A prickly passion blossoms

摘要

Few people think of growing cacti for their blooms, but as PHIL CLAYTON discovers at Southf ield Nurseries in Lincolnshire, recent developments have unleashed the spectacular flowering potential of some of these easy-to-grow, but often neglected, drought specialists.Ir is NOT SURPRISING that many people gain their first experience cultivating plants as children, growing cacti on a windowsiU,, Everyone knows that these plants are long-suffer ing, withstanding almost complete neglect, although grown this way, few thrive or go on to inspire.This is probably why enthusiasm for cacti, and perhaps plants in general, usually wanes as time passes.