Great pictures, nice to see so many cactus alltogether. What's even more nice how did you get all the photo's in the correct orientation, l have tried but portrait comes out landscape. Thank you for the kind words. If you have taken a picture on your phone or mobile device I find it always adds in ...

Paul in Essex wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:49 am Marvellous! Any Soehrensias or Denmoza? They are good for me outdoors.

Thanks Paul, I’ve not got any of those two. Will have to check them out

el48tel wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 8:34 am Lovely and inspiring to see.

Thank you!

Might need a bigger outdoor bed! Lots of species can take the cold of a British winter, not so many that can take the wet of either summer or winter. Especially this summer! Can’t believe how wet this July has been. The round stone planter with P.simpsonii and a few Escobarias has been brought in t...

Brilliant! Well done. Thanks Mike. 👍 Have you tried Stenocactus / Echinofossulocactus? They are quite hardy and (all?) should be able to take -15C when completely dry. Maybe not something for in the outside bed, but still very suited for an unheated greenhouse. I do have a few Stenocactus that I gr...

A couple years ago I started sowing seed of some cold hardy varieties to eventually grow in my outside cactus bed. I think I may have overdone it on the seeds :grin: The type I was looking for were the most moist / cold tolerant that would have the best chance of surviving. These were mainly Escobar...

Diane wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 5:39 pm WOW! Wottalottaplants!

I know I wasn’t expecting this much to survive. These are v. robustior. I have about the same again of the v. splendens!

Could do with shifting some to make space!

Looking fantastic Dianne.

One of mine has almost gone after a severe infestation of mealies. They seem to love this plant!

I do have a tonne of seedlings from that plant though so all is well for the next generation

Thank you Juster, Ralph.

I do check almost daily for slugs and snails Ralph, especially in the evenings after rain and relocate

My “Razzle Dazzle” putting on a show in the rockery today

Very Nice! I always look forward to your update on this thread. Thank you.