Beheading update (Blue Glow Part 2)

So after the last update, I applied some of this stuff to the base of my headchop.... its cooling down here in Perth so I was really hoping to get at least a couple of roots growing before we hit winter.

Happy to report we have A fresh root appearing (phew!!)

Firstly the base.... Looks fugly as!

But as you can see - 3 new babies starting to appear

Now the head has just been sitting near by, on the ground, getting watered a couple of times a week.  No special care apart from not in full sun.

It's actually still looking fairly healthy all things considered....

and one tiny little root is starting to appear.....

I take this as a postive sign that you CAN behead a Blue Glow / Snow Glow / Sun Glow, and with enough patience you can successfully propagate these in the same manner as the attentuata.  Just need a BIT more patience....

Beheading update (Blue Glow)

So a while ago (10th December).... I did this  to my Blue Glow. 

Been checking on both the base and the head reasonably often, and we finally have some movement!

Head still hasn't set roots (agaves can be SOOO stubborn).  Have applied some rooting hormone liquid to it today to hopefully get it moving along

Not sure how good your eyesight is.... (mines pretty terrible these days) but I can see the start of two baby Blue Glows on the next photo.

And in final exciting news - my Aeonium Mardi Gras has survived summer!!! 

Bring on cooler weather and active growth!

Ledebouria socialis variegated

Pretty little thing....

Tiny flowers but exquisite to look at !

Frangipani's... yet another obsession

I found the need to put some shade in at my place.  Given my garden is a real hodge podge of plants these days, I thought I'd go with frangipani's.

Perfect shade for the succulent garden, shade in summer, bare in winter.

But hey, this is me.

So um I needed to find some VARIEGATED frangipani's.....

Picked this one up from a local seller.  Called AustraliaGold

This one has a fairly traditional white/yellow flower.

BUT then I heard the franipani expo was coming to town, with a chance to get a Maya...

For this one, you went to the expo, you put your name down as willing to buy this if your number got drawn.  And then you just hoped it happened.

Guess what.  It DID!!!!!

Apparently this one has red flowers... time will tell.  If it does then I suspect its going to be Anyamani, rather than Maya.  Don't mind either way.  She's pretty :D

I DO have other ones around my garden... hang on

Billabong (this is pretty)

Pink Cheeks (first year flowering for me)

George Brown (I could do a million photos just on this ones colour changes!)

Dwarf one - um watermelon (has another name...)

Have a FEW more that haven't flowered yet... Butterfly Gold, Sheer Beauty, Miracle, Gina, Lutea Aurea, Bowen's Yellow, WA Sunset.....

Then I thought I might as well do some pics of the ones at mums place (before I forget the names)

Mango Delight

Fruit Salad

Raspberry Royale

This one is unnamed - massive flowers on it.