Hi
Ooh, he's a lovely beasty & yes please re a graft, happy to swap just email me.

I managed to buy a e.horwoodii crest the other month which is really nice looking much better than the normal form which is a bit of a menace on a graft as it gets big & messy.

Hi Lithos Congatulations, thats a lovely plant & one I haven't got yet, where did you get it from ?. My normal euphorbia phillipsiodes has been flowering for about two weeks, I have been wiggling a paintbrush around the place & pods are developing now so fingers crossed they ripen. The only ...

Hi Scotty and
Your local branch would be Northants & MK ( my branch), there's quite a few members that are forumites.

I'm in Mk so let me know if you want to visit.

Just a thought and possible Warning is to remember that Doug & Doreen grew their collection in greenhouses with bubble wrap up permanently so don't put the new acquisitions in full sun or they could/will burn.

It was sad for Doreen to see the collection sold off but was a tribute to her & Dougs care that so many people wanted to rehome his plants and they will obviously be well looked after by the new owners. It was nice meeting lots of people some I have only chatted to via email so good to put names...

Hi Mike
Nice seedlings, doesn't look like it has any damage to the growing point I don't think their is anything you can do it will sprout when it is ready.

Hi Bill
Does this mean a small/young plant flowering or a small growing Gymno flowering ?.

I also microwave my grit from the top dressing so I can reuse it as him indoors mentioned about our borders looking a bit gritty where I had been throwing it in the garden, this is cheaper & at least I don't need to worry about bugs.

Hi I saw this last yr & Tony kindly sent me some Opuntia, I did have some successes but should have used fresh pads ( I forgot them for a couple of weeks) & probably summer would have been better. I want to graft some p.bonniae as on the short stock they would look better than the lollipops ...

I now have my own microwave in the greenhouse as I was told off for using the kitchen one & it's my kitchen :mad: . In the propagator I will soon have some H.venusta ( home seed) ,h.lockwoodii X H.venusta - which might be an interesting cross, just a pity my h.lockwoodii plants didn't flower tog...