Plants and flowers

Today I had chance to spend a fair bit of time in our tiny tropical yarden.

Yay. I had more seeds arrive. These are from Mike (Mikes Rare Plants) down in Devon. He always has some really interesting seeds, many of my more unusual plants come from growing from Mike.

Here is a lovely impatiens that I have bought this year from Carl at Turn it Tropicals. Impatiens auricoma x bicaudata.

This stunning plant and flower is Arisaema ciliatum var. liubaense.

This tiny yet beautiful flower belongs to Titantia pringlei.

Here are some home grown radishes. Sadly not as many as I’d have hoped for.

I love these tiny lily pad plants that simply float on the surface of the water. These are frog bit (hydrocharis morsus-ranae) and they multiply easily. Sadly they never flower for me.

I have grown Alyssum ever since I found out it was scented. I dot it about the garden with blue trailing lobelia.

I love how tropical the yarden looks.

I potted on some succulents today.

Here are two agaves. They were from an agave mix seed packet. I’m hoping my friend David may be able to recognise them, though I have a feeling they may be still too young to identify.

Here is my Aloe ‘Cleopatra’ (again from Turn it Tropical) repotted and finished with a black gravel.

I hadn’t noticed the flower on this Billbergia nutans, it’s colourful yet delicate all in one!

Another picture of the stunning little blue sweet pea – Lathyrus azeurus.

I have moved other bits about and trying to tidy and make space so we can actually sit and enjoy our green space.

I’ll update you with more tomorrow.

Thank you

Good morning, apologies for such a gap since my last post.

I hope you have all been enjoying plants and your green space wherever you are in the world.

I have had a busy 2018 and experimented with new exotic plants. It has been a very mixed year for Hostas. Some really didn’t like the dry weather, as much as they were watered they simply didn’t like the dry air. Non the less, I don’t give up hope, adapting, enjoying the love of plants and hostas.

I have decided I am going to try and grow many of the plants on my wish list for a few reasons:

• Cheaper
• The sheer joy of growing
• Quantity
• Experiment

Heated propagators

Here I am trying to grow agaves, colocasia, hedychium, hibiscus, impatiens, musa and sonchus.

I promise to try and share more of my journey in the garden in the new year and many more pictures.

I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and all the very best for 2019!!