Hello~ Just cooked a ham dinner and am pooped! lol. Cena~ Great plant and pictures! Shallow pots are hard to find here too! Maybe because Arizona isn't too great for bulbs. Frustrating though, I like shallow for cactus! Purple~ I love growing Basil too , just to have it around the garden to smell! As you say, if you barely brush up against it, oh the smell is heaven! I just brought in a lemon basil and stuck it in my pot with my Elephant Ear to see how it will grow indoors this winter. Have some mint I want to try inside too . :-) Toni~ I love growing herbs, just not in the micro climate I mentioned because of dirty run off from the roof. But have them all over the yard! I've heard lemon scented plants are good to ward off mosquitoes, so I have it around for that reason too. As far as what to add it too, that is just a matter of taste. I use it fresh in scrambled eggs, on spaghetti, and many other ways. In salads, it's endless. Key to remember, if cooking with fresh herbs, add them last so they don't overcook and become bitter. You got a Jade! LOL! Like you don't have enough plants? ;-) I'm sorry your a little disapointed with it at the moment, but I think there's a few reasons it's different, and in time it will change in color and form, I think the leaves have some curl to them and will change in time. It looks a little under watered maybe, but it is time to start cutting back a little. I got mine a year and a half ago. Even though I am only a few miles from Arid Lands, we still will have different growing results. Mine may get more sun, or less, diff. temps then what it was at the greenhouse. You bought yours towards the end of the growing season too. Mine was outside till just a few weeks ago, so it was getting quite a bit of sun, and we all know how sun colors up a Jade. At Arid lands, they grow under a shade cloth. So may not be in their best color there . :-) I will link what mine looked like when I first got it. It was a lot diff. then what it is now. I think in time, yours will change to look more like mine. Probably come spring when it is growing strong again, and the sun will be brighter. Right now Jades like cool nights, and warm days. Mine is inside due to almost losing it. It would normally be out right now and only protected from frost. Right now I would think a bright window, in a cool room. Mine is in a east window, and the room only has heat that filters in from the rest of house. This will be my first time having a Jade in for the winter, so I'm not real sure what to tell you as far as whats best. Maybe Josh, or Mike. :-) I usually winter all my plants out in a little greenhouse, we are mild compared to most, so that's always been enough, but almost losing this one this summer, I brought it in. I pick my plants just at random usually. :-) Just what looks neat or different at the time. I am looking for a good winter growing one right now. Oh.. I get lost so easy! LOL! I've changed a lot since March and have had to do things by myself I normally would have not done and driven to so many new places, I truly amaze myself, and am happy with how much I've grown! Planning a trip soon to Starr Nursery with my mom! Hope I find it! LOL!!! I dont get why people shoot our beautiful cactus either. But they are protected, so it's a major crime here! Yes, we got a box turtle last week. Our neighbor didnt want theirs anymore. So the asked me to take it. I love turtles! It's a small type and full grown, at 6". Yes, we play with it. :-) Not named yet, but thinking along the lines of the Daughter of Mahamid Ali. (Leila) It eats bugs so we have our work cut out for us! LOL! Gonna start raising fishing worms for her. :-) JoJo Here is a link that might be useful: Jade when I got it. (May 2011)

"Family-Aizoaceae". Its true! Its a Rhombophyllum. R. nelii seems to be the one that Altman's has been sending out just recently. The last one looks very like Delosperma echinatum, or it may be a Sedum :) You'll know for sure when it flowers.

Mine took off and spread nicely once I moved it to an area between 2 pine trees in my frontyard. They will spread better with 'some' sun, like that you'd get under tall trees. Make sure that you don't disturb them after they're planted because they send out runners and that is how they spread. I took a hand cultivator and 'roughed' up the soil a bit before transplanting them. Then used a spray bottle to water so I wouldn't disturb the new roots. They've settled in to the point that I don't have to water them with a spray bottle anymore. Btw, it has been my experience that they prefer shallow planting...don't 'bury' the main root mass too deeply but make sure all roots are covered in soil and use your fingers to tamp down the soil at the base of the plant well. Good luck.

My dog just died. His name was Jack Hollywood. I'm getting ready to plant these next weekend as soon as I figure out how to make the wire root cages to keep the voles from profiting at my expense and breaking my heart: On Stage Hollywood Lights Marilyn Monroe (for the beautiful blonde cocker mix next door, whom he loved) I have a row of family plants: Butch NR, a gift from Butch Ragland, in honor of a previous dog, Butch Limey Lisa & Lisa Marie (the latter smaller this year than last; I'm worried) Jon's Song got killed by the voles and I'm very upset; it's not commercially available. Golden Tiara and Emerald Tiara for another dog, our Queen Sophie Marie Sweet Home Chicago, because it was our hometown The only dog left out is Heidi Delilah, a German breed; I guess 'Lederhosen' would do but I'd rather have something smaller and closer to her name. I also have jonquils (okay, just daffodils) for my partner. I have roses for my grandmother Rosalie ('Peace' and 'Chicago Peace' - she had regular peace and 'JFK' but 'Chicago Peace' didn't exist in her time) and daylily 'Judith' for my mother. Old House Garden sold me hyacinth bulbs named 'Marie' and 'Madam Sophie', and made 50% good on it when the first crop all died because they were in pots, as they neglected to put a warning in their planting instructions that you can't grow these heirloom hyacinths it pots. Here is a link that might be useful: Old House Gardens - Antique Bulbs 'Marie' & 'Madam Sophie'