I haven't watered my cacti yet but would have done if I was at home this week. I agree it has been a dank and dingy start to the year, but at least mild.

What other rock types available in the UK might be worth trying? I'd really like to plant an aztekium vertically in some gypsum. Don't just worry about UK types - you can even get some fantastic stuff that's been imported. My local stone merchants (https://www.cedstone.co.uk/) once had some massive...

Find a local stone merchants - you can usually pop along and pick your own rocks.

Tufa is good for growing plants in directly as it allows water to percolate through. It’s used a lot in alpine gardening. There are some nice examples at Kew. If you can find some it would be worth experimenting with Tufa is very soft and alkaline though - not sure some of my plants would like that...

Tufa is good for growing plants in directly as it allows water to percolate through. It’s used a lot in alpine gardening. There are some nice examples at Kew. If you can find some it would be worth experimenting with Tufa is very soft and alkaline though - not sure some of my plants would like that...

Great idea. Is that one big rock with a hole drilled out or have you stuck together a few smaller rocks? (I'm thinking of 'borrowing' your idea for some hardy plants to sit on top of my gabions made in rock to match that that fills the gabions.)

Great leaves and flower.

I agree with Paul - they're cheap over the years you have them and they last. I have snowdrops I labelled with these over 20 years ago still going strong. If you also keep an eye on Amazon and Google then you often find there are decent deals on buying 200 or more every so often and I tend to buy a ...

Tina wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:48 am Ed, have you got a tardis greenhouse, babies look super

This is part of the reason I need to build the new greenhouse! Hoping a lot of these will be ok outside with a bit of shelter when they get big enough.