Cacti & Succulent Collection at Dublin Botanic Gardens | Cactus Collection Tour  

haha it really is a Cactus and Succulent Heaven :-D thanks so much Samuel for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the tour of Dublin's cacti and succulent collection Sylvia :-D the plants were so amazing there and many huge big beauties, and the collection looked the best I had ever seen it and all mealybug free haha, thanks so much Sylvia for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Malta for a super Sunday today XXXX

So happy you loved the video Daz :-D they had so many incredible plants there,and the winter bloomers were so gorgeous to see, and yes haha I am so done with Winter now, and I really can't wait till the Spring, we are counting the days haha, during the Winter I feel like overwintering for the winter months just like the plants haha :-D thanks so much Daz for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Edith lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to England and Singapore for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

Yeah, lived in Temple city, jade plants were common shrubs. Now I wish I had a big plant like this.

Its amazing to see all these plants, and I would love to see them growing in Southern California one day, it would be a dream to visit and see these plants growing outside, thanks so much Tom for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the tour of Dublin's Cacti and Succulent collection :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

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So happy you loved the tour of Dublins Cactus and Succulent collection, and you will love Ireland, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the tour Tom :-D the middle area is so wonderful with all the plants planted, it really was so amazing to visit there, thanks so much Tom for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you really loved the video and the Cactus collection at Dublin Botanic Gardens Debs :-D they really have a fantastic collection of plants and really beautifully arranged, and the Discorea elephantipies was so INCREDIBLE :-D thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the video Scott :-D there were so many incredible plants at the Dublin Botanic gardens, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Scotland for a fantastic new week XXXX

So happy you loved the tour of Dublin's cactus and succulent collection Forsythia, they had so many stunning plants there, and I have just watched your incredible plant tour too, you have a botanical heaven, thanks so much Forsythia for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to North Texas for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

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So happy you loved the tour of Dublin's Cacti and Succulent collection Mick :-D they had an incredible collection and the Euphorbias were amazing to see, thanks so much Mick for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the tour Marija :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the tour, the Crassulas really were so incredible to see and so beautiful, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

Appreciate your comment,just dread going outside so brutally cold out, loved Lyns video really helped me get through this,

@@tomdix8028 Awwww so happy that my video is helping you get through the icy Winter Tom, and roll on Spring we say haha, XXXX

Brrrrrrrr that is so very cold Stuart, and yes roll on Spring, I hope you are keeping as warm as possible, thanks so much Stuart for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the video Tour of Dublin's cacti and succulent collection Elda, they had so many incredible plants there, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Albania for a super Sunday today XXXX

So happy you loved the Dublin Cactus and succulent tour Newman :-D and the Gymno saglionis was a stunner, and they had a wonderful Euphorbia collection there, thanks so much Newman for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you tons of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Japan for a fantastic evening XXXXX

So happy you loved the tour Brigitte :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the tour of Dublins botanic gardens collection Magda, they had so many wonderful plants there and the big Cristata Echeveria was so WOW haha, thanks so much for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Sea for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you enjoyed the video Tom :-D and thanks so much for all your fantastic support on Facebook too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Hungary for a fantastic new week XXXX

So happy you loved the tour of Dublin's cactus and succulent collection Clyde :-D and I was so surprised to see they had planted out Cleistocactus and Oreocereus outside too, especially as we are still having night frosts and heavy rains, I think the gardeners are feeling a bit too optimistic for February haha, and we will definitely be giving the Opuntia humifusas a go outside in winter in the future, and thats so awesome you and Deb are going to be visiting the St Louis Botanical gardens in June for your 25th Anniversary, thats going to be so special for you both, thanks so much Clyde for your wonderful Friendship and amazing comment and support and for watching, and Hans and I are sending you and beautiful Deb and all the pets and plants all lots of love and happiness and PEACE, LOVE, PLANTS and PLANT POWER to Morris Park for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

haha yes a few pints of Guinness would be awesome, so happy you enjoyed the tour Ziggy, and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER from across the Irish sea for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

@@desertplantsofavalon Did you see the article in December's cactus mag Lyn? It showed the big thinger with the caudex at 20.59 😎

@@ZiggySearchfieldCactus Yes I saw the Article, it was so awesome XXXX

So hapy you loved the tour :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a terrific Thursday XXXX

So happy you loved the video Jared :-D and thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a fantastic new week XXXX

The Americana's were so huge and amazing to see, there aren't any specialist cactus nurseries in Ireland but there is a good plant shop in Dublin called Urban Plant Life that have a wonderful selection of cacti for sale, but in England there are some really good Cactus nurseries, there is The Funky Cactus shop in Leeds, and Abbeybrook Cactus Nursery, Southfield Nurseries and, Ottershaw Cacti, and Woodside Cacti, I would love to visit them all some day too, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

They're the cactus naming committee, come to check if Lyn was using Eriocactus or Parodia 😁

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hahahaha :-D I get a lot of strange looks when I am filming haha, thanks so much for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

thanks so much Joe for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

Some of them In such small pots I'm surprised they don't fall over with being so tall

@@joewalker1130 I know haha a lot of them are definitely very top heavy :-D XXXX

When you repot them what soil do you use

@@joewalker1130 Hi Joe :-D I use a mx of 3 equal parts of Loam, grit and sand, here is a link to a video I have made on How I make my own Cactus soil: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8s9Jq7qbfA0.html thanks so much for all your awesome support Joe, and have a FANTASTIC plant powered new week ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the tour of Dublin's cactus and succulent collection Carol :-D the size of the Succulents were amazing to see and yes they are the same species as the small ones we can get in the stores, I wish I had the space for a greenhouse this size to put mine into haha, its so amazing to see them grow to this size, a lot of them are many decades old, thanks so much Carol for your wonderful comment and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER for a super Sunday ahead XXXX

So happy you loved the tour Vanesa :-D yes the last time I visited the plants were covered in Mealy Bugs, all the Agaves looked like they were covered in snow the mealy bug infestation was so bad, I was so happy to see all the plants looked so healthy and free from any Mealies haha, it was such a pleasure to walk around and see such a transformation, thanks so much Vanesa for your wonderful comments and support and for watching, and sending you lots of love and happiness and PLANT POWER to Spain for a wonderful evening XXXX