Sedum palmeri
April 11, 2014 7:26 pmAs a referee for both Kew and the Botanical Society of the British Isles I am regularly sent photographs of... View Article
As a referee for both Kew and the Botanical Society of the British Isles I am regularly sent photographs of... View Article
This beautiful, but rather infrequently encountered, species comes from Jujuy, in Northern Argentina. It is quite easy to grow, using... View Article
l first saw this Echeveria when I was taken to the rocky, near sheer mountainside where it grows. At the... View Article
The genus Rhipsalis is noteworthy for several reasons – not least because it includes the only cactus species that is... View Article
Sansevierias are not often grown in the UK yet they are easy in cultivation providing you give them plenty of... View Article
Synonyms: Pelecyphora valdeziana, Gymnocactus valdeziana The name Turbinicarpus comes from the words ‘turbo’ meaning top and ‘karpos’ meaning fruit. This... View Article
This is a plant that I first grew when I decided to expand my Mesemb. collection from just Lithops and... View Article
Plants belonging to the cactus genus Copiapoa are regarded as choice and desirable in cultivation. The most sought after are... View Article
The genus Avonia, which is sometimes included in the genus Anacampseros, occurs mainly in South Africa with a few outliers... View Article
Possibly not a beginners plant but one worth striving to grow. Although it has a number of different forms I think... View Article
Can you tell them apart? These two small Agave species will never outgrow a 15cm-20cm pot. The two in the... View Article
This is a spectacular epiphytic cactus, with beautiful pink flowers. The plant may have originally been native to southern Mexico, but... View Article