Miniature variegated Gasteria

These miniature Gasterias have been with us for a good many years. We've never had a name for them other than "miniature variegated Gasteria - Japanese hybrid". That's the name that was on them when we received them from one of the now long-since gone nurseries of the '60s. But they're beautiful little plants, and they do stay small!

Gasteria 'Frosty'

The last of my Gasteria posts for a bit, this is Gasteria 'Frosty', a cultivar of Gasteria brachyphylla. You can't see it too well in this photo but the edges are translucent and the frosty-blue leaves are sometimes accented with splashes of green. Quite impressive.

Enjoy your plants.

Gasteria glomerata

We don't specialize in gasterias but somehow we always end up with many, many of them. This is one of my favorites. It's small growing, has outstanding orange-red flowers and a rough-textured leaf. And, as a bonus, it's very easy to grow.

Gasteria batesiana

Gasteria batesiana is a favorite among collectors because of it's amazing leaves and relatively easy care. Cliff dwellers in nature, they of course prefer a well-drained substrate. The leaves are stiff and somewhat brittle but are a very rewarding plant to have in the collection.

This is a recent close-up taken of one of the plants in the main greenhouse.

Gasteria armstrongii

This is a nice old specimen of Gasteria armstrongii. We received it with the notation "Aker Clone". This a very hard bodied plant that's quite impressive. I took these photos yesterday next to our kitchen window.

It has an almost abstract quality about it when you get in close.

Variegated Gasteria

We haven't really specialized in collecting Gasterias, but this is a nice little Gasteria variegate that I like quite a bit. Don't know it's name, if it has one. Help anyone?