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Not a travelogue by any means but seems the most appropriate place to put this.

I've uploaded some photos here https://www.agaveville.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11152

The photos are too big to upload to this forum, sorry!

I managed to take some more photos that I can crop on our second visit to the garden. While the succulents are fairly limited there are some amazing agave, aloe and Opuntia in different spots and a few Aeonium too. The palms, tropicals, Echium pinninana and Agapanthus throughout the garden are great though.

Aeonium wall Other Aeonium The main arid avenue The other path with Opuntia and Agave,

Agave and aloe pictures Included a couple of 'objects' to give you a sense of scale of these Agave salmiana!

And finally some closer shots of the Aloe polyphylla group. Looking nice but no signs of flowering and not the biggest - maybe they're a bit too dry? And I'd appreciate an ID on this

Looks like a Beschorneria. If it is, there is an expert in Essex who can probably narrow that down.

Until he comes along, I pitch in that I believe it is Agave mitis and the spike has become congested/deformed in some way.

Paul in Essex wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 2:25 pm Until he comes along, I pitch in that I believe it is Agave mitis and the spike has become congested/deformed in some way.

Even if it isn't, I should have said.

Paul in Essex wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 2:25 pm Until he comes along, I pitch in that I believe it is Agave mitis and the spike has become congested/deformed in some way.

That's interesting Paul! I would not have thought that but don't doubt you're right! This plant was in a shaded spot, next to a path on a slope and slightly more exposed than some. I wonder if it had been either physically damaged or hit by a cold wind over winter?

edds wrote: ↑Sat Aug 14, 2021 5:18 pm That's interesting Paul! I would not have thought that but don't doubt you're right! This plant was in a shaded spot, next to a path on a slope and slightly more exposed than some. I wonder if it had been either physically damaged or hit by a cold wind over winter?

Or it was hidden under a mess of brambles until a recent weeding?

I don't think there's been a huge amount of recent weeding looking at the grounds! Looks like they've been short-handed for a while - perhaps an impact of the pandemic? Having said that though, I can't see that area would have had significant amounts of brambles as it is on main path and they're pretty narrow planting spaces on quite a slope - brambles would be vaulting across the paths!