Thanks Ian, will take your advice!

Some advice please...I grew some nice seedlings of G. album last autumn, which did very well, and I kept them more or less dry over the summer, but gave a tiny bit of water to every so often. They are small pea sized so I was worried they would expire if i dried them off too much in the summer. I ex...

A couple of seedlings flowering for the first time, opening their flowers in the rather watery sun this afternoon when I got home...


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To my nose they have a slightly medicinal scent (wintergreen perhaps) with a undertone of fresh mushrooms if you sniff hard...

Some of your asclepiads may be happy in the cooler house, I have a few Stapelias etc in my greenhouse at 5C and they are thriving.

Very envious of that flower Tony. I gave away all but one of my seedlings sown in Dec 2007, as they grew too well and I ran out of windowsill space. My remaining plant is still growing happily (ridiculously happily), and is now in a 7" pan. No sign of flowers yet though http://i259.photobucket....

I always calculate the value of my order to avoid paying the VAT limit, and if I order CITES seed, I put them on a separate order, as they take much longer due to the US paperwork. I have always had good service from Mesa, and on the one occasion that things went wrong (seeds sent to my old address ...

Fantastic keep 'em coming

Michael you are right!


Also I didnt realize til I got home a bit earlier from work today, that the flowers dont open til after 4.30pm

This cheered me up when I got home from work today. Seed sown about 2008 I think.
Smells of coconut.