Eau Brink (beware those on dial-up!)

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As Vic says Eau Brink nursery is near Kings Lynn in Norfolk. It is a very long established nursery owned and run by Derek Bowdery who co-wrote the Ferocactus book with John Pilbeam. As Nick said Derek is one of the most approachable people in the hobby and what he does not know about cacti, Agaves and Echeverias is probably not worth knowing.
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Excellent pics Vic, thanks for sharing. Unfortunately last time I was over that way I was unaware of it's existence :(
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The Agave utahensis v. eborispenia is absolutely stunning, superb, awesome, fabulous, great, super etc.

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As requested, here's the photo of Mr B with his Agave.

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You would have hated it Stephen :D it was a bit like "kids in a sweet factory" we just didn''t know where to look next. I was a bit more restrained than Mr Vic I only filled one crate!! but I did buy loads of little 'uns and a couple of nice Agaves .... well four to be precise ... two of which I could do with a name for, I'll have to post them on here.

As David K says - very knowledgeable and quite prepared to talk to you about them infact the only other preson I have ever seen with so much enthusiasm for plants was the late Geoff Hamilton - I think he may have converted me to a few fero's ..... so I bought 5 of those as well :rofl:
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Yes the eboripina is very nice Steve - I've got a small plant which hasn't grown a great deal over the last few years - Derek's must be pretty old I'd think.

Great pic Nick! Just id'ed a few for you.

Here's another plant I bought - Derek calls it Yucca 'Menorca' as it's from seed he collected on the island of Menorca around 1986/7, supposedly pretty hardy, I love the colouration of the leaves:

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Sorry Phil missed your post earlier - I think you're right MG does make more sense and it does look like Jan something or other. Have to get my eyes checked!
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I think this was my favourite flower(s)

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trouble is I can't remember what the darn name was - I guess it's an age thing, I'll have to start & take a notebook :D
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It's a great photo Nick - looks great as my screensaver!
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and a habitat shot that would make Mr Spielberg proud :tweed:

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The opuntia invicta was actually swamping out the 'Creeping Devil'
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just to prove it wasn't all fero's

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