Crammed Greenhouse

On a cooler, wet day the place I like to be most is in the greenhouse. Its warm and I love the earthy smell. Checking on all the seeds I have planted, wondering why some have come through and others haven't.

The shelves are filling up.

The plants are getting bigger.

Then there are the Ensetes I have over wintered, you walk a fine line when getting them going, to much water and they can rot.

The Cyathea in the corner is big, every autumn I chop off all the fronds, they are to big to over winter, every spring they grow back bigger. The pot takes up so much room that I stand pots with Dahlia's in on the soil in its pot, sort of like a shelf.

My propagator full as always, the large pots at the back are Dahlias then in the covered propagator are all the seeds I have on the go.

Even underneath I have succulents and aeoniums being propagated.

In the 'dryish' corner my more tender palms, which still require watering but not as much as the rest of the greenhouse.

Just a few of my cactus and agaves.

I am growing Caladiums for the first time this year, I grew 3 of each, this is Rosebud. 

which will hopefully look like this.

But Red Flash is still in the propagator in the kitchen, grown in exactly the same conditions, but as you can see there is only one shoot just popping through and that is only in one pot!

This is what they will hopefully look like.

My plan for these is to put them in the front garden trough. Very different, just hope they work! 

We shall see.

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