Nancy, Sure! Would love even just the Dahlias alone. Please email me at: christy51274@hotmail.com. I've never mailed a plant, so am hoping maybe you could give me some pointers. Should I mail this plant bare root? Thanks and hope to hear from you soon.

Yeah, I got the plant in early, early spring 2012 from a clearance rack after a freeze. It was partially damaged but lots of "good" left in the hanging basket. Brought it home, cleaned it up, and had it hanging under a large oak. It started to thrive and grow and then I noticed that the squirrels were getting into it and chewing on it! So I moved it to its current spot. It is now inside a west-facing screened-in porch. It hangs at the outermost edge inside the screen. It gets shaded by a large magnolia tree for a good part of the afternoon but does get some direct sun through the screen during parts of the afternoon. It has hung there since probably May or June 2012, including through this past winter. So yes, on those two separate nights of 25.7 F and 25.8 F, one in February 2013 and one in March 2013, it was hanging just inside the screen on the screened-in porch. I will get some photos sometime this week and post. I will also post rooting instructions in a separate post for someone who emailed me and wanted them. I water it whenever the surface appears to be dry. That is frequent in summer, and only occasional in winter. I do not deep water it like I do my other plants. With my other plants (tropicals, begonias, etc, not succulents), I water until water freely drains out of the bottom. With this, I use the sprinkle nozzle side of my watering can (rather than the large hole) and water until I think it is probably wet about 1" down. During growing season, I fertilize by using Fish Emulsion (5-1-1) in all of my waterings of all my plants (1 Tablespoon per gallon). I use plain water during the sparse waterings in winter. When I plant a new hanging basket, I fill the bottom half or 2/3 of the basket with pure shredded pine bark (pine fines). That is so it will be fast-draining. You could use perlite or something else, but I like the pine bark because it is cheap and light - and much cheaper than perlite. I use the purple bag sold at Walmart. (See this thread, third post down for a photo of the bag: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/flgard/msg0613161715275.html ). Then the top half is a fast-draining potting mix. Good luck with your plant - you are going to love it! It is a lot of fun and always gets great comments. Carol

Rowleyanus looks like little green peas, while radicans looks like tiny bananas. I used to have trouble with them, too. Make sure you don't have mealy bugs or other pests, even hidden down amongst the roots. These two plants tend to lose some leaves that dry up on me, especially the radicans, but on the whole, they do well. They have done better since I began giving them a little more water than I give my bigger, thick-leaved succulents, especially when trying to root them. They certainly would like a well-draining soil, but don't use too much sand. Right now I am using a mixture of about 1/3 sharp sand, 1/3 pumice or else pea gravel, and 1/3 supersoil with some green-capped Osmocote granules thrown in. Sometimes it's good to lay the long ends back on top of the soil, where they can make new roots. That way, you get a fuller pot before you begin to let the ends hang down. I had copied a page of advice on the Hermann Englemann Greenhouses site about Senecio rowleyanus to my Scrapbook in FireFox, and now when I click on "Home" to find out an address to give you, I find the page unavailable, so here I have copied the advice part of it for you (Haven't got time right now to be searching for the site, and it may have disappeared from the Web, anyway.): "Succulent senecios grow best where they receive about four hours of direct sunlight or 14 to 16 hours of strong artificial light daily in the growing season; however, they will grow well in bright indirect light. Reduce artificial light to 12 hours a day in winter. Night temperatures of 50° to 55° and day temperatures of 68° to 72° are ideal. For most succulent senecios, allow the top of the soil in their containers to become dry to the touch before watering thoroughly from spring through autumn. In winter, water the plants only enough to prevent them from shriveling. Feed established plants monthly in spring and summer with a foliage-house-plant fertilizer such as 10-20-10, following the instructions given on the label. Repot when necessary in a mixture of equal parts of commercial potting soil and sharp sand. Propagate succulent senecios at any season by division or stem cuttings." There is also a thread about the plant, whose URL I will post here. You can likely find more by searching on the forum for "string of pearls". Here is a link that might be useful: More advice about rowleyanus

Cut the healthy strings off, compost the rest (including the media). Letting the strings dry for 24hrs is unnecessary, IME. I've grown SoP in several different medias successfully -- even regular (but good) potting soil. Your AV mix should be fine. Of course if you have a lot of strings, you could experiment and try several small pots -- each with a different mix or mix ratio.