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@Verdun do you mean the images of them or is it a place regarding what you said... (just a few miles from me!)

 

You're bad! I could spend a fortune there!

 

It is a place Gail. They do mail order as well. Quite fascinating I think. I will be visiting in 3 or 4 weeks and hope to come away with a goodly number of succulent plants
Hee hee longk.......I am bad, arent I??

 

@Verdun I saw the place on line and for some reason I clicked to images...so that's why I asked...You'll come back with your wallet empty

 

Probably Gail. I want to establish a collection under cover outside. An echevaria and aeonium in pots outdoors have survived so far without protection

 

@Verdun are they ok in area's where there's no light, such as a unit in a living room

 

Personally I think that most succulents are best kept cool over the winter in order to avoid etiolation. With one or two exceptions mine are in the unheated porch, unheated greenhouse or outdoors with rain protection. Most Echeveria are quite cold hardy if kept dry. Many succulents (and cacti) bloom better after a cold period.

 

Hi @longk after seeing them yesterday and their beauty it got me looking around the home today to see where I could put one ...as I don't like clutter

The unit the tele is on it's got dark glass underneath and I thought in the middle of the shelf underneath would look nice but there's no light...unless the house lights on

 

Good light is essential. Drier soil brings out the best foliage colour. Not sure growing them in the home is a good idea at all Gail. A cold greenhouse is fine......agree with longk who is more knowledgeable about succulents than I am

 

Oh well that's a no no unless more room comes available in the gardens because since my hubby as seen these @Verdun he's suggesting more area's ....can you get these also from garden centres

 

Yes Gail, should be available from some gc's but a dedicated succulent nursery will have some amazing varieties. A small group of them together of different forms and shapes and colours would look great and create a big contrast to the rest of the garden. Maybe displayed on a bench, a scree, raised gravel area??
I have a couple of reclaimed old sinks that I turned into stone troughs; perfect for a few succulents and gravel topping. Only requires a small space Gail.

 

I got three more this week.
dunno what I'm going to do with them all.

 

Just thought I'd add.
If anyone wants E. cante I have a limited number rosettes going spare, unrooted of course.
but they root very easily.

 

And I just thought that I would add that E.cante is a spectacularly good species (thanks Pete!) but it has to be grown under cover. If it is not then rainwater will wash off the ghostly bloom that is the outstanding feature of it...............
Echeveria cante by longk48, on Flickr

Echeveria cante by longk48, on Flickr

 

Yep, it is one of those plants you cant touch, but want to.
If you do touch it you mess up the bloom as @longk says, bit like some other plants but very different.
A mate grows Auriculars, the kind with the waxy leaves, totally hardy but would be spoilt grown outdoors.