by Steve | Nov 4, 2009 | Bromeliads, Home Gardening
Bromeliads are great low maintenance plants but there comes a time when they do need a bit of love and attention. This is particularly evident when it comes to repotting and dividing them up. Most bromeliads produce offsets (called pups) from the...
by Steve | Oct 24, 2009 | Succulents
Today my mother emailed me photos of her epiphyllum in flower. Hopefully you’ll agree with me that this particular variety is simply stunning. What I also want to share is her comment that ‘its a shame each flower is so short lived but its still...
by Steve | Oct 24, 2009 | Bromeliads, Garden Shows
I’m just back from the Spring Show of the Bromeliad Society of NSW (www.bromsocnsw.org.au) and as expected I’ve been bitten by the bromeliad bug again. Whilst enviously eyeing off the prizewinning Tillandsia tectorum and T. duratii I had to contend...
by Steve | Oct 21, 2009 | Favourite Plants, Indoor Plants
I’ve recently rediscovered this great plant. You may know them as Cape Primrose but I know them as Streptocarpus hybrids – the results of plant breeders crossing various species to develop a better plant. About 5 years ago I discovered this plant for the first...
by Steve | Oct 21, 2009 | Favourite Plants, Succulents
Lithops are small succulents which grow in the harsh dry regions of South Africa. They are commonly known as Living Stones and its pretty obvious why when you see how easily they can blend in with sand and pebbles. My love for them first started when I was around 12...
