I really like Haworthias. I like plants with subtle variations around the same theme, so collecting e.g. several different kinds of H. limifolia is a lot of fun. I can also actually grow them, even in a cloudy Milwaukee windowsill with my limited horticultural skills. My Echeverias etc. have all turned into snakes by now.

I like jades a lot too. I have one that's very young but coming along pretty well. I have a pot of Gollum that was very vigorous, but I think I pruned it too hard, and neither the original plants are doing too well currently.

Portulacaria afra I like even more than jades. My regular one is much too fussy, but ironically the couple of variegated stalks I have are very happy. I've never successfully rooted cuttings, though, no matter how big.

For me I have a few favorite's. My favorite plant in my collection although technically not a succulent is Orthophytum Gerkenii. But it sure looks like one! The rest would have to be small aloe hybrids, dyckia and Adeniums. I guess I like the one's that are in the middle not cactus and not exactly your run of the mill succulents either. Right now my big thing is starting from seed. Have a batch of adenium (6wks old) and a batch of Orange Marmalade Aloe just started. The Adeniums came up 10 for 10 and to date I am still 10 for 10 on this try. The Aloes just went in the dirt and I'm yet to see any green. Next maybe more aloes or some O. Gurkenii.

My favorite are Echinopsis hybrids, with Notocactus a close second.

My love of cacti started with the Echinopsis my Grandma used to keep in the basement during the Chicago winters and then she'd haul it outside for the rest of the year.

It only had a white flower, but it was a wonder to me that a cactus could produce something so beautiful. So here I am 50 years later and I'm still in awe of the beauty of any cactus flower.

Making me a list and checking it lots. I find lots of plant that haven't been at my local stores. I will keep looking. What are the best places to order cactus? So for I like all posters choice. Tony

I will be an instigator and say jades, jades, and jades. If you read a few recent posts, you know what I am talking about.

But do love most any succulent Euphorbia, and too many other succulents to mention.

Christopher

Chris just had to go there...lol.

Beautiful jades, nonetheless!

I love and grow most plants. Jade is one of my most loved inside ones. Yes, I have been reading recent post. I just wanted to see who would fess up to being jade lovers. I have been reading this form for a good while and I think it would come to a crawl if Jade got its on page. Most people who post already know what answers they will get. Change dirt, more water, less water, cut, more light, less light, read pass post, post pictures, better pictures and such. Most are just wanting to show their plants and to be bragged on. Let them. If you don't here info. over and over, you will forget it. There are some of the post I just don't like, about the Lithops, and other little little plants. They just are not my thing. I pass over them looking for post on jade, cactus or other I have never heard of Some on here just like to answer questions, showing how much they know. Well, let them, we need them. Take what info. you want out of each post and leave the rest. If you take all the info. you get hear you are a little crazy. Research, check facts and read.Tony

I have to say I love the Jades the bestest. I was given one when I was 8 by my mom's best friend when I got pneumonia. I kept it alive until I was in my 20's. It got a really bad case of the mealies that took it down.

Speaking of Jades, I found a wavy jade and a bluebird jade last night at Lowes. I've been looking for these two for a while.

I hesitate to post, as I can get long-winded, & I know I don't have time for that (never do). I would be hard pressed to pick a favorite. I like most succulents. Didn't like pokeys in the beginning, but they grew on me! If they have an unusual shape, color, flower, design, etc. ~I will like them! I like the variety & am, therefore, a "collector" of many genus.

I have Crassula ovata (many forms) "Jades". I'm not enthused by them, as they surrounded our house in childhood, growing like weeds here. I still like them.

As for the posts here...they are as varied as the folks who frequent the forum...from around the globe. Everyone has different interests and yet, the same. Sharing knowledge & humor, photos of plants, garden plans, how-to instruction, etc. is what it's all about. It's a community of like-minded folks. We help each other out. I get my daily fix, sometimes longer than other days.

I like identifying plants. That's my thing (as well as correctly spelling plant names). LOL I help out in that department when I'm able. If I don't know, I research. I learn things when I research. Sometimes, I pass along that info too. I also like photographing my plants (& others' plants). I'll share those as well, if I think there is interest. I also like to see others' post pix, proud owners that they are & give them a high five for their successes. I don't usually give growing info, as I'm not doing very well in that area. My plants are in the SOS program (Sink Or Swim). Can you tell I like acronyms? Hee hee!

Overall, as far as posts go, I read & post about what interests me & SOB the others (Scroll On By). I look to enjoy this forum. If it isn't enjoyable, I sit out a while.

Back to "most liked succulent"...the blooms on any Echinocereus take my breath away, the changing colors of Aeonium 'Kiwi' & Crassula 'Hummel's Sunset' knock my sock off, Aloe hybrids (particularly by Kelly Griffin & Karen Zimmerman) tickle my fancy, variegated plants of any sort~like Haworthia~make me smile, the myriad of colors & crinkles found in Echeveria increase my sux stock on sight. Cart-jumpers abound!!
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Someday, I will have my sux PIG & then you all will suffer with the gazillion pix I post! (Planted In Ground)

I have digressed long enough. Hope it wasn't too boring! :P I'm sure some of this could've been posted on a couple other threads going right now...but YOU got to be the lucky one today! =)

Rosemariero,

I did a little homework on Kelly Griffin, really neat guy! Have you gone and visited any of the nurseries he works/worked at? My next trip to So Cal that is going to be on my list of to-do's! I moved to TN from Julian kind of miss the SD area.

John

John, No I have not had the pleasure of visiting him where he works, though I have seen him at a couple of the San Diego C&S Society shows. I believe he is currently President. Just this morning rec'v'd something in email from Debra L. Baldwin about upcoming event where she & he will be speakers. (Jun 7-8, Fri-Sat, at Waterwise Botanicals- 1 wk after the SDCSS show/sale)

He gifted me with a few unnamed pups about 5 yrs ago. So far, I've only caused ONE of their deaths. :P Got me hooked on his cute little creations!

Oh, lucky you, to have lived in Julian! Was at one of the B&Bs there this past Nov. I can just imagine the change you've experienced moving to TN!

If you've a mind to, let me know if/when you plan to come back for a visit...if I have the time, maybe I could cross off things on my want list when you do your To Do's!

The most popular succulents in the US are without a doubt, Sansevierias and Crassula ovata, that by a wide margin. I would guess cacti as a distant third.

For me, there are really only three kinds of succulents, Agaves, Cacti, and the rest. That said I do have some nice examples of 'the rest' that I enjoy, including Yucca (almost Agaves), Sansevieria, Euphorbia, Haworthia, Aloe, Hesperaloe, Gasteria, Huernia and Stapelia.

I like pretty much all succulents, and I grow as many varieties as I can. The most impressive plants in my garden right now are aeoniums, but I'm loving echeverias, sempervivums, and a very slow growing spiky looking one too. For drape over my rock wall & the sides of containers, I have various sedums, and I want to add the string of pearls type there too.

So yeah...hard to pick a favorite.

Oh, I also have a jade that I grew from a cutting I found on the sidewalk (a neighbor had been pruning) that is looking great. If anything, it's getting too big, so I keep taking cuttings to have in vases in the house to keep it from taking over too much space in my garden.

I'm not really into cacti, but that's mostly because I have small children who like to "help" in the garden. I might add a few cactus plants when they get a little older.

Rosemariero,
I miss Julian, thinking about it makes me want some pie! Who know's when I will actually make back out but it would be awesome to meet you and take a tour or two. Sure is nothing like that here in TN.

John

That's like picking your favorite kid!!!!

I really like sedum sieboldi(sp),and a crassula I have that I can't remember the name of,i call it string of buttons,and I love the pink flowers it gets.Can't forget aeonium kiwi,thrives on neglect and is always pretty,and spreads quickly.

suffice it to say I love most things that grow and send out beautiful flowers.
Kathi

I'm a big fan of most succulents, but mostly I'm a cactus guy. Whenever I enter a greenhouse filled with regular succulents I'm like "hmmm... OK I guess." But when I enter a greenhouse filled with cacti, I feel like I'm in heaven. My favorite cacti would have to be the Brazilian ones such as Melocactus and Pilosocereus. Not a big fan of Jades though. I think they are kinda ... well... boring...

These are my favorites:

Euphorbia milii (Crown of Thorns)
Euphorbia lomi (Hybrid Thai Crown of Thorns)
Euphorbia tirucalli (Pencil Cactus)
Euphorbia pulcherrima (Poinsettia)
Euphorbia 'Diamond Frost'
Senecio rowleyanus (String of Pearls)
Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
Schlumbergera (Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter Cactus)

Carol in Jacksonville

John, I brought back TWO apple pies (Julian is famous for that) when we last went. Had to get ice cream as we got closer to home. Good thing hubby brought home cheesecake for Mother's Day. You were making me hungry!!

Yes...if/when you make it out here, give me a holler & we'll see what kind of tour we can put together! We may find others to tag along as well! =)

I agree with Kathi...it's like picking your favorite kid! Impossible!

Zeck, you would LOVE visiting cactusjordi's greenhouse in El Cajon then. Cacti coming out his ears!!