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Echeverias, houseleeks from sunnier climes

ā€œWhy are you growing houseleeks in your greenhouse?ā€ said a friend looking at some Echeverias I had around the base of a Bougainvillea. An easily made mistake for these are a fine example of parallel evolution. Houseleeks are temperate plants designed to survive conditions as harsh and impoverished as crevices of dirt on rock-piles or […]