‘In the depths of winter I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.’ – Albert Camus
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However, you can grow alpines sown from seed because they love a cold break to wake them up. What they don’t like is being excessively wet, so put a sheet of glass over where they are growing using bricks to support and hold down the sheet, effectively making a glass tunnel.