It might not have opened wide if the weather was dull but it definitely flowered.

That's great news. Now if these indices could somehow be spliced with the cumulative index of vols 1-18...........

You missed it! By the time you took the first pic it had already finished. Never mind. More buds to come.

Cracking! All these flowers are making me green - I'd say I've got another 2 or more probably 3 weeks before I get my first flower of the year.

I can't bring to mind a nursery in Scotland but I will plead the case of mail order suppliers. I've bought plants, over the years, from loads of nurseries and amateurs by post (too many to recall) and have never, ever been disappointed. I know some people like to see a photo of the very plant they'r...

Have you tried putting it out in the garden whilst there's still a chance of a few frosty nights?

As promised, my Maihueniopsis subterranea:

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It's a fascinating guessing game. My big Maihueniopsis subterranea has some promising signs - I'll get a photo tomorrow. It hasn't flowered before (for me anyway, it came from John Marsden's collection dispersal) but it's certainly big enough and the buds are higher up on the stems than I'd expect f...

You could sink the plants, still in their pots, in gravel - either to check how it looks or longterm, to allow you to change it fairly easily should necessity or whim dictate.