New plants, need a couple of ID's
My husband had a dentist appointment today to see how much it would cost for dentures. I was a little bummed by the price so I had to do something to make myself feel better. After taking the husband to work I stopped at my favorite nursery and found the terrarium plant section. They were too cute to pass up. I had to step over a whole lot of photography equipment because they were doing a photo shoot. Two models that really didn't look like they knew anything about plants were ooohhhing and aaaahhhhing over plants.
Calathea x Fusion White I really don't know what I'm going to do with another Calathea but this one is a show stopper.
an oak leaf creeping fig
another creeping fig and something or other.
An aroid of some sort
another whatzit.
and I told the lady that I was looking at the hoyas but I didn't want to get one because they had mealies. I was hoping she'd mark it down. She did one better and told me if I wanted to hake it home I could and if it survived the mealy bug treatment to bring her $10 marked down from $40. I couldn't pass it up because the mealies weren't too bad and I love a challenge.
Variegated Hoya kentiana
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New plant found in yard. Need ID.
Comments (7)Funnily enough, I've just been trying to figure out the differences between the three that really look alike. From what I can see in the picture, I'd say that one is Erigeron strigosus. But you'd really need to see the stem/leaves more closely to be sure. (E philadelphicus - leaf bases clasp the stem; E. annuus, pretty hairy, leaf bases don't clasp the stem; leaves mostly toothed; E. strigosus, stem leaves mostly narrow and not toothed, hairs short and laying flat(strigose). I think I see a lot of narrow toothless leaves in there. WW...See MoreNew Hoyas and a couple ID's please
Comments (10)Gabi, They were local finds. There is a nursery on the coast which I go to about every third month, unless he calls me with something that might interest me. He picks up large epiphyllums from Don Cravalho for me all the time. This time he picked me up a bunch epies, 8 in 6 in pots, 2 were 8in (with 3-4 ft branchs) and 1 was 10in, 5 were 4 in. The 4 hoyas, the dischdia, and a Xerosicyos danguyi were impulse buys while I was there. I picked up the lot of them for about $260 He gave me two of the smaller hoyas and a few of the smaller epies because one was unrooted, another had squirrel damage, He also gives me 15% off. I go in there and buy about $50-100 of plants every time. He calls me by name and calls when he finds something I'd want and is even willing to hold them. Can't beat the local touch. His hoyas he gets from San Diego and San Francisco. It really would be nice to have an australis, since thinking I had one all this time and turned out to be verticillata....See MoreNeed a couple of Id
Comments (4)Thanks! At least that one is done, I didn't find mention of horns on HH anywhere but it looked right otherwise. Hot Dogs & Mustard was the closest I could come too, although it is not one I've ever gotten. It sure looks like it would be one of the Kasperek iris...See MoreEarly Spring plants and a couple to ID
Comments (13)I wasn't sure what butterfly that it was! Thanks for the ID Roselee...it has that dark smudge in the middle but that was hard to capture in the wind. Jim, the ajuga is in filtered sun under oak trees. In a couple weeks it will be almost full shade. The 'beards' are falling and leaves are not far behind. I spent most of the day weeding the cactus garden...chickweed, crabgrass, horseherb (wish it blended with cactus better) and tons of the clover stuff that form burrs. My back aches :-) On the upside, I found 15 tiny mexican feather grass volunteers! I love free plants! I am not one to spend much money on plants and the mama was $7.50 so the babies are really a blessing! I love that garden and only water it once a month when it's hot....See MoreMentha (East TN, Zone 6B-7A)
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoKiwis are quite variable depending on the light they are kept in. Actually, having looked at the only one we have in here at the mo, it's not got such red stems...
....a year or so we ordered some Kiwis and got something called C. Geraldo, which I recall had plainer green foliage but I can't remember if it had red stems. So it may be that. Google is no help, sadly.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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