony. The address and telephone number are given here only down to the town level, without the house number and line. Since every visit and every purchase runs through an appointment, that is the point worth remembering if you have not been before.
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