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Echeveria John Catlin
This is a strange one: a beautiful white echeveria, but I know very little about it and have not see it anywhere else. It was purchased at the BCSS national show 8 years ago, from Eau Brink cactus...
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New year and a new project
I'm back from my winter hybination of not thinking about plants or computers. Today was such a lovely day, I thought it was perfect for my first post of the year.March is my least favourite month; just...
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Starting on designs
Last weekend was spent putting up the new fence aroud the bottom of the garden. It's good to have the garden bact to being enclosed.Now comes the work designing that end of the garden. So this week was...
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More exciting news
I have been excited about the new section of garden and planning the green roof. Then having been away for a weekend, on my usual walk around to check on the progress of the succulent bed, I spotted...
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Front garden update.
There hasn't been a front garden update in a while. It has all been a learning experience, with far more bulbs and traditional plants than in my usual rockeries. The mild winter means the bulbs are...
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Back taking shape
It is funny to think that the original time table was to have the workshop built for this weekend, so I thought it was time for an update on plans. With the lighter evenings, and some nice weather, it...
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The succulent rockeries are getting starting to put on a show
It is going to be a year of firsts flower wise around the garden, the aloe polyphylla flower is getting biggerAs is the plant itself.The variegated aloe saponaria is also showing what a mild winter it...
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The agaves
So the last post focused on the aloes and echeverias, this time it's the agaves. Most look great, apart from suffering from the usual cherry blossom issue at this time of year. Starting with the...
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Experimenting with concrete planters
A few months back a video started making the rounds showing how to make concrete dragon eggs. You can watch the video Here. The video used them as candle holders. Being keen on experiments that...
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The flower update.
I have been keeping a close eye on the aloe polyphylla flower as it develops.It took over 6 weeks to get to that size and the growth was really slow. Then we finally got a bit of warmth and that made a...
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The planter issues continue
The new bed is proving problematic, if it's not problems finding the plants, it's the central raised planter. The idea was to build a poured concrete circular planter for the olive. It seemed simple,...
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Looking through old phots
We have bee looking for a photo to use on something, so looking through some of the old photos. So a quick set of eye candy for you. I have cut down the number of cacti in pots, but there was no doubt...
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It's all about aloe polyphyllas here
So the main event in the garden so far this summer has been the aloe polyphylla flower.They are strange flowers, as it grows any lack of water on hot days results in it just flopping around. I kept a...
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Found
This week seems to be full of finds.There was the lost and found. With the new bed, I moved the agapathus. You know the feeling that you may have missed / lost a plant somewhere. It seems I missed...
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When photo records fail.
It has not been the summer I expected. Having started well, it got to mid July and the workshop floor was down, so the proper work on the garden restarted. Then I hurt my knee and had to spend 6 weeks...
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You know what they say: never throw a succulent away.
So back from the usual winter off-line, a bit later than usual this year. There are good reasons not least an amazing long holiday in Cuba. An actual holiday, not work, or a short break between busy...
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The hardy aloes starting to flower
There are very few aloes that are hardy in the UK. A. striatula and A. Aristata are the two that seem hardy across larger parts of the Uk without needing any protection. Then A. polyphylla and A....
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Taming the echeveria stream
The stream of echeveria elegans has grown slightly since it was first planted.When is was planted back in 2014 it was almost just individual plants. Then the great things about echeveria are the rate...
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The curious taste of bees
It has been mentioned before, that bees in the garden seem to have very definite tastes. It doesn't matter how bright the flowers, how large, if they smother the plant, or if there is just one. It...
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The soft and fluffy cycads
There are two cycads in the rockeries and while they both flush every year, the smaller one flushes at the end of the summer and so the fronds get damaged over winter. The results in them having to be...
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