Even better, wait a month when more hybrids will be in flower and combine it with a trip to Spalding Cactus Mart on 20th April.

Stuart

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

I've only seen it growing in very large clusters under creosote bushes, Larrea Tridentata, though these are meant to produce something from the roots that deters other plants. Otherwise they're seen as smaller plants out in the open, they don't seem to have 'nurse' plants like quite a few other cact...

Looking at it again, the leaf is the wrong colour for Aloe Humilis, I'd go for one of the Dutch Gasteraloe hybrids.

Stuart

Yes, it is Gasteria ‘Little Warty’, some have more leaf pattern than others. The other is possibly the form of Aloe Humilis with fancy leaf markings grown by one Dutch nursery through selective breeding. It might be a Gasteraloe though, there’s a Dutch range sold as ‘Tiga’ with an added letter eg D ...

Well they look healthy and they’re flowering, they don’t really look like they’ve been grown in the dark, maybe potted in 100% Phostrogen. Weird?
Stuart

Apart from being well worth reading, subscribing to the Cactus & Succulent Review, which is free, leads to discounted admission to 'Cactus at the Castle' this September. There's over 20 nurseries signed up so far and lots more happening there.

Stuart

From a south-coast point of view, any time in March when there's a forecast of a few mild sunny days. Met Office forecast is usually more reliable than the BBC.

Stuart

I finally accepted I was never going to get round to using my clear Avery labels in conjunction with a laser printer so bought a Brother H101C from Costco which I plan to use for the collection. For the nursery I can't find anything better than my voice-activated label printer though this doesn't al...

They'd have to have hacked Bill's account as the emails are sent to all on his contacts list and would only work if sent to those who know Bill as they're 'personalised' to make you reply by pretending to be from someone you know., The replies would go to an account that has been set up to look like...