I had a look in Gordon Rowley's Teratopia book, but there are few flowers and nothing as weird as this. The leaves appear to be a pitcher-type deformity, but Rowley does not classify these together. Sempervivum 'Grigg's Surprise' and Echeveria 'Topsy Turvey' and even Crassula ovata 'Gollum' appear ...

Some more pictures here...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23418154@N ... 722839189/

Not sure that I have a "good" Euphorbia - flowers on this obesa not too bad but body is badly marked


fly_3318 by aCactus2008, on Flickr

It's a german product tho, so I'm not sure if it's available in the UK. I can try to find a link on german amazon, they should deliver to the UK as well. Looks like it is similar to Provado (comes in a few versions, most contain imidacloprid), active ingredient in Axoris is Thiamethoxam According t...

Looks even better on the real cover (Bradleya just arrived)

Label reads bakeri but looking at Mr Rowley's book he has it as a variety of grisea but example shown does not look like my plant. Best match I can find in the book is Crassula x marchandii

Just bought another one to add to the gravel bed, must remember to sprinkle some slug pellets when I plant it.

Must have come from Lovania Nurseries as it is in their catalogue (in the small print at the back)
http://www.lovania.co.uk/

DaveW wrote: you used to be able to buy small boxes of this in garden centres to add additional to lower numbers, or make your own JI composts.

Still available, saw some at Harrogate show

http://www.gardendirect.co.uk/garden-ca ... post-bases

Second link works for me