Cacti and Succulents

Coffee comes from the coffee plant, you are just drinking dandelion.

Having read this thread, I will take to putting my Christmas Cactus out in summer. I have never done that also mine always seem to flower in October, not in December. The flowers (I'm sure) were bright red when I bought it but I now get a lovely shade of pinkish flowers. Have had the plant for...

I'll probably give it a go too, next year, I'm guessing they need at least a few leaves to produce flowers lol

I knew I would find an answer for my sad Aloe Vera here at GC

I'm not sure if I'm right, but this eventually becomes a climber with Ariel roots, I had one go that way a few years ago just before it was wiped out by the bad winter, 2009.I do tend to give mine a little protection should we get something below minus 5C, but I tend to plant it in micro...

Thanks @kindredspirit for the photos. I'll make a note of them in my plant note document to remember them.Yeah, I will do 50-50 soil & grit.

The display looks very pretty, maybe it will be possible to just move the position of the plants according to growht rate once you put them in a bigger container. But, are you saying that they don't get natural light?

HB, I don't want to put you off but I was given a packet of "cactus" seeds from Tenerife by a friend a few years ago and all that came up was some varieties of grass and cereals. :( I hope yours are the real thing.

Oh thank you all, much appreciated! Still haven't had a gander at the websites but will do so later onThey were in wilko's, think I got one of each although I can't really tell the difference between the succulents unless they're a diff colour or have obvious leaf shape differences.I'm...

Thanks to all for your advice

Maybe the problem with the weak-looking shoots is that it's in too warm a place. The winter is dark, and succulents need a cool place with little or no water, because they should become dormant. Growing in the dark winter will lead to elongated weak shoots.

you are probably correct @Michael Hewett it seems to have grown another couple of inches this year.

Peperomia ferreyrae is a succulent plant native to tropical forests in Peru, where it grows on the shadey forest floor.It's named after Alejandro Huerta Ramón Ferreyra - a Peruvian botanist.I bought it in Lidl several years ago and it flowers every year

Wee Wheelie Chilly......:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Oh, You'll be okay, Tony........................

Plant it out in the summer. And then lift and bring indoors in October

I came across one pic today too:

But I couldn't live with its mother!!

Ok, I'll leave that one alone then!