More of my lovelies
Actually I can't remember most of their names so I'll have to fill those in next week.
I've liked pitcher plants since I first saw them. There's something really alien-looking about them. This year there were two stalls selling them. I got chatting to the stallholders. Both of them assured me that they're extremely easy to grow - just keep them very wet indeed (sitting in a saucer of rainwater NOT TAP WATER), give them lots of light, no feed, COLD in winter (no central heating but some frost is OK, so basically stick em' outside,) and Bob's your uncle. Your house will forever be free of flies. Time will tell. It'll take a few years for them to grow big and lusty.
Pelargoniums - I've always had a weakness for the coloured and scented leaf varieties. I've bought one which might be crispum variegatum but I'll have to check the label - it's very citrus-scented - a filiicifolium (or something like that,) and a Lady Plymouth (left to right):
Plus two beautiful, beautiful silvery species ones - pelargonium sidoides. I had one of these lovely plants a couple of years back and killed it. They have the most wonderful dark red flowers too. Small, but such a lovely colour and a wonderful contrast to the leaves. (You can see the flowers in one of the begonia pics below but a better photo - not mine - is here.)
A pretty trailing fuchsia (I love fuchsias) - at least, it will be pretty once it's grown enough to start trailing and flowering.
Some cacti and succulents - the two cacti both have flower buds.
Finally three foliage begonias. This first one is called Escargot, because the leaves curl round like a snail shell spiral. This baby leaf has only a hint of it; I'll show some better pictures another time. Look what a gorgeous hairy baby it is though!
This one is called Fireworks - apologies for the rubbish photo, and you can see the flowers of the pelargonium out of focus at the top left (they look more pink in this photo than they are IRL.)
The final one is begonia masoniana:
I'm planning to take loads of photos of them in the next few weeks, before I kill them through neglect.