FOR HYWEL

Wonderful ... added to GoYpedia !

Some beauties here!

I think they are in the Princess of Wales Conservatory
Kew Gardens. Remember seeing them years ago.

Thanks Terra!

Waddy some of them were huge!

D.B. I've never been to Kew, but I have seen it on tv - looks amazing!

Crikey! I thought you'd been to the Mexican desert Aileen......:))

Oh Janey..how I wish..just for the sunshine though, as lots of things bite in places like that lol! :))))

Helenium, this looks familiar! Is it Dundee Botanic Garden?

You're absolutely right Karen, I had a great time - first visit there in 27 years!

:)) I'd forgotten how good the cacti are there!

The photos don't show how big they really are!

Fantastic ! Thanks for showing these :o) They are wonderful ... including the fuchsia lol
I've put it on my faves :o)

Cheers Hywel, the Fuchsia is Lady Boothby which I should've sent with the last fuchsia photos. It's in my garden.

That's a nice hardy fuchsia :o)

I agree, the colour is very nice.

Marvellous cacti - I remember seeing these last year. The Echinocactus is one I really really wanted when I was in my teens, but they take such a long time to grow to that size there was no way on my meagre pocket money...Ah well.

I have a cowboy cactus in the kitchen named Chisum - (a John Wayne film) I've had it for about 15 years but still it hasn't grown very much, I will repot soon and see if that makes a difference.

I have Lady Boothby, but it's not really flowered for me yet. I brought it here with me in a pot. I hope it flowers this year, as that really is a stunning flower!

Karen, I'm sure it will! Coupled with its dark stems, red & violent flowers it makes a very handsome plant. One thing I found was, the stems got quite tall and whippy, but did look nice once tied to the trellis. The plant I have was in a 10in pot, I don't want to put it in the ground in case we move - I will repot :))

Yes! Mine's getting on for 3' high. It was in the ground before, but too shaded I think. This garden is so much sunnier, so in a large pot on the south facing patio, I hope it will flourish. It's such a beauty! I hadn't realised just how lovely it is until I saw your pic. I only bought it because it was hardy and supposedly a 'climber'. :))

It would be more helpful if the retailers said, "this is a tall growing Fuchsia which will need tying to a support" instead of saying its a climber -

So true!