I've had a few rarities over the years.Solanum pyracanthos........... [ATTACH]I'm sure that I still have seed somewhere but whether they're...
I had pasta with a pumpkin and gorgonzola sauce in Sicily. Lovely!!! Back home I adapted the idea and made a similar soup. Worked well as did the...
@Fat Controller - I think that the real game changed for electric cars and vans could well be lithium/air. Roughly two thirds smaller batteries...
That is certainly the biggest issue. The likelihood of an EV (including buses) catching fire is far,far lower than for an ICE or hybrid vehicle...
The 'leaves' look rather fat/chunky. An intergeneric hybrid (possibly involving Pachystachys) of some sort?
Jealous! It looks good. Top floor (seventh) balcony might be a bit much for it though, even in Maida Vale.
@CarolineL and @Michael Hewett - I haven't really been away, just had nothing to show!
'fraid so! I kept a few choice ones at my parents as I called in two of three times a week but that cold snap in autumn '22 (?) caught me out and...
Since moving to London the closest I get to Passiflora is buying the Granadilla fruits (P.ligularis) from the markets. Sublime flavour!!
Sicilian sausage (crushed), green olives and canellini beans in a tomato sauce served with penne pasta and parmesan.As I'm off to Oxford for a...
I found all the exotic Impatiens to be greenfly magnets :wallbanging:
Why are all the reduced sections in supermarkets full of them at the end of the day! This evening I made broccoli and cannelini bean soup.
My last one (six years from seed as well) looks like it is toast too. As far as suckering goes I can't say with any certainty, but when my first...
I planted it in a sheltered spot at my Dads house (SE facing wall) where it is hardy and rampant! Still in bloom there.
Mine didn't enjoy the summer either. Not what you'd expect from a South African plant really! Having said that all my plants were rather...
Tibouchina is still going strong............. [ATTACH][ATTACH]My Dad has been very good about fleecing it up when frost threaten (it lives...
Dendrobium kingianum hybrid.
Still more than my Rhipsalis ever has!
Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' is late this year............ [img]Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' by longk48, on FlickrThe first of my...
Love it! Mine has got huge yet I've totally failed to get it into bloom in five years!
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