I've recently finished Brighton Rock by Graham Greene - a truly great novel!
My (kind of exotic) white Agapanthus looked good a few weeks ago............... [img]Agapanthus noid by longk48, on Flickr[img]Agapanthus noid...
I'd be incredibly lazy and be looking at Southern African bulbs and the world of succulents and cacti! I seems to recall my Mackaya bella being...
Despite looking exotic are these hybrid Abutilons exotic? The one that I fished out of the skip a couple of years ago had to stay out last winter...
Remind me of the climate and seasonal variations.
I allow for the fact that they will croak over the winter in the UK but at £1.99 from Lidl it's no great shakes. Sometimes they surprise me though...
Alstroemeria isabella "Fred Meyer" took a year off last year but it saw fit to bloom this year after a repot. Sadly it was during the warm dry...
Tibouchina urvilleana is finally in bloom.............. [img]Tibouchina urvilleana by longk48, on Flickr
The good news is that the seed of many species remains viable for a long time. I've sown ten year old seed with reasonable results.
OK - so yet another new variety trying to piggy back sales through name association!
Black & Bloom is a new variety that popped up five or six years ago. Visually similar to Black & Blue but I've not found it to be as hardy....
Not my cup of tea but I am tempted for my parents garden. The 'real' Amistad survives quite happily there.
For some reason I stopped getting alerts for this thread so got a bit of catching up to do!On Saturday at Hyde Park I finally got to see Pearl...
Echeveria purposorum................ [img]Echeveria purposorum by longk48, on Flickr[img]Echeveria purposorum by longk48, on FlickrEcheveria...
It is at the edge of the rose garden in the inner circle. A lot of interesting planting in that area.
At the end of April I remembered to take my camera down to The Regents Park, mainly because I was off to see the Paulownia tomentosa trees in...
That is gonna be an utter monster!
A few! They're ideal for 'distance' gardening and most are pretty cold tolerant.A couple more............ [img]Echeveria noid by longk48, on...
It's Echeveria season again! All noids unless stated.......... [img]Echeveria noid by longk48, on Flickr[img]Echeveria noid by longk48, on...
A few weeks ago; Sauromatum venosum............... [img]Sauromatum venosum by longk48, on Flickr[img]Sauromatum venosum by longk48, on Flickr...
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