Black & Bloom is a new variety that popped up five or six years ago. Visually similar to Black & Blue but I've not found it to be as hardy....
Not my cup of tea but I am tempted for my parents garden. The 'real' Amistad survives quite happily there.
For some reason I stopped getting alerts for this thread so got a bit of catching up to do!On Saturday at Hyde Park I finally got to see Pearl...
Echeveria purposorum................ [img]Echeveria purposorum by longk48, on Flickr[img]Echeveria purposorum by longk48, on FlickrEcheveria...
It is at the edge of the rose garden in the inner circle. A lot of interesting planting in that area.
At the end of April I remembered to take my camera down to The Regents Park, mainly because I was off to see the Paulownia tomentosa trees in...
That is gonna be an utter monster!
A few! They're ideal for 'distance' gardening and most are pretty cold tolerant.A couple more............ [img]Echeveria noid by longk48, on...
It's Echeveria season again! All noids unless stated.......... [img]Echeveria noid by longk48, on Flickr[img]Echeveria noid by longk48, on...
A few weeks ago; Sauromatum venosum............... [img]Sauromatum venosum by longk48, on Flickr[img]Sauromatum venosum by longk48, on Flickr...
Penstemon smallii......... [img]Penstemon smallii by longk48, on Flickr[img]Penstemon smallii by longk48, on Flickr[img]Penstemon smallii by...
Exotic by virtue of being rare, Dietes bicolor............ [img]Dietes bicolor by longk48, on Flickr
Echinocereus rigidissimus rubrispinus.......... [img]Echinocereus rigidissimus rubrispinus by longk48, on Flickr[img]Echinocereus rigidissimus...
Sounds like another of those Australasian plants that performs poorly over here. I once grew a Metrosideros umbellata (a New Zealand native) that...
Prune after flowering then leave it be until it has bloomed the following year!
From the tower it's a 20/25min walk along the Union Canal back home............. [img]Union Canal by longk48, on Flickr[img]Union Canal by...
Next to the tower is a small 'Moroccan' garden. It's a mix of planted and natural plants............. [img]Trellick Tower Union Canal by longk48,...
I said earlier in the thread that the Trellick Tower is one of my favourite buildings - heres a few photos from the other day..............
Another one that springs to mind (although not a pure white) is S.sclarea var.Turkestanica.
I'm tempted to agree with 'Blue Note' which is a prolific self seeder with a lax growth habit.
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