Contents 2026 issues

September

Matucana in habitat and culture by Graham Charles

Book review by Ian Woolnough

A comprehensive introduction to the genus

An unusual hybrid

John Hughes

An interesting intergeneric cactus hybrid

Agave 'Derek Bowdery'

Colin C. Walker

Introducing a new Agave cultivar

Irids – South African Bulbs from the Western Cape

Darren Sleep

Introducing these bulbs with stunning flowers

A passive succulent greenhouse

Ed Seeley

A possible new concept in greenhouse growing

Growing in the Sonoran Desert

Sue Hakala

Growing in extreme heat

Colours from the Cloud Forest

Zsolt Varga

An introduction to this habitat and the epiphytes which grow there

Introducing Pachycauls

Graham Blunt

Some beautiful pachycaul trees

June

Profiles of Sclerocactus by Jean Bonnefond

Book review by Ian Woolnough

A photographic introduction to these plants

Understanding and growing aeoniums by Mellie Lewis

Book review by Sandra Williams

A comprehensive guide to growing these popular plants

Edgar Lamb FRHS

Len Newton

Formerly all RHS members were fellows

The Exotic Collection

Sheila Cude

A reminder of this former collection

The Sierra Madre Oriental

Alan Brown

Some of the cacti of the region and their habitats

Kenyan sansevierias

Colin C. Walker

An introduction to these interesting and attractive plants

Breeding Echinopsis by design

Ed Seeley

A way to develop a programme for breeding hybrids

Sinningia eumorpha

Ray Stephenson

A beautiful flowered plant

A visit to Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden

Richard Torr

Fine collections of Mesembs and also bonsai

Beautiful Epiphyllum hybrids

Frank Süpplie

Mainly pictures of his magnificent plants

Gardening with succulents in northern England

Joel Robinson

An update on Joel's garden and the plants he grows

March

Echinopsis candicans

Ian Woolnough

An amazing pink flowered Echinopsis

More interesting euphorbias

Bob Potter

A visit to South Africa to see two euphorbias

Ugly but special:Larryleachia

Luise Granig

An introduction to these fascinating plants with photos of plants in cultivation and habitat

Some bulbs are succulent

Joseph Shaw

Some interesting bulbs with succulent properties

Copiapoa dilemma

Roger Ferryman

Some hybrid copiapoas

Fishbone or Zig-zag cacti

Zsolt Varga

An introduction to these interesting and attractive plants

Aeoniums of Africa and the Yemen

Mellie Lewis

A detailed examination of the species of African aeonium

The Bushmanland Inselbergs

Chris Rodgerson

Important ecological niches in an arid landscape

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