Yes potatorum got frost damage even here in Portugal one year. I'd go for one of the parryi like Paul says, I like neomexicana. The polianthiflora types are very small and very slow in my experience. Agave Lophantha 'Quadricolor' is a lovely plant and supposedly hardy to well below freezing, I've go...

Fascinating Ralph, my partner is on a flight to china at this moment but has other interests unfortunately

interesting collection Ralph. They are keen on Euphorbia millii in some of the earlier pics and its understandable as they can flower all year which is why I have quite a few myself now.

Needs plenty of water and doesn’t like high temperatures. Best suited for alpine growers, not a good greenhouse plant but looks great in flower. Easy to grow but not with the rest of the plants we write about here. Stuart Yes I used to have one in the UK that flowered beautifully but had to give up...

edds wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 5:53 pm The Agave utahensis have overtaken the A.impressa.

Don't worry it won't stay like that for long .........

I think it's good that the issue has been raised in such a thoughtful caring manner, nobody has control over the madness on social media but surely BCSS has control over the moderators?

It's a really lovely plant Tina

Looks great

Its cold at night here, but warms up nicely by the time the sun goes down. The temperature in the unheated bit of the greenhouse was down to 1C last night and up to 15C at the warmest today. That's a bit like the temperature outside here in Portugal at the moment, although the lowest so far this wi...

That's quite a collection. I look forward to seeing the Oreocereus!