10 named and different easy to grow, interesting cacti and succulents

beautiful thick, succulent, grey leaves with red-brown spots. Very compact - only an inch or two tall.

a very attractive species with brown patterns on grey green leaves.

strongly growing rosettes with green centres and outer leaves blushed bronze. Rosettes up to 18 inches across, forms a branching stem.

shrubby, branching with purple leaves when grown in full summer sun. Up to 1 metre tall

very attractive, half hardy, "architectural" plants which look good in urns or out on patios as feature plants, etc. Grows into a huge rosette (2 metres or more across), with long tapering leaves with broad cream/yellow edges.

handsome rosettes of long curving leaves. Hardy outside in the UK