Resilient Cacti
My cacti and succulents had to manage without any attention at all from August until the end of October, because of circumstances...
Succulent Christmas tree
with howling wind and rain all day here in Pembrokeshire I spent the afternoon making a succulent Christmas decoration. The...
addiction gone mad!!
So it happened again....i have been actively re-homing my collection of cactus when I get another of those phone calls....
Hello...
Jewels of the desert :)
Some of my cacti have small flowers, which look like jewels when they glisten in the sunshine,
and they have given a good...
Pollen collectors.
The flowers on one of my cacti recently attracted some hoverflies.
They were there for ages in the sunshine, and I could...
Exotic Desert Flowers
I started collecting cacti when I was a teenager, back in the 1960s.
I initially became interested in their morphology-they...
FOR HYWEL
Thought you might like to see these!
Flowering Cacti
Here are some photos of my cacti that have flowered this year ...
There are many !
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1-Species that grow in north and central...
Flower update
Hi guys, been running around like a madman...just about a month left before the big day...
Here are a few flowers
Huernia...
Cactus berries
Last year I had some lovely flowers on my cactus Neochilenia crispa. Maybe some of you will remember them, from the photos...
Here are some more flowering...
Conophytum longum
Orbea variegata twins
Adenium obesum
Lithops marmorata
Argyroderma pearsonii
Lapidaria margarethae
Hope...
Stinky and more
Here is another 'stinky'-sweet smelling
Tromotriche revoluta
Another Piaranthus punctatus second clone
My personal fav'-Conophytum...
And another not so stinky!
This one is called Piaranthus punctatus and the first of what seems to be 30 blooms opened. So as promised, another stinky...
Collection of pics!
I have been busy doing some editing, and thought I would share some pics for your amusement!
First a Giant Protea
Carpobrotus...
Inhale - It's Stinky time!!
Hi guys,
Here is a set of pics from Orbea variegata! See it you spot the fly larvae already 'caught' by a very clever plant!
ok,...
Conophytum
Hi guys, it is time for the little Cono's to wake up after their summer slumber...some do it by offering a flower for joy!
C....
sunshine day!!!!
well after what seems like forever the sun finally shone today. i was up early and headed straight for my polytunnel. with...
Tom Thumb type cactus
Yesterday I was cleaning my windows & moved a tray of this cactus onto a chair. Needless to say perhaps but I forgot...
Cactus Care Blog
! ! Long blog-only for those interested in the care of cacti.
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Several...
My Cacti for Hywel...
Hope these pics are good enough Hywel, this one is my oldest one and must be 30+yrs..
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You can see what I mean about lumpy...
Cactus are us For Hywel
I need to get out more ! I've spent most of this dismal p.m. trying to load up these pics for Hywel , and all who like cactus...
Cactus country for Hywel --Part1
Around Phoenix Arizona.
I have collected these pictures from our visit to Arizona this year. Some are from the present visit...
Crassula barbata
Maybe one of the most unique Crassula species. This is a monocarpic plant (dies after flowering once), which is sad in a...
Gymnocalycium & Garden
Maybe hywel can give some more direction on this one, there seems to be a few similar in colour...
Mammillaria spinosissima...
Patches of colour
Lampranthus and Delosperma are creating patches of colour all over the garden now..
Even Clivia and Mammalaria's are doing...
Various plants in my collection
First up is a seedling (1.6 years)-Faucaria tigrina
Next is a plant I need to learn about more, but hope to bring flower...
Ruschia radicans in my garden
Ruschia radicans is a great little mesemb to have in the garden. Mine has made a little mound with time, while slowly spreading...
Sea Holly
Recently I saw lots of sea holly-
Eryngium maritimum-
growing on dunes near here. I took some photos of it. I haven't seen...