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Contents 2020 issues
December
Azorella compacta – a plant from another dimension
Amazing plants which could be thousands of years old
Huernia pillansii
An interesting and unusual Huernia
A warming climate and us
The first of three articles on the effects of climate change
The Atacama
Climate change as it affects the driest desert in the world
Risks to dwarf succulents from climate change
The Succulent Karoo an important area of biodiversity
What's in a name
Naming cacti, including Astrophytum and Ariocarpus
Haworthia splendens
A Haworthia which lives up to its name
More interesting euphorbias
Visiting Ethiopia to find two more interesting euphorbias
Cactus flowers – do they make scents
Cacti have spectacular flowers, but are they scented?
Black aeoniums
Some of the attractive 'Zwartkop' hybrids
A trip to Chile – Part 2
With more stunning photographs
September
Chamaecereus luisramirezii
A comparatively new discovery for a reinstated genus
Growing cacti for 50 years
A celebration of cacti and succulents
Uncarina roeoesliana
First time of flowering
Big Bend
A visit to this remote national park
Echeveria rosea
An attractive and extremely hardy Echeveria
Some medium-sized aloes
More attractive aloes which are well worth growing
Getting a drink from a cactus
This is impossible
Some of my astrophytums
Some beautiful plants from this popular genus
Succulents on the windowsill
Some unusual candidates for windowsill culture
Mammillaria theresae
A beautiful, but challenging, species of Mammillaria
Making a plant support
A lightweight but secure support for trailing or climbing plants
Dudleya – a new love
An introduction to this interesting genus
Growing in cold frames
Using cold frames for cacti especially cold-hardy Echinocereus
A trip to Chile – Part 1
With some fabulous photographs
June
Looking at Lewisia
Attractive garden plants which are classed as succulent
Madagascar's spiny alluaudias
Introducing these interesting and unusual plants
Neowerdermannia
Searching for an elusive cactus species
A succulent plant in a coat of arms
The only succulent plant featured in British heraldry
Mammillaria surculosa
An attractive Mammillaria from the Dolicothele subgroup
Crassula streyi
A woodland gem with deep green and red leaves
Tulista pumila
A large-growing and handsome Tulista (previously Haworthia)
Two Florida Harrisias
A photographic introduction to two little-known species
Aeoniums – growing them and knowing them
Cultivating these popular plants in the UK
When things go wrong
Some things to look out for, and some useful tips, for the greenhouse
Mammillaria formosa and friends
Or why you can never have too many Mammillaria formosa
The hidden gardens of Eze
A little-known gem on the Côte d'Azur in France
March
Jasminocereus – still a rare cactus?
Article reprinted from Xerophytica No. 2 10-11 [2001] with permission of the Trustees of the Rowley Library
A succulent plant of the year at RHS Chelsea
The true story behind the RHS plant of the year 2019
An introduction to Lachenalia
South African bulbs which will add colour and interest in the greenhouse in winter
Sempervivum and Jovibarba
An introduction to these attractive and fully-hardy succulents
A sensitive matter
How plants respond to touch
Growing Bulbine
A little-known genus of succulent plants
Who knew Conophytums grow on walls
Looking for conophytums in inaccessible places in South Africa (Part 3)
Opuntias in the USA
Some of these unique cacti with unusual shapes and beautiful flowers
