Kat's Flora

Kat's Flora NZ plant collector enjoying the challenge of growing plants. Especially the weird, unusual, or hard-to-find ones. Plus, unique one-of-a-kind items.

It seems I have always been interested in plants, right from an early age, I had my own piece of garden. My passion has altered over the years and now seems to be concentrated on succulents, euphorbias, plants that grow a caudex (including ceropegia), dischidia, and hoyas. Also, love bulbs and .... heaps of other things. I also have dabbled in crafts over the years, having recently returned to d

oing pottery. So have decided to focus on plant-related plant items. Pots, plaques, labels etc. Open to requests and suggestions. I have quite a severe hearing loss, so my little business is my only personal income.

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So I did something I've been putting off... kiln maintenance! Cleaning out all the little bits from the previous blow-ou...
12/06/2026

So I did something I've been putting off... kiln maintenance! Cleaning out all the little bits from the previous blow-out disaster, and tending to the kiln shelves etc.

This involved scraping all the old layers off, smoothing it, and recoating it with new kiln wash. Left them to dry, forgot about my many assistants and came back to this, grr.

Gotta love them, little helpers. Another day, another layer. This time I did not leave them in the sun to dry, but put so the kittens can't get on them.

These Brugmansia Noel's Bush are still trying to flower.   I thought they would have got their tops blasted by frost by ...
11/06/2026

These Brugmansia Noel's Bush are still trying to flower. I thought they would have got their tops blasted by frost by now, but nothing seems to upset them.

I will give them a prune to encourage them to keep bushy and compact. Hopefully, the new colours will flower for me next season.

Do you also have these and enjoy their display and evening scent?

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐š ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž!) Just a reminder to everyone, while I know times are tough, that there are still...
09/06/2026

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐š ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐…๐จ๐ซ ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ž!)

Just a reminder to everyone, while I know times are tough, that there are still ways you can help small businesses like mine. These cost you nothing but may help with how my page gets seen. Reaching more, and especially new people, is what could happen.

โ€ข ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ: : This is my ๐๐ˆ๐†๐†๐„๐’๐“ request!
Instead of just giving it a quick 'like', write a ๐Ÿ“-๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ (๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž!) ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ. The social media gods see a comment as far more valuable than a like. It tells the algorithm, โ€œHey, this is worth sharing!" It could be as simple as โ€œLove this idea!โ€ or โ€œThatโ€™s a neat trick.โ€ Or ask a question.

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โ€ข ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐†๐จ๐ฅ๐: Google reviews help me out more than you realise when people are searching for what I offer. It shows trust and helps my business pop up in searches!

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Running this small business still gives me immense satisfaction and pleasure. You mightnโ€™t see my face when an order comes through, but trust me, I get that warm buzz, and my face glows! It means someone likes what I offer enough to purchase it.

Managed to get into the tunnel houses today, with the hose.   It's been a bit tricky lately: 1/ cause I don't need the k...
07/06/2026

Managed to get into the tunnel houses today, with the hose. It's been a bit tricky lately:
1/ cause I don't need the kittens zooming through and upsetting all the pots and
2/ I want a nice warm day for winter watering.

These Curio articulatus variegata caught my eye, with their new season growth with all that 'pinkness'.

This is Midge, one of those 3 ginger kittens that now own us.This is the first time, I've ever had multiple ginger kitte...
05/06/2026

This is Midge, one of those 3 ginger kittens that now own us.

This is the first time, I've ever had multiple ginger kittens, and they all look almost identical. The female has white sox and bib, but the boys ... unless you see them up close it's so hard to tell the difference. One does have more white on the tip of his tail, but when they zoom past, who's looking at tails?

Anyone else had such similar-looking pets?

Well, thatโ€™s one way to open a kiln.Experienced my 1st official kiln blow up. It was dry as a bone, but clearly, somethi...
02/06/2026

Well, thatโ€™s one way to open a kiln.
Experienced my 1st official kiln blow up. It was dry as a bone, but clearly, something didnโ€™t want to cooperate.

Just grateful, it was on the bottom shelf and didnโ€™t take out anything else

The Tree Dahlias are looking wonderful at the moment.   Hopefully, the wind doesn't wreck them anytime soon, as that is ...
01/06/2026

The Tree Dahlias are looking wonderful at the moment. Hopefully, the wind doesn't wreck them anytime soon, as that is what usually happens.

I have 3 different ones now, and know there are more colours out there. Happy to reciprocate if someone wants to increase my collection of them.

The tall Pink - Dahlia imperialis
The White, shorter, stockier - Dahlia imperialis 'White Tea'
and the newer one, more of a shrub plant Dahlia tenuicaulis

Something isn't right in these photos....  Joys of having stock, grrr.That's the cover we have over the pump, and it def...
31/05/2026

Something isn't right in these photos.... Joys of having stock, grrr.

That's the cover we have over the pump, and it definitely shouldn't be stuck on his/her head.

Plus, they disconnected the pipes, so all the water from the tank drained away.

This shows the amount of grass cover we have going into Winter, compared to the dairy farmer's paddock in the background.

Edit: Thank goodness 'he' somehow removed it himself, as we weren't looking forward to the task. Naturally, it looks like they all gave it an extra boot about the paddock.

How many of us struggle with this plant?Most of us have had it growing quite nicely, then it starts dropping bits.  If y...
29/05/2026

How many of us struggle with this plant?

Most of us have had it growing quite nicely, then it starts dropping bits. If you aren't quick enough or have extra pieces growing, it will all collapse fatally.

But when it's happy, it has those cute wee yellow flowers, and goes a nice red when slightly stressed. Getting it 'just right' is the challenge.

Schlumbergera lutea subsp bradei. Love hate relationship

The Epiphyllums and Epicactus are starting their blooming season for me.   This smaller flowering variety named E 'Fred ...
28/05/2026

The Epiphyllums and Epicactus are starting their blooming season for me.

This smaller flowering variety named E 'Fred Boutin,' is a brilliant, crisp yellow. The flowers, as I said, are smaller than some, but will always have multiple blooms on a single stem.

I really do need to do a big repot of my Epips, which would entail a major shuffle. One of those chores I keep putting off. The plants themselves don't seem to mind, but they are rather messy.

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