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Three from Home Depot

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

Local HD had a 3 for $10 sale on their 2" succulents. Got these 3 for several reasons.

C. ovata "Gollum" Didn't have one

C. ovata "Lemon and Lime" Nice variegation

Sedeveria "Lilac Mist" Just a cute plant

For obvious reasons nurseries want a saleable plant fast, so they put several small ones in one pot.

The "Gollum" has 4 separate nice sized plants which I will separate.

The "Lemon and Lime" has 3 separable plants (1 pretty beat up however) and nice variegation.

The "Lilac Mist" was just to make the 3 and seems a nice looking plant.

Will separate the multiples, so will have 'give-aways' for friends, so a good deal I feel.


Comments (20)

  • 7 years ago

    Houzz is a pain when it comes to photos. Here it is.

  • 7 years ago

    Geoforce, all are wonderful picks! I love the Lemon & Lime's yellow variegation, especially if it gets enough sun and gets the red highlights it will be even more beautiful! Do you have other jades?


  • 7 years ago

    nan.. Haven't had any jades for many years. I had a large plain one while I was in graduate school in Tucson, 50 years ago, but gave it away when we moved to PA back in 69. I've mainly been an outdoor gardener since then and just started back into tender indoor plants in the last year or so.

  • 7 years ago

    I’ve had the Sedeveria ‘Lilac Mist’ for a couple years. It’s not perfect looking because I keep it outside not protected, but it has turned a neat whitish color. Looks more white in person.



  • 7 years ago

    Jade you’re right they do glow and really stand out against everything else:)!

  • 7 years ago

    Thanks for the offer Nan. I'll see when Spring gets here although it always seems so very far away this time of year.

    Kara.. That is gorgeous but really strange. I would never have thought they were the same plant. It looks almost as if the chlorophyll has been totally bleached out of it

  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Does look different than yours. I found a pic online of what mine looked like when I first bought it.

    Pic from internet;).



    I think mine looks so different is because it has been beat by the sun, heat, cold, and rain;). The sun is the main culprit for it turning that color.

  • 7 years ago

    My local Home Depot had 3-10 but I guess all the good ones were picked over. Left with none,they also had really nice blooming orchids $5.00 a piece.

  • 7 years ago

    My Lilac Mist doesn't turn that yellow/peachy either. But yours is a stunner. It looks like a happy plant.

  • 7 years ago

    Sugi... Looking at your photo, one can see why it's named as it is. I just hope mine will develop that gorgeous Lilac blush.

  • 7 years ago
    All the plants look like great choices my friend. I’m a huge sucker for Home Depot/Lowe’s cleanse offerings at the end of the season (I’m in STL so we actually do have winter and they don’t stock cacti/succulents much after September’ish). I have found gollum/hobbit/fingers jade plants to vary from other Crassulas in that those specific ones seem thrive much more in an almost organic’less mix for substrate. They really seem to dislike “wet feet” much more than others in the family and since I’ve put mine in a pretty much organic less mix they have been not only growing like wildfire but also the leaves are much more “Gollum” like and unique looking. Where as my other crassulas (ovata/silver leaf/hummels sunset) have no issue with a completely organic and more moisture retaining mix. Just my experience and if anyone wise has had the same or different please share.
    geoforce thanked Brandon Smith
  • 7 years ago

    Brandon

    Could you share with us what ingredients do you use for your organic-less mix?

  • 7 years ago
    I say organicless but it does have a little organic matter in it. Its pretty much 40% pumice 40% calcined clay and 20% pine bark fines.
  • 7 years ago

    I too went to Home Depot for a remodeling project and stopped at the nursery.

    My three amigos'

    . They had a huge selection and a lot that I already own.

  • 7 years ago
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    Stush I really like your new Aeonium. I need to go check my HD and Lowes. Haven’t gone in awhile because they’re all just full of Christmas trees, but they should soon be full of Aeoniums.

    I also really like Sedum ‘Firestorm’. It may be common, but when it looks good it looks good;).


  • 7 years ago

    Thanks Kara. Not so common here. And yes after Christmas they will start to over fill the same area with plants and candy pushing Easter.

  • 7 years ago

    Stush... I saw the 'Jelly Beans' (S. rubrotincta) at my HD last time I went by, and wish I had bought it as I seem to gave really bad luck trying to start this from leaves or cuttings. Instead I got a Eschiveria 'Licorice', a Grapto 'Murasaki', and a small PvN to give to a friend. Hope I find one of the Firestorms there sometimes .

  • 7 years ago

    That's what I like most of collecting. Looking around for something special and at $3.33 ea. How do you say no.

  • 7 years ago
    Stush, it’s impossible and a large contributor to my condition, “collectoritis”!