The plants above are known as "flapjacks" or for the green fingered readers the official name is Kalanchoe thyrsiflora. They are one of the most interesting plants I have seen for some time.
We have about 5 or 6 of them planted in our front garden and two in pots at our front door. Unfortunately only one of the potted ones has taken off - the other is still alive but seems to be struggling a bit. The top and bottom plant is about to flower and has grown a long stem of about 25cm in length out of the centre of the plant.
The shot below is the stem of one of our bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) plants. This particular plant is probably close to 2m high - well let's just say it's as high as our house.
We have 3 of them in our front garden and when we bought them back in 2004 they were in tiny little pots and probably about 25cm tall.
They don't flower often and I don't know if that is actually normal for this variety but when they do flower they display gorgeous purple and orange flowers.
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