Rachel's Journal

Do you overwinter your succulents in your greenhouse, Rachel? Or are they all hardy enough for the great outdoors?

Hi Rachel, succulents look great, have you a big collection, have 2 web addresses for your hubby to check out for the heirlooms, Plant-World-Seeds.com and Therealseedcompany.co.uk great selection of tomato seed on these two.............................

Hi Rachel, succulents look great, have you a big collection, have 2 web addresses for your hubby to check out for the heirlooms, Plant-World-Seeds.com and Therealseedcompany.co.uk great selection of tomato seed on these two.............................

Hi Rachel, succulents look great, have you a big collection, have 2 web addresses for your hubby to check out for the heirlooms, Plant-World-Seeds.com and Therealseedcompany.co.uk great selection of tomato seed on these two.............................

Just reading The Irish Garden. Love the new picture, Rachel.

HI Rachel, would you mind passing on your link for the site you got your succulents. They look great and I'd like to give them a go. Don't get to depressed about the weather.... there is always christmas to look forward to...sighhhhhh

I will bring the succulents into the greenhouse for the winter, Jacinta, although some are hardy. What new picture? That photo of me has been there since I started writing for the Irish Garden 3 years ago!

Thanks, Chillipepper. Will check those out. Jocko, the address is http://www.easycactus.co.uk/site/index.php Succulents are £2.45 each and total postage to Ireland is £6.95. But the plants are small.

They all look good Rachel, must drive over tonite with a empty boot when your all asleep!! I get biorhythmic dips too I've had one since 2002 :-D

Rachel, saw some good value succulents in Aldi yesterday, Monday 28th, I did not buy any however, you may be interested.

Thanks for that, Brenmar. I picked up three there this afternoon.

Hi Rachel, Ah! I recognize them!! Those succulents. Good god we throw out so many plants here, they grow so quickly. Wish I could send over a trailer load to you all! Hope you can now find that plant you have admired in the Canaries, (if I have named it correctly) you will just have to come over to Lanzarote with an empty case :0 Struggling with some grasses at the moment for a friend (seeds) a friend brought them back from Portugal. I think they will grow very well here.

I wish you could send me that trailer load too : ) "Delosperma Cooperi" - I'll look out for it. When I was in the Canaries, at the airport waiting to fly home, there were plants for sale there - giant cactuses and succulents, and all cheap. I was flabbergasted even though I wasn't interested in gardening at the time. There must be a number of people who bring these things home otherwise they wouldn't have been for sale at the airport. I hope you have a succulent collection of your own - you're perfectly positioned for it. Thanks for contacting me - much appreciated.