Hi Iain, thanks for the welcome. I suspect that most branches would be delighted to see a few more members at their meetings. It is great that, at least in the South East, we have such a range of good speakers available, many of them also bringing lovely sale plants - I really enjoy the meetings and...

Hi Julie, I would agree with the advice to cut back. I have a large jade plant which was attacked by whitefly a few years ago. I could only think of giving it a good prune and then spraying the remaining trunk and branches, this worked well and I have had no problems since. As advised, you need to t...

Thanks for the welcome AnTTun and Keith H; Keith I am glad you could come to our show and hope that your new plants do well - you are, of course, most welcome to attend Croydon branch meetings, details on our web page. It is always interesting to hear the various opinions expressed at shows and we c...

Although I joined the forum some time ago, I realise that I have never introduced myself, so here goes: I started growing cacti over 50 years ago, when I was still at school - my few plants were then housed on my bedroom window ledge. Joined BCSS {or NCSS as it was then} Croydon branch about 40 year...

Beautiful flowers, some of my favourites too -thank you! I bought a new M. guelzowiana a few weeks ago to replace one lost years ago, maybe I will show it your photo!

Just a reminder that Croydon Branch Show is on June 13th at Sanderstead Methodist Church, CR2 9EF, open from 11am to 3.30pm. We usually get a good number of beautiful exhibits, plus nursery and branch plant sales and refreshments. Ample car parking at the hall, which is on the 403 bus route.