3 July 2008
Mesembs big and small
Posted by Stuart under: Cacti; Pests & Diseases .
The Ectotropis alpina seedlings that I sowed on the 23rd of February this year are now in flower.
In their seed tray they’re well-camouflaged from a distance (and, annoyingly, easy pickings for slugs - there’s slug-bait down now!) and it’s hard to believe that they’re only four months old, and that they were just little green blobs back in March.
They’re thirsty little plants, and aren’t particularly succulent above-ground; they do, though, have thick fleshy roots for water storage.
At the other end of the spectrum is this delosperma, sold in a local garden centre as Delosperma sutherlandii, although it’s almost certainly a cultivar of some sort. No matter - it’s a wonderful display.