Wednesday, May 20, 2009

San Pedros in Full Flower

This shot is from mid summer, I think. These San Pedros flowered all summer and so profusely this year it could have been anytime from Dec to March. 



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Thursday, September 25, 2008

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.
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Been flowering since last autumn

 
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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.
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Thursday, September 04, 2008

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?
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Tuesday, July 08, 2008

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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Wednesday, July 02, 2008

Jade Three

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

This Jade plant is a huge mass of pink flowers.
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Bee enjoying Jade

The Jade plant looks fantastic in flower this time of year. This bee is obviously enjoying the feast.
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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.
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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

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?
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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?
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Saturday, February 23, 2008


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
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And here are the flowers


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

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