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The planted agaves
After my potted post on some of the potted agaves (here) and having seen the agave report on the blog Piece of Eden (you can read it here) I thought it was time for one on the planted agaves in various...
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The gardens being overrun
Anyone who grows succulents knows that many are easy to propogate and you can quickly go from a single plant to a clump. With many plants we expect that and make the most of it. The stream of echeveria...
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Aloe polyphylla: update 2
So it has been a month since the last aloe polyphylla update. A few heads have been removed to try and root. This seems to be a slow process, time will tell what happens to them. The remaining heads...
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Can finally cross one off the wish list
We all have those elusive plants, that torment you from a far. One of mine, was agave titanota black and blue. Always loved the various titanota forms (true and false). A blue form, with very dark...
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Close but not quite there
I often have to travel to Africa for work, which should be perfect for the plant addiction. Sadly between the location and pressures on time it never quite gives the tourist or plant opportunities. The...
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Plants are waking up
It's that time of year again, alternating between the joy of plants waking up and the fear of them rotting. The UK has had a very mild winter so hopefully this will reduce the amount of end of winter...
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Shifting from winter to summer
This weekend was another sunny one, so time to start unpacking the greenhouse and uncovering the succulent rockery. It is a little earlier than I usually do this and still a little risky, but with no...
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Wheeling out the first pots
To free up some space int eh greenhouse, or more correctly to move the pots that were on the floor stoping access, the first pots have been moved out. Nothing sensitive at the moment, so it ia mainly...
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Another ceramic pot experiment
I am sure many of us are constantly on the look out for unusal plant pots for our succulents. Back in January, just happened to pop into a shop and found this one.It really reminded me of a clump of...
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It's back to winter and shopping
The last post was all about things warming up and starting to get the plants out of the greenhouse. Then this week it is back to winter again and all the plants are back inside again. Such is the joy...
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Planning changes to the succulent rockery
The cold continues, so time to think about the planned changes to the main rockery. It has filled out so much over the last year.So some changes needed over the summer. First a few of these plants...
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A short visit with plants. Part 1.
Last weekend I finally got to the island of Madeira. It was only for a few days and with the in-laws, so there was limited time to visit gardens. We did manage to sneak in a few gardens though. I had...
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Moving the agave salmiana
It was not possible to put it off any longer time to clear this section ready to expand the rockery.The aloe striatula, large agave salmiana and the covered agave ferox all needed digging out. The...
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The aloe polyphyllas
For many people aloe polyphylla is the must have aloe. The beautiful spiral and the fact that it is one of the hardiest aloes both adding to its attraction. I have three now, that is if you count the...
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Exciting mangave update
So last year was a good mangave and manfreda year, with flowers on two manfredas, more on that in another post, and the mangave flowering. So a quick recap: the mangave was produce by a friend and is...
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It's echeveria season
The garden and pots are are full of flower spikes at the moment. The best are in the echeveria elegans river, which looks amazing at this time of year.In the evening they are backlit which adds to the...
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Echeveria laui flower
I have said it before, there are few echeverias that have the drama of echeveria laui in flower.
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Some things are meant to be
A couple of year ago I experimented with hypertufa, making a couple of test pots. They were nothing special at the time, but slowly moss started to grow on them and they have turned into much more...
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Starting again
The pot that gets the most comments, especially on here, is the large bowl of echeveria comptons carousel. It probably stood out as these are suppose to be difficult, so a bowl full is quite rare.The...
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Anual trip to Crete Lodge exotic garden
So yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting Crete lodge exotic garden again. Melissa and Keith have continued their tireless work in the garden and it was looking better than ever. Sadly the memory...
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I may have over done the propagating
So the last post showed the set of echeveria comptons carousel. Those are not the only plants I've been propagating. In fact there is one shelf in the greenhouse that looked amazing It was probably a...
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Succulent rockery revamp
I mentioned in previous posts that the main succulent rockery needed a bit os a revamp, the post can be found here. At the time the rockery looked like this:The agave salmiana had already been removed...
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The sun is out at last.
It's been a glorious sunny weekend here, the first of the summer sadly. Lots of work in the garden, so expect an update soon. In the mean time, over lunch I noticed the sun shining through the edge of...
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What's left behind
I've been taking lots of pictures of the agaves recently. From different angles, close ups, almost everything execpt the whole plant.One of the sets of photos has been around the spines. At this time...
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Finally time for a mangave update: part 1
So as those of you who have followed for a while will know, I LOVE mangaves. Sadly in the UK these are few and far between. So, over the last couple of years I have made a concerted effort to get as...
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