New Greenhouse (part 2)

looking very good Hywel. You have an excellent xerophyte collection.

looks great Hywel , I am very jealous of your cacti collection !

So many cacti Hywel and looking very snug in your new greenhouse, you must be very pleased with it. Your aeoniums looking nice and healthy too. I lost mine in the very low temps even.though they were bubblewrapped in the bottom of the greenhouse. I've 3 stems left that I'll cut back and then repot into much smaller ones...

And I thought my g'house was full!

Oh my word Hywel, that's an incredible amount of potted plants! You've got a thriving cottage industry ... almost ... :o))

What a lovely lot of plants you have got there Hywel , I am very envious of your greenhouse.

Wow - looks wonderful Hywel. Are you sure you have enough plants, lol ?!

Wow, what a collection. I admire your dedication to their care.

Thank you all

I bet that lot keep you occupied! Thanks for the tour, very interesting seeing such a collection.

Oh My Goodness !!!!!...
I always knew you had a lot Hywel now you have them all in the new g'house there are loads more than I ever dreamt, I'd be like a kid in a toy or sweetshop seeing a display like that, they are all so healthy looking...How on earth do you water them and do you use drip trays on the floor?? I do like the idea of having solar lights in there, bet it looks amazing in the evenings..

Thank you all :)

I just go around them with a watering can Sue. It's easier now they are all together. Sometimes I water just one section, and then another section later or tomorrow - since they are xerophytes it doesn't matter if I can't get around them all on the same day. They haven't had any water through the winter.

WOW! What a collection you have, Hywel! 😃 Like everybody else has commented I didn't know just how many you had! It'll take you at least a week to move everything out & then back in after you have painted the walls! No wonder you say you will wait for warmer weather to come around before doing it!

Just yesterday I got a bag of Cacti & Succulent compost & our granddaughter helped me repot the 6 Cacti I have.

I've just started watering mine Hywel, I am always worried when I start to do that as its so easy to give them too much, I would hate to get them this far and then kill them with kindness, something I learnt the hard way, the ones I had in the house are now back in the greenhouse, repotted two very large cacti yesterday, the tops had been caught during the winter so I got the dying pieces out before it spread, my fingers did not like that job, even though I was wearing strong gloves the beggars still got me., I haven't watered those as I felt the new compost was damp enough for them......

Sorry Hywel, I have just found this blog!
And good gracious.. what a lot of plants! Do you ever get to sit down and take it easy!