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- Tue Sep 26, 2006 5:42 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Minack C & S Garden
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6762
Re: Minack C & S Garden
It is truely inspirational stuff - really at the cutting edge of succulent planting in this copuntry. The planting there has been done by a guy named Neil Milligan, who lives in/runs a nursery called Tressider Farm not too far from the site. He is in the Plantfinder, I believe, and has most of the p...
- Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Winter time...?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9383
Re: Winter time...?
Yes, open to the elements. With a rain shelter you can probably quadruple the number of plants that I am successful with here, but the topography, or even the scale, doesn't easily lend itself to such here. This is where the low rainfall certainly helps.
- Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:10 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Winter time...?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9383
Re: Winter time...?
Hi Iann Fascinating subject this. I have tried many of the plants you list, mainly without a great deal of success. Not tried any mammilarias, so there is room for trialling there. Gymno. bruchii - tried and failed. I have some others doing well - gibbosum ssp nigrum been outside for 7 winters. Echi...
- Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:08 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Winter time...?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 9383
Re: Winter time...?
Iann - any chance you can be a little more specific here? Your saying 'some' or 'most' etc. is intriguing. Is this from personal experience or from something you have read? I have tried a lot of these but failed - but with specific names maybe I should be able try again? I have lost several species ...
- Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:52 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Opuntia santa-rita
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1680
Re: Opuntia santa-rita
Ok then - does any one know of a source of any old santa-rita? ;^)
Or is anyone interested in trading?
Cheers
Or is anyone interested in trading?
Cheers
- Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:31 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Opuntia santa-rita
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1680
Opuntia santa-rita
Anyone know of a UK source of good, purple coloured forms of this, at all?
Cheers
Paul
Cheers
Paul
- Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:25 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: Garden predator
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4558
Re: Garden predator
What a little cutie! We don't get hedgehogs here, which is a shame.
How long did it take to de-flea yourself afterwards?!
How long did it take to de-flea yourself afterwards?!
- Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:14 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: hardy agaves?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8234
Re: hardy agaves?
Chris - No one nursery in particular. Largely, in the past, I have grown from seed, but that isn't exactly an instant fix. After that I just trawled through the nurseries in the cactus mall every now and then to see what was being offered. Also visiting cactus/succulent nurseries and BCSS shows. The...
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:17 pm
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: hardy agaves?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8234
Re: hardy agaves?
Dave - are you growing these in garden soil?!
- Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:23 am
- Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
- Topic: hardy agaves?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 8234
Re: hardy agaves?
One of the big problems for recommending species for outdoors is that there is huge clonal variation. Many agaves, especially those grown more widely, have a very diverse geographical distribution and the provenance can make all the difference. For example some americana are bullet-proof down to -8C...