Dracaena Draco

 

my favourite Dracaena Draco. I have ten for sale. Each will become a great specimen, eventually growing into a tree. Very tough plant, easily transplanted until about ten years old. The ones for sale are 2-3years old.

plus Aloe pilanties (sp?) and another spectacular aloe.

Been flowering since last autumn

 

AGAVE Attenuata Flowering Specimen

 

Spectacular long lasting flower. Mine have not flowered in 12 years.

Different plant, just storing notes, which I have Cleistocactus strausii
'The Silver Torch' hardy for any position, but prone to high wind breaking at over six foot. A sheltered position like a fence is an ideal growing position.

and my favourite Dracaena Draco. I have ten for sale. Each will become a great specimen, eventually growing into a tree. Very tough plant, easily transplanted until about ten years old. The ones for sale are 2-3years old.

Found Aloe Flowering

 

Discarded and lonely aloe was looking for a home. Sensational flower. Will be multiple flowers next year starting in July/August and flowering in spring.
What is this aloe called?

Red Hot Pokers

The red hot pockers are looking fantastic this year.
This is the smaller clump growing around a purple cordyline.

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Jade Three

The mass of pink flowers on this Jade attracts lots of bees. This plant is over 2 metres high.

Jade Two

This Jade plant is a huge mass of pink flowers.

Bee enjoying Jade

The Jade plant looks fantastic in flower this time of year. This bee is obviously enjoying the feast.

And finally it flowers

Finally this succulent is about to burst in to flower. Exciting stuff in my small backyard!
Plants are part of the interwoven thread that has lead me to payconomics.

Same cactus with bee

If I ever own a slice of country I will set up a cacti garden alongside a bee hive.
I want to taste cacti flower honey before I die.

Do you know the name of this cactus?

Two amazing trumpets

Two amazing trumpets
These cactus flowers are stunning. I picked the cactus up along with two great aloes the other day. They were left for free on the footpath with many other succulents and cacti.
With Reed and Mia in tow or perhaps towing and little room left in my garden I was happy to leave the dozen or more plants behind that I couldn’t carry. The next day most of the cacti and succulents were gone, but a few new ones had been put out. No room in this garden.

Do you know the name of this cactus?

Yucca still flowering strongly
This is the second set of flower stalks from this Yucca.
Flowers are just starting to form on my largest Yucca.
This wall of Yucca's flowers for at least three months a year.
I think this one is Yucca Gloriosa

And here are the flowers

Here is a close up of the amazing flowers.
Hopefully you can see the pollen laiden bees.

Plant of the Week Columnar Cactus

This amazing columnar cactus is covered in bee attracting flowers for at least a couple months a year. I wonder what bee honey would taste like. The large, dinner plate sized flowers are pink tinged and while being a night flowering cactus the flowers do stay open until after lunch.
This plant was a single six foot, two metre column ten years ago. Now it towers over six metres with many columns. I love this cactus and its two little brothers. Yup I have two 2 metre plants which flowered prolifically this year. They can be purchased for two hundred dollars each with free delivery within in Melbourne and parcelled to any where in Australia for the best rate either of us can find.
I happily keep both cacti as they are the only remnants of my tallest plant which was one of two plants from my whole garden which did not survive the mass transplant. As you can imagine moving plants this size or at least a couple years younger was a huge feat. I’d liked to thank Tony, Andrew, Leon, Tony and of course Janet and anyone else who contributed to my moving garden.
If you know the name of the plant can you please let me know via a comment or you can email from www.doyadigit.com

Yucca still flowering strongly

Yucca
Family: Agavaceae
Botanical name and synonyms: Yucca species
Common Names: Yucca
Yuccas are drought tolerant with dramatic architectural forms and stunning flower heads that suit modern landscaping styles.
There are around 40 species Yucca.
They are native to dry areas of North America.
The flowers are white or cream and organized in panicles.
The branch or the plant that produced the flower does not die after blooming.
The flowers have to be pollinated by the yucca moth to bear fruit.
The frost resistance of Yuccas varies a lot depending on the species, but some are very frost tolerant.
All Yuccas prefer full sun and a good drainage.

Sex in a flower

Love it.

Yet another cactus whose name I don't know.
Irresistable.
Love this flower.

Any idea what cactus this bee is working
its magic on?
It is a glorious specimum
with flowers more beautiful than the San Pedro
and a more striking form which looks
like it will support 6-8mts.
The flowers stay open all morning and the fringing
pink is cool.
Prolific for a couple months.

Pineapple Lilies continue to look stunning

Pineapple Lilies continue to look stunning
Love them lilies.

Pineapple Lily Again

Georgeous, very stunning floweriong bulb
at home in an exoctic garden
This is my first ever Plant of the Week. The Pineapple Lily.
Here is the best info from google's first page
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/bulbs_and_plants/114280

Pineapple Lilly

Pineapple Lilly
These gorgeous lilies flower annually with this beautiful pineapple like flower.
The pineapple lilly is a stunning bulb, easy to grow and will multiply readily.
Bulbs from this plant will be sold at www.doyadigit.com from April.

I'm not sure of the name of this amazing columnar flowering cacti,
but I love it.
The flowers are incredible.
If you know the name please leave a comment.
Jeff gave me the orginal column for my 30th and
Jeremy gave me another a year later
after his son had tried to hack it to bits.
Growing cacti is easy and
they are the best drought tolerant plants around.



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Daughter's View

A wall of San Pedros, Trichocereus panchanoi, as seen by my daughter. These San Pedro are hardy plants and as you can see the three large plants in the photo have flourished outside in Melbourne.If you’re interested in getting into these ancient Peruvian sacred cacti, head to www.doyadigit.com for more tips. The flowers of this species are absolutely spectacular, the next picture should be a close up of the flowers in this.

The large plant is a picture of the mother plant. San Pedros are hardy plants and as you can see the two large plants in the photo have flourished outside in Melbourne.

If you’re interested in getting into these ancient Peruvian sacred cactuses, head to www.doyadigit.com for more tips. The flowers of this species are absolutely spectacular.
The San Pedro Cactus (Trichocereus panchanoi) is the most common and well known of the Trichocereus and can be found naturally in the Andes of Peru and Ecuador. The San Pedro Cactus is a very hardy and easy to grow branching columnar cactus with 4 – 8 ribs. They often grow over a foot per year and can reach heights of over 5 metres when planted in the ground.
Trichocereus Pachanoi has been known for over 3000 years and there is evidence to suggest cultivation of Trichocerus Pachanoi in Peru from 2200 B. C.

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