Cacti and Succulents

Got them all (eventually !)

My cacti get watered and fed heavily in april, maybe again in june, a light splash in august then probably nothing at all for the rest of the year

It's only ths Coreopsis that had the RMB, and I didn't bring it in for the winter, it's a hardy plant so I left it outside. I kept it in a pot because it always rots in the ground here, and now it gets RMB in the pots so I don't think I'll be buying any more of them.

Peperomia verticillata flowering ...

Update 9 months later:Both experiments are alive and have some new growth. They probably would have more new growth if I hadn't totally forgotten about fertiliser That's sort of the basic stuff when playing with hydroponics but hey ho, at least they have not turned into swampy pea soup ...

Yep! I have one in the greenhouse too and I have to weed the babies out. I like it as a curiosity though.

Love the fossil succulent kindred spirit !!!!!! Plus your whole collection

Why do you think it's diseased @Victoria ? There's a raised coloured pattern on the leaves and the flowers are going over but I thought some of them still looked all right. They are on a long spike..

Very strange. I got notification of a refund on the Aeonium Kiwi from Malta yesterday then this morning notification it has been shipped along with the Sedum rupestre syn reflexum cutting. Be interesting to see how long it takes as Malta was 10 days last time. I have decided against seed.

Mine are nowhere as old as yours but I repotted them this year & it has made a lot of difference - though only one that hadn't flowered before produced a single flower - a sign of gratitude perhaps??? The only one that flowers every year again produced lots of cerise pink flowers again this...

Okay Michael, will do. I will mist the stems.

Thank you all I had intended putting bedding plants in it but then thought of using up a few of my succulent cuttings. They can stay in there permanently, no need to change them every year like bedding plants

I think you can only buy Ferric phosphate slug pellets now, Metaldehyde ones have been banned.

Thank you @pete, it is actually an Aeonium called 'Bluebird'. It's relatively new and was a cutting when I bought it so the stem is very short at the moment. It looks as if it has rooted so I'm hoping it will grow a bit now.

Yes, the double one is K Calandiva which I would like.

I couldn't agree with you more!

Yeah seen one growing in an abandoned house in Crete. It had literally taken over the whole house. Plan is to keep them under control with regular pruning that's if I'm even lucky enough to get to that stage. Will prune off the shoots that I don't train up the support but don't want to touch...

I'll stick with them, I agree they all seem to look alike at that stage.

Wow, I missed this before. Tat is impressive.

Just bring this forward as I have a few Kalanchoe blossfeldiana.This was it blooming in April ... ... and today ...