Nice plants they all look very nice. I was wondering if you could tell me what the one in the right hand corner was the one that looks like a little tree. Jash

Jash the plant in the front on the right is Echeveria pulvinata "Frosty", the one behind it with only half of it showing is Aeonium "Sunburst".
Annette

Annette

Is it cold enough in your zone already that you need to put the heat on? How warm do you keep the greenhouse?

Rina

Rina,

Don't think that! Vancouver Island is widely known as the Hawaii of Canada (really).

Annette,

I keep meaning to add a few more to your collection. You have the room in your tropical setting, right?

Rina, it's not that it's that cold yet but with all the rain we're having right now there's too much moisture in the greenhouse.
During the winter I have it set to keep it around 38/40 degrees, a few things I bring into the house but most have to either sink or swim, if I lose a few that just means I have a reason to go shopping again :).
Already I'm formulating a plan to revisit a nursery on the mainland where I saw a lovely Agave, it was silver grey with darker teeth, maroonish if I remember correctly, it was a little pricey and I had already blown my wad elsewhere, needless to say I've been saving my pennies :).

Jeff, yes, I still have two lower shelves :), the shelf opposite the one with all my succulents on I use for starting things in the spring but most of my succulents are on trays so it's easy for me to rotate them. I can also hang LOTS of baskets if needed. So far it's worked just fine. We've had a couple of light frosts here but it's still pretty mild, just wet.

Annette

Annette,

Was that Agave A. guadalajarana, to guess one of many? Because it's well worth missing meals for.

That's great news - 'order up' is expected to be heard on Friday, God and Canada Post willing.

Jeff :):):), I wish I had written down the name it could very well have been A. guadalajarana, a very nice specimen, fingers crossed they still have it when I go back in the spring.

Annette

The succulents look beautiful in there Annette, and it's so much neater than my greenhouse. I'm taking time off work today to do the big roundup here. We may get frost this weekend - it's in the forecast anyway. I'm wondering what sort of heater you are using in your greenhouse?

If you ever want an Agave montana, I have lots!

LOL Linda, well that side might look neat but the other side still looks like a dog's breakfast, hoping to remedy that today.
Right now I'm using an electric heater(Noma) before that it was just one of those little cube heaters, I trundle it out to the greenhouse in the fall, it's in use until around the end of March most years. It's plugged into a timer, a must have for the one who forgets at times :). I also have a kerosine heater as a backup if the power fails.

Thanks for the offer, maybe we could do a trade in the spring?

Annette

Well at least you have one good side! :-) Mine is all dog's breakfast and it will only get worse as I move things in!

Thanks for the heating details - it's nice that you have a backup!

A trade in the spring sounds good! I usually go down your way later in the spring, so perhaps we could work something out so we don't have to bother with postage.

I should visit The Island and both of you - I'd consider it an honour to be a trundler of plants. Besides, if I do that at the right time, it will be like going from winter to spring in a single day (a cold day, I admit), right?

Linda, the A. montana you sent me punctured me lightly yesterday.

Jeff, the winter temps are definitely more moderate, but it's pretty gloomy and damp then, and not exactly warm, so I'm not sure if it would feel especially spring like. I would visit the coast in the summer if you can - that's when there is no place I rather be than here! Mind you, it's more expensive during the tourist season. It would be great to have you visit.

Bad A. montana!

Early summer sounds good, we didn't have much of a spring this year, altho the end of May beginning of June wasn't bad it seemed like our winter jumped right into summer, skipping spring altogether, I hope this isn't going to be the norm from now on. This year I had to start a lot of stuff I usually direct plant in pots in the greenhouse.

Annette