Summer is one week old and the cactii have started flowering.

This is a nice distraction after yesterday's performance by England against Iceland...

 

Only just seen this wonderful collection, do you have a heated greenhouse ? And what type of soil mixture do you use.

 

Hi, I don't have a heated greenhouse so the plants have become quite hardy. If you don't water them in Autumn/Winter they will survive. As for the soil it is mainly clay although I have added some sand over the years.

Another video

This year we had an abundance of poppies which the bees love. They just seed themselves but in anyone wants any seeds there will be a plenty.

 

I'll most likely buy a couple, I have a unheated greenhouse so will have a go.

 

hi Joyce, 40% John Innes 3 and 20% gravel (unscented cat litter gravel) should work fine, they tell me.

 

Oh thanks I have cat litter that I use in my bonsai soil it wrks fine for those.​