Mike just find a skip where they are reroofing a house lots of free broken slate or tiles :wink: But the question Simon asks I cannot answer because the two plants I have, one is exactly like Simons and the other a small version of the one at Wisley, yet they both get the same treatment and are next...

Beautiful

You have done well Ernie to keep it clean and without marks for 30 years nice plant

Little white fur balls are produced along the stem, then the bud itself bursts out through the fur.

by ralphrmartin » Mon Aug 29, 2022 3:41 pm

I like the nice dark scales on the outside of the tubes, really setting the flowers off.

Absolutely

Tel are you sponsored by Garden Gear or is it subtle placement

Are any of those for sale at the National this weekend Rob ?

by ralphrmartin » Tue Aug 30, 2022 5:10 pm

I like the farina on the last one.

farina or patina ?

Yes that myriostigma is to die for

Nice

Beautiful plants Ross
Diane the red flowered A. asterias is know as Astrophytum cv. Akabana