Author Archives for Paul Doyle

About Paul Doyle

Artist, retired ecologist, growing a variety of C & S including National Collection of Aylostera, Rebutia & Weingartia, including Sulcorebutia in the North-east of Britain.

Yucca linearifolia Clary

October 1, 2020 7:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Yucca linearifolia Clary

Yuccas have been popular garden plants since Victorian times for their bold form and ease of culture but the last... View Article


Aloe jacksonii Reynolds

August 1, 2020 6:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Aloe jacksonii Reynolds

Aloe jacksonii was named in 1955 by Gilbert W. Reynolds for Major T.H.E. Jackson, who discovered it at El Kerré... View Article


Pilosocereus pachycladus

January 1, 2020 4:00 pm Published by Comments Off on Pilosocereus pachycladus

Columnar cacti add height and variation to a collection. Their appearance is diverse, some have dense spination of various colours... View Article


Agave victoria-regina

Cultivation Notes on Agave

December 10, 2019 9:03 pm Published by Comments Off on Cultivation Notes on Agave

About the genus Agave occur naturally in the New World, principally in Mexico, but as far north as Utah, in... View Article


Haworthia truncata

Cultivation Notes on Haworthia

September 11, 2019 12:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Cultivation Notes on Haworthia

About the genus Haworthia is a large family of dwarf leaf succulents found in the winter-rainfall areas of southern and... View Article


Gymnocalycium monvillei

July 2, 2019 9:32 pm Published by Comments Off on Gymnocalycium monvillei

(Lemaire) Britton & Rose My choice for this month is one of the most frequently seen species of the very... View Article


Haworthia truncata

June 4, 2019 7:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Haworthia truncata

Schoenland (1910) Haworthia truncata is a stemless proliferous species with abruptly truncated and square leaf tips, the leaves being arranged... View Article