#ParticipatoryUrbanism in action.
Local residents in #Monash #Melbourne helping to plant their first #microforest
#GardeningAustralia #climatecrisis #SolarPunk

@kevinperry

Thanks be to the heavens. My Friday nights are bereft without Costa and the gang. #GardeningAustralia #ABC

ABC confirms return date for GARDENING AUSTRALIA

https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2023/07/31/abc-confirms-return-date-for-gardening-australia/?feed_id=137707

#ABC #GardeningAustralia

Poppies in the library garden providing lots of colour on a very grey day.
#flowers #poppies #walk #park #GardeningAus #GardeningAustralia

Two more plants that I missed when I did to the collages earlier:

- Dioscorea Elephantipes (another second attempt)
- Ceropegia Woodii Variegata or Variegated Chain of Hearts (having another attempt at that one too)

2/2

#echeveria #graptoveria #euphorbia #plectranthus #plants #succulents #SucculentsOfMastodon #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #Gardening #GardeningAU #GardeningAustralia

This week’s, and some from last week, #PlantMail potted up. It was an epic effort Duane over two sessions with a break in beaten and will be my last for a while unless I win lotto without buying a ticket!

The newbies this week are:

- Echeveria Madiba Bumps (my 1st on died so this is my last attempt)
- Echeveria Culibra
- Echeveria Highlander (long been on the wishlist and officially my most expensive plant)
- Echeveria Gibbiflora Carunculata
- Echeveria Violacina (a seasonal bumpy)
- Echeveria White Rose
- Euphorbia Obesa (I’ve wanted one for ages)
- Echeveria Potosina
- Echeveria Pink Bluebird
- Graptoveria Paraguayense Bernalese
- Plectranthus Tormentosa (Vicks plant - smells like Vicks Vaporub)
- Echeveria Low (maybe, it was a free gift)

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#echeveria #graptoveria #euphorbia #plectranthus #plants #succulents #SucculentsOfMastodon #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #Gardening #GardeningAU #GardeningAustralia

Big potting day today trying to get 14 plants (2 cuttings went to a friend) potted, photographed, tidy up, get frost cloth off etc.

I’m going big this week and next with ones I’ve really wanted before the money runs out and I’m out of space. It’s going to be tough to ignore the weekly sales going forward but I’m going to have to if I’m going to survive financially.

Next week will likely be my last plant mail post for a while. I’ll just have to post pics of the ones that are catching my eye instead! I’m waiting (impatiently) for my zygocactus to flower (only buds so far) so I’ll definitely be sharing when that happens!

This week’s #PlantMail newbies are:

- Echeveria Kabaldi/Prism (this is a maybe ID as the only one the seller could provide was “pink Korean hybrid”)
- Echeveria Pink Apparition
- Echeveria Chihuahuaensis x Red Velvet
- Echeveria Truffle
- Echeveria Black Crystal
- Echeveria Heather
- Aeonium Cherry Blossom (gift from a seller)
- Echeveria Lovely Bear
- Crassula Deceptor
- Echeveria Valkyrie
- Echeveria Kissing Bumps
- Echeveria Lilac Mist

Also, apologies if my alt text is not so great this week. I’m not having a good brain fog day but was really excited to share them and didn’t want to wait. It’s also really difficult to describe three very similar plants differently! If anyone wants to suggest any changes/improvements please feel free and I’ll edit it.

#Succulents #Succulentes #Echeveria #Crassula #Aeonium #Plants #Potting #Gardening #GardeningAU #GardeningAustralia #WinterColours #PlantsBringMeJoy #PlantsAreSendingMeBroke

Having a go at propagating African violets from leaves. Grew roots on a plain one (now transferred to a pot) and seeing if i can do it with the variegated one. They're sitting on the bathroom benchtop.
#gardening #AfricanViolets #GardeningAustralia #gardeningAus

🤔 How does Costa wear a mask?
#gardeningaustralia

Despite the physical changes and now just wanting to curl up in my bed and cry, I did manage to get my #PlantMail potted up today.

This week’s newbies are:

- Echeveria Sea Dragon
- Echeveria Ballerina
- Echeveria Tolimanensis Hybrid
- Echeveria Laui x Strictiflora Nova
- Echeveria Edgy

I also repotted my Echeveria Neon Breakers that was bursting out of her pot with lots of babies. I forgot to get a pic before she went back out under the frost cloth but she looks little in her new pot despite desperately needing the size upgrade.

I went more than a little overboard online plant shopping this week so next week’s post will be a big one!

#Plants #Echeveria #Succulents #succulente #Succulentes #SucculentsOfMastodon #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #Gardening #GardeningAU #GardeningAustralia

Why do gardeners hate oxalis? This is an important first world question.

#Gardening #GardeningAustralia

It’s my birthday week so I spoiled myself with plants. They got potted up today.

My mum and a friend are coming to visit this weekend and I can’t wait to show them all my plants.

The newbies are:

- Echeveria Doublette
- Echeveria Calico Cream
- Echeveria Zanadoo
- Echeveria unknown bumpy (the mother plant was stunning)
- Echeveria Flying Cloud
- Echeveria Hakuhou (if anyone knows how to pronounce that I’d appreciate the help)
- Echeveria Lotus Lantern?
- Echeveria Black Rose hybrid?
- Echeveria Blue Peacock
- Echeveria Winter Jasmine
- Conophytum Bilobum

#echeveria #conophytum #succulents #SucculentsOfMastodon #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #plants #gardening #GardeningAU #GardeningAus #GardeningAustralia #BirthdayWeek #BirthdayTreats

This week’s #PlantMail potted up. I also repotted my Echeveria Benimusume, which I posted earlier. That one I’d been dreading doing.

Then we went for a drive around town to charge my car battery, which keeps dying, and of course stopped for the requisite Saturday Bunnings sausage sanga.

- Graptoveria Pink Rose was love at first sight.

- Euphorbia Lactea Cristata looks much less variegated than in the sales photo so I’ve left the “Variegata” out of the name.

- Echeveria Madiba was leaf grown from one with bumps (not by me) but not really showing any true signs of bumps at this stage.

#Graptoveria #Euphorbia #Echeveria #Succulents #SucculentSaturday #Plants #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #SucculentsOfMastodon #Gardening #GardeningAU #GardeningAustralia #Today

My Echeveria Benimusume on 6 June 2022 and then after repotting today, for the second time, into a larger pot. Paddle pop stick for scale.

I don’t think I’ve ever managed to properly centre a plant in a pot!

#Echeveria #Succulent #Plant #SucculentSaturday #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #SucculentsOfMastodon #Gardening #GardeningAustralia #GardeningAus #GardeningAustralia

I got the #PlantMail from this week potted up earlier this week. Hoping to keep the time inside in the warmth to a minimum so there’s not so much shock at being sent out into the freezing cold, especially as a couple came from the Gold Coast. I’m also pretty sure I’m coming down with something and didn’t want to risk not being up to it later in the week. These babies are too important.

- Myrtillocactus Gometrizans Fukurokuryuzinboku (Boobie Cactus): I’ve wanted one for ages and scored it from a seller’s closing down sale at a bargain price

- Echinocereus Rigidissimus (Rainbow Cactus): another one I’ve wanted for ages but others were higher on the wish list

- Echeveria Superbowl: I got at a discount, presumably because it’s not a perfect specimen, but it’s perfect to me

- Echeveria Cante x Laui: was just too petty to pass up

- Aloe Vera: I mentioned to a friend that I’d never actually seen it for sale so she dropped me off a piece

- Tacitus Bellus: has also been on my list for a while (the flowers are so beautiful) but had never come up in a sale when there was something else I wanted

- Echeveria Moulin Rouge: I just couldn’t pass up. She’s going to eventually get bumps and if you’ve followed me for a while you’ll know bumpies are my absolute favourite plants

#Succulents #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #SucculentsOfMastodon #Echeveria #Tacitus #Aloe #Echinocereus #Myrtillocactus #Boobies #BoobieCactus #Rainbow #RainbowCactus #Gardening #GardeningAustralia #GardeningAus

Last week’s plant mail finally potted up, including a purchase from the local show on Friday.

It’s taken me all weekend to recover from my outing to the show on Friday. I woke up feeling extra rubbish this morning and I think I might have picked up a bug from one of the group of young school kids that decided to sit practically on top of us (at the direction of their teachers) while watching the wood chopping.

- Echeveria Chantilly Mutation
- Echeveria Unknown Bumpy
- Echeveria Longissima Bumps
- Echeveria Raindrops
- Echeveria Blue Lagoon
- Echeveria Rococo
- Monkey’s Tail Cactus (Hildewintera Colademononsis)

#succulents #SucculentsOfMastodon #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #echeveria #Hildewintera #Gardening #GardeningAU #GardeningAus #GardeningAustralia #Plants #PlantMail

Last week’s #PlantMail finally potted up. Some exciting ones for me this week, not that I’m not always excited by new plants.

Echeveria Osmanthis
Echeveria Nebula
Echeveria Blue Spur
Echeveria Shaviana Bumps
Echeveria Thriller Pearl (a brand new import)
Echeveria Elegans (an oldie but a goodie)
Echeveria Hybrid

#echeveria #Succulents #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #SucculentsOfMastodon #GardeningAU #GardeningAus #GardeningAustralia

The best thing about weeding is giving a barrow full of treats to the chooks to pick through. They're always so excited!

#gardening
#GardeningAustralia
#permaculture
#chickens
#ChickensOfMastadon

Last week’s (and a few from the week before that only arrived last week) #PlantMail. Potting was a major effort and I don’t plant on doing that many at once ever again!

Echeveria Dracula
Echeveria Unknown Bumpy (2)
Echeveria Bluette
Echeveria Calico Cream
Echeveria Velvet Rose
Echeveria Etna
Echeveria Cleopatra
Echeveria Mexican Tears
Echeveria Boton
Echeveria Yamato Haru
Echeveria Seori Yeon
Echeveria Deresina
Echeveria Moon Fairy
Anacampseros Rufrescens Variegata (Sunrise)
Echeveria Bella Rouge
Conophytum Luiseae
Echeveria Prunella

#succulents #Echeveria #Conophytum #Anacampseros #GardeningAU #GardeningAus #GardeningAustralia #PlantsOfMastodon #SucculentsOfMastodon #SucculentsOfTheFediverse #IThinkIHaveASucculentProblem

Excited to share this week’s #PlantMail. With more shelves on the way I’ve finally started buying something other than just frillies and bumpies again. I’m not so worried that I’ll run out of space for them before I get all the ones I really want (although the list is endless).

Andromischus Festivus
Echeveria Peony
Echeveria Heartthrob (will eventually get seasonal bumps)
Echeveria unknown bumpy (possibly Baccarus)
Echeveria unknown bumpy (mother plant is spectacular)
Echeveria Hybrid (will get bumps in maturity)
Echeveria Rosales (well get bumps in maturity)
Echeveria Little Fairy

#andromischus #echeveria #succulents #GardeningMastodon #PlantsOfTheFediverse #GardeningAU #GardeningAus #GardeningAustralia