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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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