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Growing collection - May 2016

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

I bought a new succulent yesterday and decided I needed to take some photos of all my [potted] plants. Pardon the random strands of fur :) (half of these go outside but it started raining)

Crassula marginalis rubra (other half of stems are callousing over & will eventually be hung in a plant holder I made)

Aeonium (kiwi?)

Sedum clavatum

Sedum morganianum

Echeveria (Morning Beauty?) - Beheaded May 28th

Echeveria (unknown sp.)

And that's all for now. I'm going to try to refrain from buying more since I have lots of propagated leaves and limited space.

Comments (10)

  • 10 years ago

    Very nice collection. Where'd you get those cute little toadstools?

    Good luck "trying" to refrain from buying...... lol...

  • 10 years ago

    Thanks, and I made them with polymer clay and toothpicks :) The lighter ones glow in the dark.

    Yeah, I'm not too sure how well I can keep myself from buying more, especially since I'll have a job soon.

  • 10 years ago

    Skyler

    excellent start...and I like the 'shrooms too, great work. I am eager to see the plant holder you made? I think you'll collect many more succulents soon :)

    The metal (?) container your aeonium is in - is there a drainage hole?

    How much light is available to your plants? They look best when growing compact, if not enough light they could get etiolated.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Thanks, and I can post a photo of the holder tomorrow since it's late now. And yes, there are drainage holes in the metal container.

    They're at a south-facing window, but I put the Echeverias (w/some of the Sedum m.'s in same pot), Sedum c., and the Crassula outside when it's not raining (though there's been some rain or chances of it all day every day for 2 weeks now).

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Good start. I think your unknown ech. is e. sunburst.

  • 10 years ago

    If they are in free draining mix, they could take some rain, unless it's raining a lot.

    It may be good to acclimatize them to outdoors light.

    This sedum morganianum spent winter under the lights, the new growth is quite compact.

  • 10 years ago

    Here's the holder, as promised :)


    My unknown Echeveria does look like some of the photos for sunburst, but it also looks like mazarine.

    That is quite a difference from my Sedums. I may have to move mine to a different pot, because the one most of them are in also have the Aeoniums in there and they're dormant in the summer (and I think a Texas summer will be too much for them).

    When it rains here it's usually a storm, so I don't think I should leave my plants out in that.

  • 10 years ago
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    Nice work Skyler, creative. I should ask you to make me some mushrooms :)

    Over all, succulents really enjoy outdoors. I am sure that it could be too hot/scorching sun for some of them in your location, but there are things one can do to help plants along. Are there any trees or shrubs to create dappled shade during the hottest part of day? Is there a porch with some kind of roof that could protect them from a storm? With your creativity you may come up with some ideas.

    Plant you ID-ed as sedum morganianum could be actually something else (I can't think of a name...), similar looking plant - that was what I thought it was at first, but am not sure. Any trailing plant would look great in hanging basket - or another plant holder. S. morganianum will grow really long arms if happy.

    Yes, aeonium may look much sadder in the heat...

  • 10 years ago

    Perhaps, I have an Etsy and would just need to figure out shipping. Message me if you're interested :)

    We don't have any trees or shrubs in our backyard; we do in the front but they'd be getting afternoon sun if they were on that side (plus nowhere to put them). In the photos posted above, there is shade on that bench pretty much all day, so that's where I move the plants to at noon. Soon we'll be getting a shade cloth to go over the pergola, so hopefully I won't have to move the plants unless it storms.

    Yeah, I did notice that the leaves were not as pointed as what you see when you google it, but I really have no idea what else it could be.