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by Andyh
Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: News & Events
Topic: Birmingham Branch March meeting Tomorrow
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Birmingham Branch March meeting Tomorrow

Birmingham Branch is next meeting at Winterbourne House and Garden on Tuesday 19th March. The main event is a talk by Martin Lowry on Brazil's Wonderful Succulents. Martin is one of the leading authorities on South American Cacti and a world respected plant explorer who has made dozens of plant hunt...
by Andyh
Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:34 pm
Forum: News & Events
Topic: Birmingham Branch February meeting
Replies: 0
Views: 189

Birmingham Branch February meeting

The next meeting at Winterbourne House and Gardens (Birmingham UK) is on Tuesday 20th February. Please do enter a plant in our first ever competition. The prize is a Garden centre voucher. The theme of the competition is Mexican plants and we will judge one another's based on pure appeal. Plants mig...
by Andyh
Thu Dec 14, 2023 6:43 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: 'Places to Visit in the UK'
Replies: 55
Views: 143601

Re: 'Places to Visit in the UK'

Branch visits. Please list places you think are currently worth a branch trip visit too in 2024 within 2.5 hours drive of Birmingham. (Kent, Cornwall, NE, NW to far unless overnight!)(Or combined). Eg Ive not been to Oxford, Leicester or Cambridge botanic gardens or many years. Kew, Wisley, NG of Wa...
by Andyh
Sat Dec 09, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: News & Events
Topic: Birmingham Branch AGM, Xmas social and films
Replies: 0
Views: 2914

Birmingham Branch AGM, Xmas social and films

Free entry to the next meeting at Winterbourne gardens on Tuesday 12th December. 7pm. Plant requests for this meeting: Darren: Any caudex or Euphorbia Rebecca: Any aeoniums Richie: Any mamm offsets Andy: Leaf cutting or offset of Sanseveria erthraea/schweinfurthii or hybrids eg banana/samurai It is ...
by Andyh
Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:18 pm
Forum: News & Events
Topic: Birmingham branch
Replies: 0
Views: 5070

Birmingham branch

We have nearly finalised our 2024 programme and its looking good with lots of variety: speakers, workshop, films, a meal and of course our Autumn show! Our next meeting to be held at Winterbourne gardens on Tuesday 21st November. The talk is by Glynis Bate is on Gardening at 42 latitude... Glynis an...
by Andyh
Wed Oct 18, 2023 5:32 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Help...need your pictures...for a new talk Solved
Replies: 7
Views: 774

Re: Help...need your pictures...for a new talk Solved

Please do, best to email andysharris@hotmail.com Ill credit any pictures I use.
Andy
by Andyh
Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:00 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Help...need your pictures...for a new talk Solved
Replies: 7
Views: 774

Re: Help...need your pictures...for a new talk Solved

Thats great to have such support! Thank you
by Andyh
Tue Oct 17, 2023 8:04 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Help...need your pictures...for a new talk Solved
Replies: 7
Views: 774

Re: Help...need your pictures...for a new talk Solved

That would be great, which mesemb? Hottentot?
Andy
by Andyh
Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:51 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Help...need your pictures...for a new talk Solved
Replies: 7
Views: 774

Help...need your pictures...for a new talk Solved

Im going to start puting together a new powerpoint talk on cacti and succulents of the UK...yep! The first part will be about our native succulents eg orpine, sedums, navelwort, salt tollerant coastal plants and aliens. (and conservation of rare species), the second about public places to visit. I w...
by Andyh
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:17 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Meally bug outdoors
Replies: 7
Views: 507

Re: Meally bug outdoors

Like you Ive found the outdoor environment cleans normal plants, eg epiphyllums. I think its because predators can pick off the meally. I guess its the tight nit plants like sempervivums, hardy echeveria, opuntia joints that harbour them, but rarely enough to cause them grief. I suspect some spiders...