The bottom sculpture was made by my wife many years ago. Its the one that stays with the plant. The birds were me experimenting to see what looked good. My wife has a large collection of Country Artists bird sculptures.

Brilliant. I love this sort of thing.
Heres my creations

Thanks Stuart would it do any harm to split it up now?

Gymnocalycium pflanzii
I am a bit concerned about this Gymno. One of the heads looks yellowish. Anyone any thoughts please. Its in a very gritty compost and has not been overwatered..

Brilliant. Someone with imagination what a refreshing change. I love it.

Thanks Diane. I did not want to hit the pay button until I made sure all is as it should be. They have some very nice plants on offer and discounted until the end of the month.

. Has anyone had plants from an on line seller, Coastal Succulents based in south of UK. Its a new one to me offering some nice plants.

Thanks Tom. I like them but not many do. I have checked my records; the calvatum was purchased in 2003 from Whitestone gardens UK. The owner had bought it back having sold it years earlier. It was a bit neglected and needed sorting out. It must have been about 10 years old when I bought it so its ov...

Trichodiadema species

Thanks Stuart. I thought it could be Smokey but it will get named Platinum.. Someone must buy them for the Dutch to produce so many. I have noticed whenever you offer the cultivars there's always good bidding on them. I find them interesting plants. Perhaps the size of some of them puts folk off. So...