Photo Friday

The start of the flower of one of my favourite plants today, Echeveria Rosea.  I was going to ask if anyone could guess what it was, but decided that was a bit cruel.  I will have to do a full post o this one at some point.

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Another Haworthia today. This time the spotted form. Again very animal in nature reminds me of octopus tentacles, with the little suckers.

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A different type of spiky today. I think it goes well with the terminal spines post form the other day!

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Haworthia limifolia is one of my most interesting plants.  I love the texture to the leaves, reminds me of ripples on water.

Frosty Friday.

A very frosty agave bracteosa, one the hardiest for the UK but strangely underrated.  This one has been planted out for three years now and despite the last few very bad winters it has not even been marked.  If only more agaves coped as ell as this from such a small size.

It's weekend

I'm sure most people who have ever worked a 9-5 job know the joy of getting home on Friday and thinking IT'S WEEKEND! Especially in winter when the days are short, being able to fully enjoy the garden can often be limited to weekends and that makes them even more precious.  Over winter I get my fix from the pots stacked around the house, but there is only so much tending you can do with plants that you can't water, aren't growing and don't need any care!

That Friday feeling deserves to be celebrated and so from now on I will be marking it with a photo to start the weekend off. Todays offering is another my OH took at Kew, not spikie, but don't worry there will be lots of those to come.

Now go out and make the most of these precious days off.