Pining for plants on a winter's evening, can't wait to go plant shopping again in the spring!
Usually during milder times I leave a little gap on the door to allow some air circulation, which in turn keeps keeps the moisture levels down and prevents condensation (it is supposed to be an 'arid' house after all). But this time I had to keep it closed all the time as our cats seems to have developed fondness for playing in there (and wrecking havoc and mess). And if I leave a small gap squirrels still manage to get in and can do as much damage.Sigh! Even the option of leaving it closed still did some damage, by trapping more moisture in there than it should have which made it conducive for fungus to take hold of some sensitive plants. We really ought to install a ventilation fan there, something to add to our list of things that needs to get done this year. (On a brighter note, do check out Gerhard of Bamboo, Succulents, and More, whose Aeoniums are doing just fine)
Never mind, plant losses also mean opportunities to do more plant shopping! And because I really like aeoniums (and intent to replace all of the ones I lost) the first place I thought of was Hayle Plants, one of the nurseries we visited whilst in Cornwall May of last year. This nursery actually caters for the trade but they have a site that does retail and it is a treasure trove of plants, including my beloved aeoniums!
A sea of Aeonium 'Sunburst', lovely! Can I have all of them please.....I wish!
Aeoniums galore!
Hayle Plants is a sister company to Cornwall Plantaholics which we featured January of last year, and it was nice to catch up with Jane again and she showed us around their new site. A huge place, much larger than their old site but is much better for them so they'll have more space to propagate plants to cater for big orders (and big orders are a great thing!). No big orders from us I'm afraid but we did pick up a few beauties whilst there. With such lovely plants how could we resist taking some home with us?
They don't just sell aeoniums though, lots of other plants too...
Fabulous prices as well!
Beesia babies!
A good spiky selection!
How many pots of Restios can you count in this photo??
Any guesses what these could be?
Zany for Zantedeschias!
Plant lust!
We left the nursery with several plants, and on our drive out this was the scenery, sublime!
Looks like we will be back again this year, to check out what new plants they have this time around, as well as stock up once again on aeoniums!Mark :-)
