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    Echeveria "Perle Von Nurnberg", longk.

    (I'll be in Oxon next week. Long Hanborough.) :)
     
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        More please kindredspirit :)
         
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            Delightful, as always kindredspirit :)
             
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              Top pic is Limestone rock, second is Tufa with plants inserted into the rock and last pic is Limestone again.
               
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                Delightful kindredspirit :)
                You have given me a couple of ideas. I have some similar stone to enable me to arrange something :)
                 
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                  Here's another arrangement of rocks. I try to make them "flow": in this case, these are pyroclastic ejection rocks so I've tried to reproduce their tumbled state when they've landed. Unfortunately birds have completely removed three plants from this trough so it doesn't look great. Next winter, I may cover my troughs with chicken wire to stop blackbirds digging up everything looking for juicy treats.
                   
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                    Boykinia Jamesii growing in tufa rock.

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                        Saxifraga paniculata "Primrose Bee"

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                        Scilla siberica.

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                        That's a mini Hebe growing near the top! Taken off like a rocket.
                         
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                          Totally delightful as always kindredspirit. I esp like Boykinia Jamesii; I will get that :)
                           
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