Our early Fall warm weather is bringing forth a wealth of flowers from a variety of places. This one is Glottiphyllum pygmaeum , actually a ...

Tonight another alpine, Sempervivum 'Bella Donna'. In most climates (the exception being overly hot and dry climates) these are ext...

This is why we have a garden every year. We don't have a lot of room for a garden on this property. Years ago - when we were young - we ...

We obtained our first plant of this outstanding Sempervivum from the late Helen Payne (author of the now out of print Plant Jewels of the H...

Sometimes called the "Madagascar Ocotillo", Aluaudia procera does indeed have a similar appearance to the American native. But how...

Lynn-Marie took this photo of the sun shining through a Bombax elipticum leaf. And, yes, it does provide for a feeling of autumn (though th...

These plants are from the Maranon and Utcumbamba river valleys in Northern Peru, growing at 1000-1500 meters. Easy to grow with one or two l...

This is just a shot of part of our back yard. In the next few weeks most of these plants have to find a place back in the greenhouses - or i...