I found my USB cable (it was in a Safe Place), and was able to take some photos of my haul today yesterday (for some reason I fell asleep halfway through writing this at 9pm last night, and had to be put to bed by Hubster - it wasn't even dark outside!).
First off is the free conifer I was hankering after from a fellow forumer:
It's been suggested that the needles look a little like a Tsuga. I'm really not sure about that. It looks more like good old Juniperus communis, which would be awesome (as you can tell from the Agave, I like to have plants from which my favourite spirits are made, and the juniper is no exception). But because I'm an idiot I didn't take a close-up shot of the needles.
We had lunch (and several hours) at Chief Trading Post, which is absolutely full of exotic plants - there were at least two enormous greenhouses full of Dicksonia antarctica and Blechnum nudum. My one and only planty purchase from there (although Hubster did buy himself a really odd triangular reclining cushion) was a young Dicksonia squarrosa:
You'll see I've gone for a slightly different look for this chap - using moss as a mulch/top dressing rather than green slate. Since I had all that moss I thought I may as well use it - it'll hopefully be an early warning system if any of my beloved ferns are drying out, plus if I get a bit more (not all my ferns could be done today) it means if I'm away overnight I can ask Hubster to just do all the mossy ones, and he doesn't have to remember which plants are ferns.
And oh yes, saving the best until last. I'd been after one of these for a while, but the combination of Tai Haku's recent post and the incredibly good fortune I had to not only predict the size and price I was prepared to pay (10 litre pot, £30 and no more) but to get to the polytunnel before anyone else (yes, I ran) to get the best specimen, expedited my acquisition of a gorgeous Brahea armata.
There it is, in my now very overcrowded garden. I'm going to get a fourth galvanised metal pot for it, and it'll complete the square in the back right hand corner, sheltered next to the wall and my growhouse. It's Zone 9 hardy, so should be fine outside over the winter with a fleecy muffler around it.
And taking inspiration from Tai Haku, it's been christened Zoolander. It really is rather blue, isn't it? I'm going to be a bit nervous until it's in the pot, as it's the sort of palm that might catch the eye of an unscrupulous plant-napper.
And yeah, I found a bigger pot:
First off is the free conifer I was hankering after from a fellow forumer:
It's been suggested that the needles look a little like a Tsuga. I'm really not sure about that. It looks more like good old Juniperus communis, which would be awesome (as you can tell from the Agave, I like to have plants from which my favourite spirits are made, and the juniper is no exception). But because I'm an idiot I didn't take a close-up shot of the needles.
We had lunch (and several hours) at Chief Trading Post, which is absolutely full of exotic plants - there were at least two enormous greenhouses full of Dicksonia antarctica and Blechnum nudum. My one and only planty purchase from there (although Hubster did buy himself a really odd triangular reclining cushion) was a young Dicksonia squarrosa:
You'll see I've gone for a slightly different look for this chap - using moss as a mulch/top dressing rather than green slate. Since I had all that moss I thought I may as well use it - it'll hopefully be an early warning system if any of my beloved ferns are drying out, plus if I get a bit more (not all my ferns could be done today) it means if I'm away overnight I can ask Hubster to just do all the mossy ones, and he doesn't have to remember which plants are ferns.
And oh yes, saving the best until last. I'd been after one of these for a while, but the combination of Tai Haku's recent post and the incredibly good fortune I had to not only predict the size and price I was prepared to pay (10 litre pot, £30 and no more) but to get to the polytunnel before anyone else (yes, I ran) to get the best specimen, expedited my acquisition of a gorgeous Brahea armata.
There it is, in my now very overcrowded garden. I'm going to get a fourth galvanised metal pot for it, and it'll complete the square in the back right hand corner, sheltered next to the wall and my growhouse. It's Zone 9 hardy, so should be fine outside over the winter with a fleecy muffler around it.
And taking inspiration from Tai Haku, it's been christened Zoolander. It really is rather blue, isn't it? I'm going to be a bit nervous until it's in the pot, as it's the sort of palm that might catch the eye of an unscrupulous plant-napper.
And yeah, I found a bigger pot:
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