Shopping in Spanish garden centre #3

Post by **Sven** » Tue May 31, 2016 5:11 pm

Portulacaria afra, €10:

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I was particularly looking for one of these, as growth rate in the UK is a little slow...

Post by **Sven** » Tue May 31, 2016 5:14 pm

This was €12, looks like a possible Adenium to my untrained eye. Staff said something like Adeplphi, but this returns no results on the Interweb.

Post by **Sven** » Tue May 31, 2016 5:21 pm

Finally, at fear of testing my wife's patience and bursting my suitcase, another €12 purchase.

Ponytail palm /
Beaucarnea recurvata? Or so my type of Yukka? New area to me, but worth a risk.

Post by **Diane** » Tue May 31, 2016 5:27 pm

More likely to be Oleander - there is an Oleander adelpha, which could be it.

Post by **Paul in Essex** » Tue May 31, 2016 5:34 pm

Yes, Beaucarnea - possibly guatemalensis, which has a narrower 'elephant foot' than recurvata and is being produced in huge numbers for the house plant trade.

Post by **Phil_SK** » Tue May 31, 2016 7:12 pm

I've merged your three posts but have messed up the #1, #2, #3 titles, which I don't think I can edit.

Post by **Sven** » Tue May 31, 2016 8:23 pm

Thanks for feedback, all is very helpful!

I'm always uneasy about buying un-labelled plants from non-specialist outlets - but in the face of long rows of exotic plants costing nearly nothing, how could I not?!

I'm sorry to say that the cacti were even more plentiful & cheap, but that is not my interest - sorry.

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