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Contents 2021 issues
December
Arizona, Mexico...Norfolk
Carnegeia gigantea at Eau Brink nursery
Orostachys – one, two or three genera?
An introduction to these fascinating plants
Cumarinia odorata
An interesting dwarf cactus
Growing ghosts
Unusual Lithops seedlings
Sansevieria pinguicula the 'walking' Sansevieria
An interesting and attractive Sansevieria
Why I don't like Lithops
Growing Lithops from seed
More diverse succulents
Attractive euphorbias and mesembs
The sky's the limit
Clearing and planting a whole new garden
Whatever happened to that Echinocereus?
Many forms of Echinocereus coccineus in habitat
Ultra violets
An introduction to the fascinating succulent violas of the high Andes
September
Beautiful flowers
Thelocactus and other flowering cacti
Visiting punas
In search of these elusive cacti
Pachyphytum rzedowskii
An attractive but little-known Pachyphytum
More interesting euphorbias
Plants from South Africa and Madagascar
Hatiora herminiae
An interesting epiphytic cactus
Three South African crassulas and the Botanical Art of Baron von Jacquin
Three crassulas illustrated in an amazing 18th century book
Salicornia
A genus of interesting salty succulents
Succulents of the Haraz mountains
A beautiful but rarely visited area
Succulents in a suburban garden
Growing opuntias and agaves in a front garden near Norwich
Sheilam
A visit to a fascinating garden in South Africa
June
xEpiphyllum 'Hellfire Again'
A little about this amazing new hybrid
Aloes and birds
Some of the birds which pollinate aloes
Will no one rid me of this troublesome weed?
A look at Oxalis
The genus Cochemiea
The surprising results of recent DNA analysis
Agave zebra
A beautiful and unusual Agave
Some smaller opuntias
An introduction to a number of smaller growing genera
Uebelmannias in habitat
Finding these beautiful plants in Brazil
Haworthia groenewaldii
An extremely attractive Haworthia
Kalanchoe tomentosa
A popular Kalanchoe
Not just for flowers
Aylosteras are more than just their flowers
Some spring flowers
Including Acanthocalycium, Pelecyphora, Turbinicarpus and Pierrebraunia
Kirstenbosch
A visit to the reserve collection
March
Rhytidocaulon macrolobum
A fascinating Stapeliad from Yemen
Myrmecodia beccarii
The Australian ant house plant from NE Queensland
Evolution now
DNA studies reveal ancient hybrids
Some other succulents
Including Tylecodon, Anacampseros and an attractive Aloe
The Reich stuff
The naming of Lobivia famatinensis, or is it an Echinopsis or a Reicheocactus
Looking at Fouquierias
Despite their size these interesting plants are often overlooked
Carl Spitzweg
A painter of cactus lovers
Hand-built cold frames
Growing a remarkable cactus collection in a series of hand-built cold frames
Stapelia glanduliflora
A Stapelia with most unusual flowers
Mammillarias – some of those that got away
Some choice but difficult Mammillarias with beautiful flowers
The succulents of Portmeirion pottery
The story of the succulents in the highly collectable Botanic Garden range
Whatever happened to that Echinocereus...?
The story of Echinocereus radians
