"Plants 'created' in cultivation, usually by crossing two plants together to make a hybrid are given non-Latin names, of which "Hobbit" is one." Not totaly true, yes cultivar names are given to hybrids, but more commonly specialy bred varieties of which there are far more. Going ...

Hi Andrew First one is a cultivar of Crassula ovata The main two are Hobbit with curved leaves and Gollum where the leaf ends look like suckers. Often when named the two are mislabeled and to confuse matters even more there are intermediate forms, the result of crossing the two. C.argentea is a syno...

Excellent Bob, becuase of the past damage it does not look as good as mine but you are obviously doing something better than me as mine is probably as big as yours but no sign of flowers yet.

Nice one Ian, I'll have to get me some of them.

Well to be sarcastic what a surprise, if Europe can make a mess of things it will. Rules upon rules upon rules, that's all they exist for.

Meant to say what's cacti etc?



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Hi lewis

Welcome to the forum, I'm sure you will enjoy the friendly banter, free advice and maybe even contribute some of your own.

That sort of thing is very tempting Nick, bit too far away thank goodness. I have often looked at the very big/commercial greenhouse that come up on Ebay and go for next too nothing and thought if only, space isn't a problem it's the logistics of dismantling, collecting and the cost of a suitable ba...

Well we have a pond in our garden and a stream running through the farm and the pond has had to be filled several times as that is drying out and as for the stream, you couldn't even wet your toes in it. But back to tap water if it's good enough for Roy and Bob et al, it's good enough for me, save p...

Well like you Roy I won't pay hundreds or thousands or a greenhouse when there are plenty of S/H ones out there for next to nothing, add a little bit of ingenuity and bob's your uncle. ?250 is all the 2 8x12s and the donor lean to for the join cost to buy LOL Just keeping my eye out for another 8x s...

I'll back what bob says, I started of with an 8x6 and it was all path and very little shelving, my "first" 8x12 seemed much bigger than 2' wider. Mind you I added a 2nd one within 4 mths and a couple mths after that joined them together sideways to give a 18 x12, now 10 months later I am l...