October in the Southern Hemisphere

[Jupiter]

A few pictures of the troughs I'm playing with. I'm really enjoying the troughs and am looking to them getting a bit of age on them and to the plants growing and filling out.







Raoulia parkii and Sempervivum arachnoideum

[David Nicholson]

Looking good Jamus. Did you make your troughs from concrete, must weigh a bit?

[Cfred72]

I love your concrete tanks Jamus

[Jupiter]

No not concrete, they are each made from a solid quarry cut, 500 x 350 x 200mm block of limestone. It's a soft stone and can be worked with hand tools or cut with a stone cutting disc. I found the hand tools MUCH less dusty. I will make more of these in the future as I prefer them to hypertufa.

[Jupiter]

Papaver atlanticum (P. rupifragum ssp. atlanticum?)