I am in the process of re-discovering my garden after the neglect caused by the allotment experiment. I have down the basics over the last two years but it has been the very basics and walking round the garden with a fresh perspective it is clear that there is much to do. There are brambles – large ones!!
Anyway, it seems that not only have the weeds thrived on the neglect but also some of the plants and in particular those living in Succulent Theatre. I do take them in each winter and store them in a frost-free greenhouse but when I was pottering around today looking at what needed to be overwintered I noticed that some of them were swamping their pots.
The first candidate for re-potting was Echeveria ‘la Femme’. I bought this last year at the Gardeners World Live Event as a dainty little succulent. Now it is beginning to resemble a small cabbage. I didn’t have a tape measure in the greenhouse but across the widest point is one of my hand spans (see below).
Another plant is desperate need for repotting is Aeonium tabuliforma. I couldn’t see the top of the pot the plant was in as it was so swamped. It was quite a tricky operation to get it out and not break any of the petals, is that the right term – I don’t think so. I have also seen it referred to as the Dinner Plate Aeonium. It will be interesting to see how this plant grows.
Like the Echeveria the Aeonium is already a hand span wide. I have just measured my hand span and its 9 inches.
Anyway these two are potted up and ready for winter. Lots more to do and sort out so Autumn is going to be very busy